WFO KELP !!!!! and i caught Perch too

[ODH33]

Ok guys here is my report for this week of surf fishing. I was able to get out on Monday and again Thursday. Monday i hit Playa Del Rey for about an hour and a half of surf fishing. Had light spining gear with me rhino spinner on rhino 6'6 pole cheapy 8# test on it. got to the beach and it was low tide but the water was clear and very warm i almost wanted to go for a swim...lol. i started fishing the left side of this little jetty/structure as it was a bit more clam than the right side. i was using 1/2 carolina rig witha 3 inch piece of a GULP! sandworm. i toseed for about 20 mins for nothing lost bait once and decided to switch to the right side of the structure where i have caught fish. caught a tin perch on just a hook and weight and a YFC on a GULP! it was dark and getting cold so i left.


Thursday night best night out there for me so far. I took out my 13 foot match stick and put my bantam 50 on it and headed to Playa Del Rey. rigged up a 1/2 oz egg sinker carolina rig with a 3 inch peice of a GULP! on a 4 mosquito hook. i tossed out and instant hookup i thought it was current but no i pulled in a nice little perch lip hooked and 3/4 of a pound took the hook out thanked it for playing with me and sent it back in the water for another day. checked the bait and sent it back out a few time of this and bam FISH ON again another nice perch this one was about 1 pound lip hooked so again took the hook out and sent it on it way. rehooked my bait and sent it out and BAM i get hit hard and it s taking line i am like what is this so i put the breakes on set the hook and reel in heavy but no real fight reel it only to find i have set the hook hard on a fat piece of KELP!!! untagle the kelp and cast back out andi get hit hard again this time i know its a fish bring it in and its the biggest perch i'd catch 1.5 pounds swallowed the hook i was like no wonder you are a fatty you eat everything lol took me a minute to get the hook out but i manged to get it out and sent it on its way. new bait on its way into the sure it went caught some more KELP!!! i kept at it for a bit longer and caught 2 more perch one swalloed and last one gut hooked both were in the .5 to .75 pound range. ended the night when i borke off with a huge piece of EKLP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all in all i had a blast out there was fishing for maybe 45 minutes. I am surf fishing in Santa Monica tomorrow at the SM fishfest anyone want to join post here or pm me sorry its late notice but i didn't know about it until yesterday. it starts at 6 am til about 10 am.


sorry no pics guys but we all know what perch look like if you don't head to you local beach with a some light gear pick up some GULP! baits and you will shortly find out what the look like!!!!

[SoCalSteve]

Originally Posted by odh33

its the biggest perch i'd catch 1.5 pounds swallowed the hook i was like no wonder you are a fatty you eat everything lol

LMAO! Fatty perch!


nice report odh...ur a lucky man to be able to be so close to the beach!

[Carnivore]

Caught more then I did today. All I caught was some dirty looks and 2 middle fingers on the freeways.

[Joey805]

Nice report Dan! Those gulp baits sure seem to work well!

[Soggyshoe]

Odh, you are a lucky man! You have become a fishing beast
and I wish I could get out there with you more often! Cool
report! I will see you this weekend,,,BENDO!!!

[2 Amigos]

Sweet report man, nice to see you got out and wet a line!


-Tony

[fishingbeast]

Yes, the Gulp baits camowork for me on perch.It was good to use them at the SM perch festMay 7, 2005. looking forward to using them again and thanks for the report.Now others get out and fish. lol

[ODH33]

thanks guys!!!


fishing beast i was at the SM fishfest today too. sorry we didn't meet. next time.

[Shredder]

Nice report Dan. We need to hook up and hit the surf some time.


Mike

[BlackLion]

Dan,


Good to see you get out and hit the surf! Sounds like you had a pretty good trip that second time out. Thanks or the great report and looking forward to more.


Marvin