I got up early and went out with a positive feeling for success. I found a new beach close to my house that looked good for a variety of reasons. First the beach had a vey steep face, second a creek was dumping onto the beach, and finally it dosent get fished very often. I was eager to wet a line so I made the quarter mile walk in about 45 seconds. On the first cast I was slammed on the fall. I set the hook and felt a tremendous weight to the rod, it was about ten lbs of grass. So I continued on down the beach and made several more casts getting bumped on the way down. Everytime I got bit I lost the fish to grass. I landed some of the smaller fish though. Well I will get back to you and tell you more<P> J

WHAT BEACH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M LOOKING FOR A GOOD PLACE TO SHORE FISH PERCH. WHAT WERE YOU USING?

The beach I am talking about is north of Cayucos, most of the land up here is privately owned but allow courtious trespassers. If you clean up after yourself and respect the beach and water then we will all be able to fish these spots. If you take highway one north past Morro Bay and Cayucos just start looking for sandy steep beaches. Once you get up past San Simeon the elephant seals are abundant and very dangerous I suggest finding a different spot. I like to use motor oil with red flake grubs on a 8'6" steelhead rod or a 7' spinning rod. When the surf is small I like the latter of the two. I also like to throw small spoons and spinners and the big spawners slam these baits. When using spoons dont be surprised to get a striper or two. I rig the grubs on a 18-24" leader with sinkers ranging from 1/4 ounce to 2 ounces depending on conditions.