Good advice above. I will also add that most of your bites will be closer to the beac than as far as you can sling a 3oz weight... spots and whiting are great to eat and catch on med tackle...
This for sure.
Generally in the troughs and rips between the beach and the sand bars. Tides can effect which trough the fish are in. If possible I always walk down the beach and find a rip but I been on plenty of beaches where I couldn't find one handy. The only structure was the bars and troughs.
Theres plenty of stuff online and you tube on how to read the beach.
