Ultimate Surf Perch Fishing Guide - Rigs, Baits, Tips and Setups Feb 12, 2023 21 min read Updated: Jan 13, 2025 Fishing for Surf Perch in California, Oregon, or Washington State provides a great gateway to get into surf casting on the West Coast, and we love helping people of all ages and abilities to catch these super-fun (and tasty) fish
But personally, I feel that braided line is best in almost all cases, if you are comfortable fishing with it and can get away with it
Maximum resistance 97 lbs
Then, I put 20lb braid on the same reel and performed 10 casts with lighter line
Under his expert handling, the sled-nosed wooden craft twisted and turned and tore its way through the maze of rotting timber and underbrush until we came to that scalybark snag