You know, when I was a kid the Old Man used to take us out to Ilwaco to fish off of the North Jetty..... It's been too long ago for me to remember exactly where or how we fished, but if memory serves correctly we used to float fish with either a herring or anchovie about six feet under a styrofoam float. We used a little wieght to get the bait down, I don't remember how much. It was a lot like float fishing in any river, there was a drift, you didn't have to cast far, and when the bobber went under, you had a fish on. I think I'll try to make it out there this year, just for $hits and giggles if for nothing else.... We used to have a lot of fun out there.