Captain and Marie
08-07-2001, 07:51 PM
Where do I go for perch? What do I use for bait? How do I do it? Do I just stand in the water and cast anywhere?
For the past two months Cape Lookout State Park has been producing the largest perch I have ever seen. Some as large as 23 inches in length. HUGE! They are surf perch or pile perch. And they are coming in thick.
You'll need a 8 foot surf rod with light line of 4-8 pound test. Since the perch are coming in larger than normal people have switched to a larger hook size, 2/0 snelled.
Bait of choice is small sand shrimp. They say you'll catch one(perch) on every cast.
How can you beat that? Fish the incoming tide to high tide. If you don't want to get wet, bring hip waders along. You stand in the water looking for a calm spot. Cast towards the calm spot just past the breakers. You'll be into them soon after. They nibble off the bait if its not tied on with stretchy thread. Use multipul hooks attached with line connectors called bear paws. They have a 50 pound test weight. Or you can just tie on extra line with applyed hooks. The advantage is that you won't have to tie on extra line hooks. You just snap them on.
One other place that is producing large perch is Cape Mears Beach. I hear some very large Pink Fins can be found there.
Don't miss out on the fun. You can bring the whole family and have a picknick on the beach at the same time. You can't beat the warm sunny days we are having!
You just might see me out there!
Thanks,
Marie images/icons/cool.gif
For the past two months Cape Lookout State Park has been producing the largest perch I have ever seen. Some as large as 23 inches in length. HUGE! They are surf perch or pile perch. And they are coming in thick.
You'll need a 8 foot surf rod with light line of 4-8 pound test. Since the perch are coming in larger than normal people have switched to a larger hook size, 2/0 snelled.
Bait of choice is small sand shrimp. They say you'll catch one(perch) on every cast.
How can you beat that? Fish the incoming tide to high tide. If you don't want to get wet, bring hip waders along. You stand in the water looking for a calm spot. Cast towards the calm spot just past the breakers. You'll be into them soon after. They nibble off the bait if its not tied on with stretchy thread. Use multipul hooks attached with line connectors called bear paws. They have a 50 pound test weight. Or you can just tie on extra line with applyed hooks. The advantage is that you won't have to tie on extra line hooks. You just snap them on.
One other place that is producing large perch is Cape Mears Beach. I hear some very large Pink Fins can be found there.
Don't miss out on the fun. You can bring the whole family and have a picknick on the beach at the same time. You can't beat the warm sunny days we are having!
You just might see me out there!
Thanks,
Marie images/icons/cool.gif