RE: OR Coast Report

[Mark Steudel]

Title: Message

Cool report, how well do they fight. Did you use a 5 - 6 wt?   Did you just wade out into the surf and fish? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Harris Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:27 PM To: waflyfishers@waflyfishers.com Subject: OR Coast Report I just returned from a trip to Arch Cape on the Oregon Coast.  Each morning I got up at 5 – 5:30 and hit the beach for surfperch for a few hours and this year did very well.   I fished Cannon Beach the first day and got two perch in the first 15-20 minutes from 5:45-6:00 and one was the biggest surfperch I’d ever seen let alone caught, the thing had to be pushing 2.5 - 3 lbs.   I hit the same water the next morning and got a few normal sized perch.  Along with perch I would foul hook about 2-3 Dungeness Crabs each morning too, they don’t fight well and can be extremely tough to release.   I fished Arcadia Beach the third morning and got skunked plus found the beach a bit more difficult due to some nasty rips going on.  This morning I fished only an hour back on Cannon Beach and had a great morning,  I landed 7-8 perch and many were very good sized ones of 1.5 – 2 lbs. and LDR’ed a few more.  All fish came before 6:00 a.m.  I guess the earlier the better since I got all my fish before 6:15 regardless of the actual tide level.  All fish came on a Surfpercher Red in either #2 or #4 with very big dumbbell eyes and a 300 grain head.         Tim