desert island fishing net Dr.Fish Telescoping Long Handle Landing 8.6ft 9.8ft Each net comes with a full Hawaiian Angler Round Scoop Net

From hook to combo, here's what our best setup and rig for Surf Perch fishing in Central California, Bay Area, Monterey Bay and San Francisco consists of: Size 6 Grub Hook with a small artificial curlytail or grub-style bait, or size 4 or 2 hook with half a real worm (Sandworm, pileworm, bloodworm, lugworm etc - whatever's favoured locally) Red attractor bead on the leader 25 inches of 6, 8 or 10-pound mono leader line Palomar knots for all connections Stainless Steel Micro Swivel (30lb) Clear rigging bead to buffer sinker against swivel knot 1oz to 1.75oz egg sinker 40 to 50 inches of 20-pound mono top shot Crazy Alberto or FG mono to braid knot 15 to 20-pound braid main line 8'6" - 10" Medium-rated spinning rod 3500 to 4500-size spinning reel Setup 2: Best Reel, Pole / Rod Combo for Central California and Bay Area Surf Perch Fishing With the bigger waves, heavier current and chance of a striped bass on many surf perch venues along the Central Coast, Monterey, and Bay Area, upping the gear strength a notch is a wise move

Spinning reels, in my opinion, are more efficient at moving your bait around in the water column, and I only use them, but if you are fishing for big fish and using extra-heavy baits or baits with heavy hooks, a heavier-action bait-casting rod/reel may be better

These specialty jigs fish fast because they are denser and therefore heavier than lead jigs, even in a smaller size

However the swims I caught the barbel with it were quite open spaces and there was no need to give them a lot of stick