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Most my LC/swimbait sessions were skunks so I'd say well done!

Nice!
So you fish during high tide? For these beaches I usually go during low tide, preferably negative tide, when I can wade in and cast to farther structures that are permanently submerged. Do you find high tide also productive for these areas?

He came all the way to see me (probably more to see the grand kids), and I took him to fish the surf. He has been a fresh water fisherman for decades but not the surf.

So I setup the gear and made a cast to show him how to do it. The next I knew, he was rocking this babe:

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You can go to Walmart for $15 rod/reel combo. Good enough for pier fishing. You can also get sabiki rigs there as well, and get a pack of sinkers.
It would cost you at least that much to rent a combo from pier.
Use them for a couple days, then drop them off at Goodwill before leaving. All good. You ...

Interestingly, I use the exact combination. My workhorse on sandy beaches. They caught my share of surf perch, croakers, beans, guitars, rays...

2nd seems black perch, although a little too silver.

Black perch "Easily identified by a large patch of enlarged scales between the pectoral and pelvic fins." Looks exactly like that in your picture.

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