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- From: c9a-az@po.berkeley.edu (Mark Fujimoto)
- Subject: Re: Fishing Report: Pacific Ocean (from shore)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.211627.18139@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:16:27 GMT
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- In article <1ebhjtINNn65@agate.berkeley.edu> markh@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (Mark Hurwitz) writes:
- >
- > There were quite a few shore-fishermen, mostly using medium weight
- >equipment (not heavy duty surf rods) to cast grubby, bass-lure-like things
- >with sliding sinkers. I don't really understand why sliding sinkers were
- >being used, as the technique was simply to cast and retrieve (seems to me
- >they didn't need the sliding part of the sliding sinker rig). But I digress.
- >
- > The goal, apparently, was to catch surf perch.
-
- This technique has become popular in the last few years, with motor oil-
- colored grubs 1-2 inches in length putting a good dent in the surf perch
- population. If you enjoy surf fishing and get to fish the warmer beach
- areas, it's a super way to go, whether you catch anything or not!
-
- I've caught perch, croakers, corbina and halibut with grubs, mostly fishing
- along the Santa Monica Bay shoreline. The sliding sinker rig isn't a neces-
- sity to grub-fish, but it makes it easier to change leaders to bait-fish if
- desired.
-