Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various viviparous marine fishes of the family Embiotocidae, found in shallow coastal waters of the northern Pacific Ocean.
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- noun small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
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Non-salmonid species, namely Pacific herring Clupea harengus, surf smelt Hypomesus pretiosus, night smelt Spirinchus starksi, staghorn sculpin Leptocottus armatus and shiner surfperch Cymatogaster aggregata and federally endangered tidewater goby Eucyclogobius newberryi also occur.
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Every other day or so, at 3 p.m., she wanders from fisherman to fisherman offering $3, and always $3, for a herring, surfperch, or white croaker.
Fishing the Venice Beach Pier Jonathan Miles 2005
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Members of the Central Coast Fly Fishers ply the waters for surfperch on a beach near Seal Rock.
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Maybe that is why the fishing gods gave about a dozen members of the Central Coast Fly Fishers a few hours with little wind, calm seas and an occasional peek of sunlight on a recent club trip to a beach near Seal Rock to pursue surfperch.
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While fishing ocean beaches for surfperch concentrate your fishing efforts near areas with rocky outcroppings, drop-offs / ledges, or rip tides.
unknown title 2009
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Fishing the surf for surfperch is just starting to get underway.
unknown title 2009
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Sand shrimp is a great bait to use for catching surfperch.
unknown title 2009
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Fishing for rockfish, surfperch, and greenling in the lower Coos Bay estuary has been good.
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To catch rockfish and surfperch fish near pilings or submerged rock piles and for greenling concentrate your fishing effort near kelp beds for the best success.
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