Hey Vince,

I live in the Central Valley, Tulare. So I don't get to the surf as much as I'd like to. I tried to post a report earlier also, but it wouldn't show up for some reason. I caught 20+ on 2/7 and 9 on 2/8. Tuesday I had 8 that were 12 - 14.5 inches and the rest were 8 to just under 12". That's the best I've done on Barred Perch that I can remember. Wednesday wasn't as good in numbers or size, they were all 6 - 11 inches. I tried tube baits for the first time and they worked so well, that's all I fished both days. 2" tube Carolina rigged on a 1/32 oz. tube jig head. They just totally hammered the thing on Tuesday. I mean killed it, like they hit a Sand Crab when their serious about it! And what I really liked was that they stay on and you're not always having to slide it back on the hook like grubs. I only used 2 tubes total for both days also. I was surprised that they lasted the way they did, especially since the perch were slamming them so hard. It was a ton of fun and the weather was great too. Wish I had pics of the Barred Perch this time also, but the camera died, or was killed actually, accidentally before I headed over Monday. Gonna have to get a new one before I go back. San Simeon is a great place to Rock fish. Its been quite a few years, but used to go out of Virg's. Caught some really nice Lings and Reds. I've heard they do good on Halibut also and I've seen a number of them caught right off the pier there.

Mike