For a morning or afternoon jaunt locally, the beaches are producing increasing numbers of surfperch for Monterey Bay surfcasters. The fish seem to be on the move most days. A few experimental casts at ...

I’m always on the lookout for new fishing challenges and adventures. So when my wife suggested a family trip to the Oregon coast over Labor Day weekend, I required very little convincing. First up was ...

A retired 79-year-old transplant to Newberg from Pennsylvania and formerly an avid surf angler on Delaware beaches would like some tips on Oregon's seashore angling. Sure, but first and by far the ...

The greatest thing about surfperch fishing is the consistent and constant accessibility. For residents, they are literally “The fish at the end of the street.” Casting bait, artificials or lures from ...

When spring and summer rolls around, many anglers are lured to the coastal beaches in search of abundant surfperch. “Folks can catch surfperch year-round, and now is a very good time to fish for them, ...

REDTAIL SURFPERCH ARE often the forgotten fish of the North Olympic Peninsula. Abundant in numbers, but smallish in size, the disc-like denizens of the area’s coastline are often ignored by anglers ...

A TEAM OF biologists is seeking the public’s help in a surfperch survey of the Pacific Ocean off our coast and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Jeffrey S. Jensen of the University of Washington ...

I spent a gloomy January chasing complacent steelhead and walleye on the Walla Walla and Columbia Rivers, respectively. Meanwhile, more forward-looking snowbird friends basked in the warmth of ...

Q: In Santa Barbara, a surf fisherman was seen last week eating baby perch squeezed from a gravid female. How do live fry from perch relate to a daily limit in possession if consumed? Also, if dead ...