Tim-
I'm going down to the Lincoln City area and am going to give the surfperch a try. What size rod/line combo did you use?
>From: "Tim Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: OR Coast Report
>Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:26:53 -0700
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>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.
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