Not sure it is a ‘4’ but it felt better than a ‘3’. Started the morning by heading to Wallmart in Aberdeen to pick up some pyramid sinkers and different bait as they were open at 6 am this morning. They had the sinkers but not the bait I wanted.
On the way back I ran into Westport to see if the Englund Marine store might be open. Wish I would have gone there first. Nice brand new store, helpful people and they have a lot of good stuff, including the Gulp Sandworms I wanted.
When I got back to our TT I swapped out the circle hooks on my three hook set up with bait holders and set it up with 2” chunks of Gulp Sandworms. Fished down the beach until I caught the first perch, took note of the amount of line out (colored in 25’ sections) and cast to the same spot. Boom! A Double!!! Next cast I got an overspool knot and had to tie on a new weight line as it snapped off with the abrupt stop.
After I cleared it and retied I cast to the same spot again. Another perch! I was getting hungry so decided to call it a day. Well, after one more cast... Another perch!
Don’t know if it was just hitting the right spot, using the Gulp Sandworms (most of the vids and ‘how to’s’ recommended them) or just holding my mouth right but I caught some fish! While the pyramid (2 oz) weight held better than the flattened bank sinkers I was using the last two days it did still move around some but they will be what I use. Today I was using an Okuma 9’6” SST in Medium Light with a Diawa casting reel, Power Pro 15# line with Trilene 14# leader.
I think I could get hooked on this surf perch thing!