I prefer to actively cast and retrieve live poddy mullet in the surf gutters and just behind the outer banks for good jew. I use 8-10kg line with half a metre of 60lb jinkai leader and a small ball sinker on that leader, not the main line. Rigging the mullet is the big thing, you need to bridle it to take the weight of the fish and run a stinger just short of the tail and a octopus or fine live bait hook just under the shoulder of the bait, I run this hook along the dorsal fin not across the body and the hook point faces his nose. Hook size is about a 3/0-5/o depending on the bait size. you can have pre-made rigs ready to go in ziplock bags if you get a big bunch of grapes cuz of the wave surge, happens sometimes fishing light in the surf. Generally once you hook a jew in the surf it is as good as filletted, not easy to lose one. Keep your head and keep your cool and they soon wash in for you.