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10/23/2011
Casting
Perch
Other
Bait Only
Evening
10/24/2011
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I spent the weekend in Copalis Beach with my girlfriend to celebrate our anniversary. I got to fish about an hour both Saturday and Sunday evening. I caught a couple of redtail surf perch both days using razor clam necks. What great bait! They had been sitting in the freezer for 9 or 10 months, but still brought in the perch as long as a crab or sculpin didn't beat them to it. They really stay on the hook too.

Pictured below is the big fish of the trip, and my personal biggest surf perch. Can't wait to go get beat up by waves again soon! As a PS I made fish tacos out of them tonight. Marinated them in chipotle sauce, and used yogurt instead of sour cream to not overpower the fish. They came out pretty good!


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Jay K
11/7/2011 9:55:00 PM
Great report; Keep 'em coming.
The Quadfather
11/20/2011 1:48:00 PM
Fish/Man, I fish those same beaches whenever i am out there. I too use the razor clam necks. Did you do anything special to help keep the clam meat on the hooks? You said that "They really stay on the hook." I found it almost the opposite. Of course when you look at how far you are throwing the gear and into such ruff surf... I guess it's surprising the meat stays on at all, but I felt I went through a lot of clam.
I was considering using some thread to literally tie the whole glob of meat to the hook. Did you do anything like this? I also use a pretty small hook, because the surf perch have a fairly small mouth. I fish right in front of SeaBrook or Roosavelt Beach.
Fish-or-man?
11/20/2011 6:46:00 PM
Hi Quadfather! I did waste come clam, but the bait I used to use was sand shrimp. Even with thread on the shrimp, bare clam necks stuck on way beat for me. I like to thread the tip of the siphon all the way over the hook onto the line, and put the cut end well over the hook point, leaving the hook point exposed. Kind of like is I was over zealously texas rigging a plastic worm (minus the excess tail of course). Probably stays for 15-20 minutes. Which given the surf I will take!!
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