Here’s a short video about fishing near the shore to catch surf perch. I cast out far from the beach and slowly reel in, and then pause, and rinse and repeat. I don’t keep my bait still for very long at all, only for a brief 3-5 seconds. Being close to shore, I’ve noticed I’ve caught smaller fish. The bigger ones tend to stay in deeper water – which is why I tend to cast out as far as I can from shore.
My favorite bait has always been gulp sandworms in 2″ camo. You can also use live bait, or plastic worms – which you might want to cut in half due to the perch’s small mouth. For plastic worms, green pumpkin color seem to be the best for me.
Other gear: 10′ salmon rod, size 5000 reel, 20# mono for my leader, 2 oz weight, and #2 hooks. These gears has been my standard and has always worked for me.
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question.. what’s the different of shore jigging, shore casting, surf casting? got a little headache on this
Also, do you wear shorts and just let that pacnw water chill your feet? Or do you wear waders
Do you ever go crabbing?
Good video, keep it up! Sub’d.
No weight?
Hi!
Show please,how you fix the hooks..
Hey Pk wondering if you could do a video on how you clean your reels after saltwater fishing?
you make it look so easy. i just spent 5 hours today and only got a couple of bites, but landed one perch at the end. Perch in san francisco likes sandworms too.
You seam to catch a lot more males than I do. I catch better than 90% females. The last 2 trips 16 fish only one male. Any thoughts on that? Actually I’ve caught only about 4 males in about 75 fish caught so far this summer. BTW I’ve got 2 silver perch so far as well.
Lower the gain on your mic a little bit please
If you dont mind me asking but what is the biggest fish u have ever caught
I can’t find those gulp sand worms anywhere. Cabela’s in Washington, Bass Pro at Las Vegas, Walmart at Newport. They are like gold haha! Where do you get yours?
we are heading to coos bay tomorrow!
Nice vid. I will try your technique next time I am in Costa Rica
you should take your son to Alton Baker Canal sometime right after they stock it! I went yesterday and limited out in less than 10 minutes, and they were all a pretty good size… 6.77 lbs for 5 fish
@PK Yi thank you for all the videos I caught my first perch this weekend (3 actually) using a lot of your advice. I’ve been having the most luck using shrimp on a Carolina rig though, still haven’t gotten a bite on the bottom rig you recommend with sand worms. Going to give it another try fishing parallel like this!!
I met an older man who had commercially fished for perch and he said the same as you – no need to cast out far, they are in the shallow water all around.
would love to come out and fish with you
Nice action. It is the height of the season. The mole crabs are thick and the perch are biting. 🙂
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Which is your favorite beach in Newport to fish?
can you make a video on how to cast
What’s up with your rig on this setup?
I’ve been digging for sand crabs in Humboldt trying to catch perch
where you fishing near a rip cut ??
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