Surf perch for the first time

[smoky]

Hello all I want to try and fish for surf perch for the first time I have 2 questions. First is do I need any special license wise or will just a fishing license do. Second question is I was thinking bout going around rockaway beach wondering if they would be in that area. Thanks for info.

 

[pinstriper]

Hello all I want to try and fish for surf perch for the first time I have 2 questions. First is do I need any special license wise or will just a fishing license do. Second question is I was thinking bout going around rockaway beach wondering if they would be in that area. Thanks for info.

No. Yes.

 

[dcarbonari]

:whs: They are pretty much everywhere along the coast. Just look for deeper holes, troughs ect and cast there. Here's a good video series that tells how to find them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQPXu-TsMKU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlF_Hy3kNLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYN_cfpVtE

Good luck

 

[smoky]

Thank you for the info.

 

[EOBOY]

Hello all I want to try and fish for surf perch for the first time I have 2 questions. First is do I need any special license wise or will just a fishing license do. Second question is I was thinking bout going around rockaway beach wondering if they would be in that area. Thanks for info.

If your going to Rockaway drive to Manhattan beach and fish about 2 or 300 yards south of the jaws, good place!

 

[Gulfstream]

Last 2 hrs of the incoming tide is your best bet

 

[pinstriper]

Last 2 hrs of the incoming tide is your best bet

Concur

 

[O. mykiss]

Sand shrimp or Berkeley gulp sand worms are my go to baits.