Fishing

I have never gone surf fishing, so if I go to the beach at Punta Cana and throw my line in the water-1.What lb. test line should I use? 2.What should I use for bait? 3.What could I expect to catch if anything? 4.What other helpful hints? Thanks in advance to all.

Wade into the sand flats, waist deep is good enough, use a spinning real with just about any lure you would use in Canada.
Silver or flourescent green Rapala (4" to 6") work well, so do Lil Cleo's and bright Shad Raps. Use about 12 lb. test with steel or titanium leaders (18 inch), you can expect to catch some mackeral(like a pickeral)with sharp teeth, red snapper, yellow tail or maybe some bonefish. If you can find a secluded spot set up a rig with a #2 or 3 hook on a leader with a bell sinker about 18 inches in front of the leader and stick on a piece of bait fish or a chunk of conch cast it out and then sit back on a chair have a beer and relax, you might get a grouper or 2 still fishing as the bait bob's up and down in the surf.

Good fishin