Rain's Got Me Excited 12/19

[jrodda]

Whenever I see a cold front come through I always get to thinking about striped bass making a showing. Somebody got one in the OC yesterday to validate that intuition once again. I went out this morning throwing jerkbaits thinking any cast, any bite could be a striper.



So an hour in when I missed a good bite a lot of angry noises came out of my throat, then I said to myself "it was just a perch, don't think about it." Well I don't know for sure. Then I missed another couple bumps and started to think maybe I did find a perch hole. I was a few steps away from that hole when I finally connected with a skunk busting 11" perch.



Nothing else for the morning. Thinking I might add to this report with an afternoon session in a few hours at a different beach but we will see.

[Latimeria]

Man, you know you missed a striper bite, right?   

[Fish Jerk]

Stripers always feel like a perch when they bite. 

[jrodda]

Ya'll are the worst!!!

Wind is picking up, gonna skip out on the afternoon session, but I wanna try one of the local rivers when things get real snotty in the upcoming days.

[vdisney]

A perch is more than I've caught in over a month, I'm jealous

[Tim524]

 Striper, Perch.......Same thing 

[Fish Jerk]

Striper, Perch.......Same thing 

Yep them perchy's have stripes. 

[jrodda]

I want stripes not bars! Striped perch would be sick, I don't think they get below Pt. Conception though.

[Latimeria]

I want stripes not bars! Striped perch would be sick, I don't think they get below Pt. Conception though.

Yeah, but you totally lost a local striped bass... 

[Latimeria]

BTW, my buddy just lost his first striped bass in the surf this morning.  Rough surf and he thought he hooked a big perch at first until he saw it.