Perch

I made some tonight.  Fileted, dredged in flour and deep fried for the win.

some of our NCKA brothers and sisters do..some are doing it up in Humboldt bay and I think down around Santa Cruz ? Monterey ? ..I havent... on my to do list....I was thinking Tomales bay and checking out the Bodega harbor yesterday ..Might try that myself..

I know a spot that might work good in tomales, lets go!

Hi all,

If using Gulp or Big Hammer Perch Grubs, what size is best?  Thanks.

^^^ this sounds kind of odd.  But I used the same curly tail grub and in white.  I had no nibbles.  So I switched back to gulp sand worms and the bibbles came back.  I'm not sure how picky perch are.  ?

Always make sure the hook point faces away from the curly tail too...kinda like in VK's pic above. 

Any color works great as long as it's motor oil.

I like to rig mine "hammer style", as described in this article. Quicker, easier, and less line twist (in my experience).

http://www.getbentsportfishing.com/helpful/tips-and-tricks/hammer%11hooking%3A-new-ideas-for-surfperch-fishing/

Link isn't working for some reason...

But it looks like this:


Only with a motor oil/flake grub and a little red Owner mosquito hook.

Maybe this link works? Same article. It's a good read.

http://www.swimbait.com/techniques/perch.htm

No problem! Enjoy!

All this talk of surf perch is making me miss it! Used to catch tons of these little guys when I lived down in SLO. (And some big ones, too).

One time a buddy of mine was casting a perch grub at Avila and ended up landing a BEAUTIFUL chrome Central Coast steelhead. Safely released, of course.