I HAD THE BEACH TO MYSELF!! Surf Perch And Flounder FISHING Was On Fire

[@xyzct]

Nice, Nick. I've caught a bazillion redtails, and zero flounder ... though one time I caught a sand dab that was barely bigger than the 2" Gulp sandworm it swallowed. It was hilarious because it was so small that it was translucent, and you could see the sandworm taking up half of its insides.

[@briank.347]

YASS!!! Sh***y day at work so I’m dang glad to see a new video! Thanks brother! 🤙🏽

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching

[@dillonjackson1409]

Thank U so much for your videos they are relaxing and most helpful😊

[@slabslayers]

Good video. You got into some nice surf perch plus it did not take long for a bite. Good tip about the flounder I got to give that a try next time surf per fishing. 👍

[@joesperling1262]

Thanks for the video. Great to see you catch that flounder!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I was pretty stoked on the flounder! I always knew they were around, but you definitely don’t catch them as often as the surf perch

[@UpTownDanny]

Thank you for your service.

[@StorageAuctionSnipers]

Love the surf videos... and the jetty... and the... oh hell, I love em all.

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

haha Thanks, I love doing all of it! I appreciate the support

[@davidmays3333]

Good to see you out again Nick!!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank you. I missed it for sure

[@jrwnc4831]

Super glad to have found your channel Nick. Learnt a tonne especially from your jetty fishing videos. Please keep it going!!!

[@victormolina3735]

Good job Nick … Good to see you again 👍👍👍

[@OpZoe]

Learning a lot from your video's. Live on the North end of the Peninsula, so seeing your video's in my area is very helpful. What size weight you using here? Different conditions Different weights. But here your using? Im learning to read the surf as well.

[@eugenegordin]

😂 great vid, Nick! Catch and release :) tight lines!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank you, I actually like letting fish go and just keeping what I need. Always makes for a fun day. Thanks for watching

[@relambrou]

I hit the Barview Jetty before sunrise 10/06/23 and parked next to the only rig parked by the tracks. Red SUV with privacy shades...damn I was wishing it was you😂 Caught some huge keeper crabs with my grandsons.

[@ianmacnab8053]

Hey Nick. Randomly came across your channel today and realized the family connection. Nice work on the videos.

[@stevebishop9928]

your videos are fun to watch, and always informative. and, thank you for your service!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. Fun and informative is what I'm always hoping for, or I don't think people would watch as much :) Just makes my day knowing that people enjoy these videos.

[@Johnboooy]

Awesome fish, thx for the video.

[@markcrawford2896]

Right on brother!! I just spent the fourth of July weekend there surf fishing and smashed them !! 🤟🤟

[@griffnam2019]

Great Video as ALWAYS brother!! Thanks for the content! 😎🤙🍻

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank You! I appreciate you watching

[@aaronchilds4539]

I grew up in the seal rock area and went fishing in the surf all the time

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I love it. The fishing is fun but the ocean has always amazed me. Luckily there is surf fishing so I have an excuse to go stand in the water and just stare out into the ocean all day without looking crazy haha.

[@aaronchilds4539]

I miss the beaver creek blueback fishing.

[@dennisross3477]

Great as always. I have a seat for you in my boat if you want to get out on the columbia this fall

[@WTFFISHIN]

About time we see some content... Where you been lol

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Haha Right? I’ve had a lot going on the last couple months and was just burnt out. I’m back and ready to play again. Thanks for the patience.

[@WTFFISHIN]

Well I hope all is well and I look forward to the up and coming adventures. Fyi between the decision of doing a coastal vacation with my family ( who love to fish) and your videos for some research of what I need to be prepared. We catch a lot of fish and crab. Still after my lingcod. And my lady is ready to try her hand at poke pole fishing. We will be making our trip again next month

[@humguy707]

Always good to see you and a new video brother

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank you. I’m glad to have one to finally put out. It should just start picking up from here.

[@jorgedubois8878]

Soy suscriptor de argentina,muy bueno tu canal.saludos👍

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Wow Argentina 🇦🇷 I appreciate you subscribing and supporting the channel. Thank You 🎣

[@JohnArnoldPhotography]

Great info just visited Sunset beach yesterday for scenery. Couple of days ago fished Oceanside few days ago only got 1 tiny sculpin. Bummer.

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Haha ya that’s surf fishing for you. Some days are hot fishing and other days it’s a struggle to find anything. Makes those good days even better though.

