Perch 3/25/17

I caught some surf perch on lures for the first time today. Did about 15 of barred, silver, and red perch up to almost 13in. Most were caught on the 2in. gulp sandworms and motor oil grubs. In the Bodega area

Very first perch on a lure

congrats!!!! Perch fishing is definitely exciting, as they are great fighting fish on light tackle! as for a little of my knowledge goes for the ways to perch, here is some valuable info.

keep in mind this is my personal terminology for perchin and types of way to catch em, I am sure other people have different names and will call me out for trying to help out, but its nice to be able to know which way to approach the method of attack. Also helps fellow anglers on referring toward how you caught the fish you did.. So here it goes the three types of perchin, I'm sure others can add on as I am no pro by any means 

"Bait Fishing" - Typically fished by casting out, with a weight and carolina or dropper loop setup, retrieving the slack in the line and letting it sit... AKA beer drinking / sunny day, family fishin' (Live, Dead or Artificial Baits) - i.e. Gulp Worms, Berkley Crabs, Stank Baits, Sand Crabs, Shrimp, Squid, other types of fresh dead or artificial attractants.

"Lure Fishing" - Fished by casting out and reeling in, using the action of the lure itself and putting in your own style of retrieval... (Plastic, Metal, or other hard surfaced lures) i.e. Cleo's, Kastmasters, LuckyCraft Lures, Rattletraps, Fishtraps, SP Minnows, Crocodiles, Spoons, etc.

"Grub or Plastics Fishing" - Fished as a similar combination of both Bait and Lure style fishing. A weighted (carolina rig setup normally) with a light weight grub / minnow / or rubber bait that has some sort of tail / twitch / body action caused by movement in the water. Can be scented for better results with attracting fish, however is used as a lure is with slow steady retrieval of the plastic or grub being used. Mainly gets the name plastic from the rubber / plastic materials used to make the grubs / fish traps / minnows, etc.

Good luck and if you are ever around the Santa Cruz - Monterey area hit me up, although Ill most likely be striper fishing as I have got into more then a dozen already... Perching with grubs or plastics as well as lures can also produce stripers, which is a great way of killing two birds with one stone 

hope I could help 

@on the reel ... okay for sure, ill be dowm there sometime in the near future for rockfish. Ill let you know

Congrats !!!

Nice job LBH ! You can only go up from there. 

Alex