sabiki is what you will use in the ocean as well. Few things to look for on the surface is birds, seals, feeding bait and current breaks. Dropping on clouds and scattered marks on your meter, usually you get hit on the sink, if it does not stick I will lift and drop the tip or free spool a little further down the water column. If bait is puddling and feeding on the surface I like to cast out and reel in with a lift and drop of the rod. If it is super sparce, I will troll the sabiki, sometimes just finding that one bait can be a game changer.
