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Some slabs, including pregnant females made their appearance. Five fish in 2 hrs (0630 start) on the blue and chrome kastmaster.

kastmaster wrote: Thu Feb 26, 2026 9:45 am Some slabs, including pregnant females made their appearance. Five fish in 2 hrs (0630 start) on the blue and chrome kastmaster.
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You are the Kast Master!..Nice perches….
Butch

Thanks for the report and the pics, Kastmaster. Question for you - do you use kastmasters for perch year-round, or do you switch to other baits during certain times of the year? FWIW, I caught my pb perch on a Livetarget Erratic Shiner last February...a pregnant female. Anyway, go get some more!

Thanks Calmwater. I alternate surf fishing with KM and jerkbaits and haven't targeted perch outside of the Dec - March period. Hopefully, I can add more to the discussions here as I gain experience. I tend to fish the bay or piers in summer due to crowds, so I know I have been missing out on the sand crab / corbina / croaker party, but I aim to remedy that this year. The list of species I have caught locally on KM includes barred surfperch, shortfin corvina, macks, spotties, halibut, queenfish, Bonefish (!), barred sand bass, jacksmelt, lizardfish, needlefish. Waiting on my first 'cuda. Sharp hooks and tight lines.

Wow, kastmasters are some kind of lure. Thanks for the reply. If you decide to try the YFC/corbina thing, feel free to contact me for any tips.

Someone just added YFC to the kastmaster list.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SoCalFishing/s/J1Dxj9OBHL

Thanks for the report my primary lure is the Krocodile . Like your vintage rod . What length ?

7 ft. Thrift store purchase. Unmarked.

William Ritchie wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 5:27 pm Thanks for the report my primary lure is the Krocodile . Like your vintage rod . What length ?

I like your avatar.. What program/app. did you use to make it?...
Butch

I uploaded a photo to chatGPT and asked it to produce a Gyotaku style image from it.

Midnightpass wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 8:43 am I like your avatar.. What program/app. did you use to make it?...
Butch