New to Surf Fishing - Florida

[dueces11]

So, iv been a largemouth bass, catfish, and speck, fisher pretty much all my life. But i have recently moved from central fl, to an area near the ft lauderdale coast and i was wondering how to surf fish. I looked at some of the threads already made, but none really suited to me. So i would be fishing off the east coast of fl, and i would use a shimano crucix with 20 lb test line, is that good for srf fishing?

Also what type of bait should i use? What size hook? Do i set the hook as in bass, ex hard pull upwards? Or more of the way you set the hook in speck, ex just lightly lift?

Also, do i wade out there? Or is that kinda dangerous around sunset time because of sharks?

I have never done any type of non-fresh water fishing before so any advice/tips is appreciated.

Thanks.
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