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Title: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: hrenya on January 31, 2016, 03:37:48 PM
Got there around 9:30am , fished till 1pm . Was a bit miserable cuz of rain and wind picked up , but it was worth it .
Thanks to a member of FWR with sharing his secrets and doing some explanations last time , I did some adjustments to my rig/line/hooks and got a proper bait :)
It was really fun :) we were tossing small ones back and limited out with no problems .
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: Bavarian Raven on February 09, 2016, 06:07:02 PM
I use to fish for perch (and other critters) there as a child. The perch bite well on worms (and almost anything that can be used as bait). Never kept them from there though... how'd they taste? :)
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: hrenya on February 09, 2016, 07:31:45 PM
good luck catching em with "any kind of a bait" :D
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: TimL on February 09, 2016, 09:29:49 PM
Bavarian, he's referring to the striped sea perch..they get bigger than the shiner perch and have some usable meat. Lots of them school along certain spots off the rocky shoreline there. Strong fighters for their size..good fun on light tackle. They're a bit pickier on baits- sea worm and shrimp pieces on small hooks work best...however they're still easier to catch than their larger cousin, the pile perch. Piles are more common off west van but they can be difficult to catch as they are very picky on baits (sea worms are best..I've seen others use shore crabs) and have a tendency to get lock jawed around heavily fished areas such as piers.
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: FlyFishin Magician on February 09, 2016, 10:44:10 PM
When I was a kid, we used to use find small crabs (the ones you find in tidal pools under rocks) and they worked very well for decent sized pile perch.  We released them all though.  I've never tasted one.  That was at least 30+ years ago now!  I'm getting old...  :-\
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: Bavarian Raven on February 11, 2016, 04:14:50 PM
Bavarian, he's referring to the striped sea perch..they get bigger than the shiner perch and have some usable meat. Lots of them school along certain spots off the rocky shoreline there. Strong fighters for their size..good fun on light tackle. They're a bit pickier on baits- sea worm and shrimp pieces on small hooks work best...however they're still easier to catch than their larger cousin, the pile perch. Piles are more common off west van but they can be difficult to catch as they are very picky on baits (sea worms are best..I've seen others use shore crabs) and have a tendency to get lock jawed around heavily fished areas such as piers.

Striped Sea Perch - had to google a pic to refresh my memory.  :-[ :P
But yes, I've caught those there too off some of the rocky points. They sure do fight well for their size.  8)
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: islanddude on February 12, 2016, 09:01:32 PM
We used to use pile perch for ling cod. Sea worms worked the best for catching them. That was about 40 yrs. ago or more.
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: clarki on February 12, 2016, 11:33:12 PM
Just an FYI for would-be perch anglers...in areas 28 and 29, shore crab are closed to harvesting so they would be illegal to use as bait.

Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: Knnn on February 14, 2016, 02:26:59 PM
Slow stripping a pink fly also works...surprised the hell out of me..(during pink run near the Seymour).  Lovely looking fish, I though I had caught someones aquarium cast off.
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: Chuck on February 19, 2016, 11:41:07 AM
Hi Hrenya, Was this from a boat or from the shore? 
Title: Re: Belcarra - perch 31th Jan
Post by: TimL on March 17, 2016, 05:11:39 PM
Hi Hrenya, Was this from a boat or from the shore?
A bit of a late reply..this was from shore.  ;)