If you're fishing from a jetty or pier targeting surf perch you have to abide by the general bottom fishing season which is between March and October. What is your favorite method of cooking them? Just fillet it like any other fish? This is one video of a series that will show you everything you need to know and the gear to have in order to catch surf perch anywhere. While they don't get quite as large as surf perch, I've caught plenty pushing 12" and seen much larger ones while diving in the Sound. I have a deep fryer I could use if needed. Roll each piece in Italian dressing, then roll in a 50/50 mixture of flour and corn meal. Any recipes you find for these fish work with surfperch. pregnant) females are known to move miles up into estuaries along with fewer smaller females that do not appear to carry young. However, two other related species, pile perch and striped perch are pretty plentiful in Puget Sound. Red tailed surf perch are pretty much an ocean only species, they stick to the surf as the name suggests. Seems most of the guys I’ve talked to over the years that fish the area you fish have either used razor clam necks, or sand shrimp, or some type of sand or kelp worms. Male and young female redtail surfperch are uncommon in estuaries upstream of the entrance and jetties. Carefully place them into the hot butter in the frying pan and brown on both sides. Down in southern Cal fishing Barred Surf Perch (probably a cousin of the Red Tail as they’re almost identical) it was tough to beat the local sand crabs. Pacific surfperch is a shore angler's staple. Having a small net bag attached by line to your waders will allow you to keep fishing without walking out of the surf every time you catch a fish. Redtail surfperch appear to school like other surfperch. The technique has been around for years but hasn’t quite picked up enough attention. I stumbled across a few YouTube videos of people catching big surf perch with lures and it reminded me of a time when a fish hit my Daiwa SP Minnow on accident, making me a believer. Preheat oven to 450. Four small to medium sized Red-tail surf perch caught near Cape Perpetua. Squeeze of lemon and some chopped parsley, a dollop of dill tartar sauce, put it on a toasted bun with lettuce and tomato, a splash of hot sauce and … I've eaten a few over the years, usually gutted and pan fried whole with various spices. Red-tail can live to 14 years of age, give live birth to their young, and range from Avila Beach, California to Hope Island, British Columbia. Red Tails average 1 to 3 pounds. Nice! They have generally come out mushy and semi-palatable at best. The “tap tap tap” of a red tail perch got my attention and I pulled back and set the hook. 2.) Perch tends to be pretty delicate and as you said, gets mushy easily so the extra batter helps the texture.

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