5th Street Perching with a Fellow FNN'er

[ErikAllen17]

Another FNN member recently reached out for a fishing buddy in the Ventura County area... I was one who answered that call. We met up on Monday morning at 5th Street in Ventura. We walked to his fishing spot and started fishing. I threw an LC for about 90 minutes and he was going for perch. The salad was thick and the waves were rough.. I had no hits while Nick was pulling in some monster perch! I switched over to my other rig that was set up for perch and finally hooked onto a GIANT skunkbuster as well. We fished for about 4 hours. Conditions sucked and I was reassured that this was very odd fishing for his spot. Normally much better. I could care less. I got to wet a line and meet up with a great guy with whom I look forward to fishing with again soon.

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[City Dad]

woa... You gonna have that beast mounted?

[blakeb]

Dang Eric you hooked a monster bro! Heading out to the tuna pens tonight ill call you Thursday to come get some fish

[anchor3n1]

[QUOTE=ErikAllen17;699780]Another FNN member recently reached out for a fishing buddy in the Ventura County area... I was one who answered that call. We met up on Monday morning at 5th Street in Ventura. We walked to his fishing spot and started fishing. I threw an LC for about 90 minutes and he was going for perch. The salad was thick and the waves were rough.. I had no hits while Nick was pulling in some monster perch! I switched over to my other rig that was set up for perch and finally hooked onto a GIANT skunkbuster as well. We fished for about 4 hours. Conditions sucked and I was reassured that this was very odd fishing for his spot. Normally much better. I could care less. I got to wet a line and meet up with a great guy with whom I look forward to fishing with again soon.

No you are a great guy, Erik!!!:Bug Eyes:

Really, last week and the week before there were tons of decent fish. No little dudes. Trust me:Secret:

I lost count after 30 last week.

[fishshep]

Super rough looking !!!

But you beat the skunk :Big Grin:

[bones]

I used to fish fifth street all of the time until the poaching crew with all of their coolers started showing up...you know the guys I'm talking about. I used to get so angry when they were all keeping ten (yeah right) pregnant perch during spawnig season so I regretfully keep away from that spot now. I go fishing to relax.....not to get angry.
That being said.....
When the water gets angry and stained there try using a chartreuse 1/4oz big hammer head with a 3" morf kalens grub. The larger hook/grub rig keeps the rats off and the chartreuse head is easily seen and chased down by the big girls...so much fun on UL gear.
Tight Lines-------<><

[murrieta angler]

Great job to the both of you for getting together and sharing some stories. :Cool:
The fish are just a bonus...:Wink:
Thanks for sharing and look forward to future reports, from the both of you.
Robert
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[skunked4life]

Well there you go! Made a new friend, got out to fish and even caught a few! What more can one ask for in life?

Those swells look a little ominous! Be careful out there guys!

Thanks for the report and keep them coming! I really enjoy reading about the surf fishing experiences of others, skunk and all!

Skunked4life

[TUNAVIC]

Always nice to see good times,with great pics,thanks!


Cya TUNAVIC