A disadvantage is that the rocks can get slippery, and the pollution is to be reckoned with. Beach fishing is farthest from the fish and the fish that are caught are usually the smaller ones.
灘釣是指在沙灘垂釣，由於沙質海岸坡度平緩，距離魚群集的深海極遠，除非有「超人」的體力或者借助人工放餌，否則很難將餌甩到較深的海域，因此釣的多半是區區小魚。