Surf Fishing: Bite Guard - Berber - Portland - Shock Leader

Spring break 2011 in Port Aransas, Texas. The surf was it's typical spring teenager self.  Mindless swimming pool sized mats of sargassum misbehaving on the barrier island.

On the plus side, it was not Portland, Oregon.  Many spring breaks your "plan for tan" is altered.  Mist and 42 degree sand win that one. 
We who love surf fishing in Texas must wait.

The tip today is a bite guard.  It is not a shock leader as most people who never learned functional nomenclature, may refer.  You need an abrasion reducing tool to insure the lures come back after being eaten.  Seeing how the lures have hooks, we logically ascertain the fish come back on the hooks, on the lure, attached to said abrasion resisting bite guard.  Teeth and other stuff can be hard on said abrasion bite tool guard thingy.  This fancy gizmo can be wire, cable, or most commonly mono filament / fluorocarbon heavier than your running line.  It's still a bite guard.  But if you want to call it a shock leader, hell, go ahead.

So, later on - armed with a Shimano Curado 200 full of 12 pound line you roll up on food chain activity:

You add an arms length of 50 lb Trilene Big Game - please note in this photo the 50 lb is NOT arms length.  Your comments are not necessary to correct that.  It is called an example.

Throw into the birds you may catch  a bunch of big fish like this.  (I only took two quick photo's because the fish were biting......)

Back to reality, The surf is currently full of homeless grass, winds are predicted to be over 25 miles per hour for the next eternity, give or take an eon, and these pictures are from last October.  Sorry, I have a hard time standing on the beach, bite guards ready and useless.
Screw the surf, I am going Turkey hunting.  Seeing how I lack prejudice, if hogs come along, then it is a hog hunt with the intent to shoot a turkey.