perchin' Thurs.May 27

Spent the day with my son on the coast trying to catch some perch.  Man, I suck at perchin.  Haven't caught one yet after numerous attempts. The waves were huge and it turned into more of a father/on day at the beach.  Tried Bean Hollow, Poplar and Scott creek but no luck.  Had a great lunch in Davenport and a few beers later at Cameron's Pub with an old work buddy that lives in HMB.

It was better than sitting at home waiting for the weather to get better. 

Maybe I need to stick to the yak....

Jody

Hey, thanks for the report!  Thinking of doing some perchin tomorrow with Sara.  What times were ya fishing, and what were you using for bait? 

OCEAN Beach where the perch are all over...3" or 2" Motor Oil color grub.. check on Gus (Stephanie) she knows where the action is....

did well at bean Hollow with tiny bits of raw shrim, in the far left corner, next to the wall

I've caught them at main beach in Santa Cruz.
Scott's creek would be my bet these days, surf permitting, but I guess that's not where they were hanging yesterday.

I used to catch them up at 3mile and 4mile beach, but those beaches are now closed to shore fishing thanks to the natural Bridges MLPA.

We were using the motor oil grub and Berkley Gulp sand crabs.  Also used a real crab and some mussel pieces.  Thought we got bit a time or two, but with the huge wave action, it was hard to tell.  Fished both side of the high tide.

Jody

 

  I know your pain, last few times out I got the skunk.  When I was able to land some, I was using pile worms.  This was on a freeze & chill at HMB a while back, Al was there! Alnong with Mooch, adam, frank, and maybe a select few otheres.  My last attempt, my buddy Tim & I tried using peices of a sand worm.  Ugly and long, and apparently wasn't on the menu that day for the fish.  Tides were good, incomming high.
  Oh well.

No better time than time spent with your son. I'd give up the best yak day ever to fish with my boy.

No better time than time spent with your son. I'd give up the best yak day ever to fish with my boy.

+1 

Glad you were outside fishing with your boy, even if the catching wasn't happening.

You guys will get 'em next time!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

We were using the motor oil grub and Berkley Gulp sand crabs.  Also used a real crab and some mussel pieces.  Thought we got bit a time or two, but with the huge wave action, it was hard to tell.  Fished both side of the high tide.

Jody

Those BG sand crabs don't work for squat (at least for me).  However, the BG camo sandworm is the perch's version of crack cocaine.