Barred surfperch primarily feed on sand crabs, shrimps, smelt embryos, anchovies, and sand worms. Though commercial gill netters work beaches in Mexico setting and pulling nets by hand, there is ...

Yellowtail are biting better at the Coronado Islands and the high spots down the coast, with limit-style fishing on surface ...

Any of the beaches stretching from Santa Cruz down to Monterey can produce limits of barred surfperch on any given day. Fish move, and conditions such as tide, ...

First LIGHT catches hundreds of coruscations of barred surfperch as they zip through waves at Rincon Point near Carpinteria. Web casting call hooks a big crowd - Los Angeles Times ...

The most common perch caught along our surfline are the barred surfperch. These fish may be small but can be very aggressive and put up a tremendous fight, especially on ultra-light gear.

Barred surf perch are sometimes caught from boats too, such as this one caught by Capt. Tiffany Vague. Credit: Courtesy photo. Imagine catching a surfperch the size of a dinner plate, using light ...

He reported nowhere near as many fish biting, but did land one of his biggest barred surf perch ever. It measured 15 1/2 inches and weighed in at three pounds, four ounces.

Dedicated surfcasters are on the hunt for striped bass and big barred surf perch along the coast from Baker Beach, just outside the Golden Gate, down to southern San Mateo County.

TORREY PINES — Larry Hirschler’s childhood memories include some incredible days fishing at Torrey Pines State Beach, but as good as those days were with his family, he never … ...