[@oregonmodding]

We will be at sunset beach from the 31st to September 4th. I have never surf fished and if your free it would be awesome to meet up and fish. Kids and I have been skunked last 3 times rock fishing. We still don't know exactly what to look for in the surf.

[@13hawks32claws]

Great water color.

[@borbonic]

Gonna get some surf perch action myself. Probably in the next week or so. Gotta mix it up.

[@360Angling-Outdoors]

It's funny watching on the go pro you can see the bite take place thought the reel seat and but of rod

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I wish I had more clips from surf fishing and jetty fishing where you can really see and feel that bite before there's any rod bend.

[@360Angling-Outdoors]

@@AnglingAddictsPNW i’m going to newport this weekend how’s the report?

[@ChuckFasst]

Sheesh Nick. You got me remembering when I was a kid fishing The Puget sound. I dreamed about having a big rig like that big surf rig of yours. I've been reading those magazines like salt water sportsman and watching these dudes catching these big ass fish. I never did quite make it to a rig quite that big. I kind of ended up being a level wind guy. #FishFinAddicts

[@fishingwithvu]

Nice day out Nick. I’ve yet to catch a flounder in the surf. Looks like fun 👍

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thanks! I always love hooking into a flounder. They are delicious! I'd rather be eating flounder than surf perch

[@hanslain9729]

Amazing content man... I have surf gear on my wish list for my younger son and I... looking forward to targeting some perch! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experiences!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Surf fishing gear is a must if you are ever planning on being around the coast. Something that’s pretty easy to enjoy with the kids.

[@nikoniko3483]

I was at ocean shores and met an old timer. He paused in the middle of our conversation to look up at the sky, smirked at some clouds. Looked back at me and said "only small fish today". Sure enough...

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

haha you get what you get, some days are just better than others.. Good luck out there

[@kwoklue6295]

Good vid and thanks for sharing. May I ask where is this beach. When visited Seattle three weeks ago my friend took me to Ocean shore just next to a jetty. The waves just liked a washing machine. I used Carolina rig with 3/4 oz slide sinker just like what I usually do in Southern California. This light tackle set up could not get me any fish for the entire day.😂

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank you, unfortunately there will always be those days where you can't catch a fish regardless of what you use or throw at them. I think it'd spoil the fun if it were always easy. And it's tough to catch fish on those days when the water just looks like a washing machine anyhow. Hopefully your next outing is productive. This is sunset beach, just south of Astoria

[@roguedog6799]

Awesome day, now i want to drive over to the coast ( :

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Haha it sounds like these videos have that effect on people. Get out there 🎣

[@rosslehmkuhler923]

Dude, I am coming out from Nebraska. I would love to hook up and have you teach a flatlander how to surf fish. Can't think of anyone better.

[@debatebore1057]

I fish this beach between posts 3 and 5 usually...but I havent had much luck fiunding those troughs elsewhere. Anyone ever fish off the jetty at the astoria end of the beach? Also, what bag are you using to keep those fish in? I dont like walking all the way back to the truck or to a bucket, lol...

[@adamjensen795]

The columbia River South jetty is an awesome spot to surf fish. But there is a lot of construction from them fixing the jetty

[@asully70]

Fish Field sells a nice surf fishing bag for over your shoulder. Kinda nice. I’ve used a clam bag attached to my wader belt before (which looks like what Nick is using) and the more fish you catch the the looser and lower you belt sags. Kinda annoying.

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Finding those troughs can be tough sometimes. You almost need to get there at low tide and scope everything out like I did in this video. It can be a huge advantage. Sometimes you just need to really pay attention to what the water and waves are doing. They will show you what the bottom looks like. I have fished off that jetty, in fact that’s where I caught the flounder earlier in the week that I mentioned in this video. It has its times. There are a lot of little silver perch over there too. The bag I’m using is actually just the mesh bag that my waders were in when I got them. I use it for surf fishing and for clamming. Not the best choice but it was free and works until I pick up something better. As mentioned below, it DOES become loose when it’s around your wader belt and the more fish you add makes it super annoying.

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

It definitely has its good and bad times, but easy access. I can’t wait until they are done with the construction. That jetty is HUGE!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I definitely need to look into an actual fishing bag. This one IS just around my wader belt and then clipped again on the wader belt loop. It works for a couple fish but sags way too much and becomes insanely annoying. I’ll have to look into the fish field ones

[@EricSNeitzel]

I've started calling you the Angling Jetty Jedi PNW

[@MrAcuta73]

Fished Seal Rock, Ona, and Lost Creek yesterday....all I could find were Silvers no matter where I went. Was fairly fun because I was catching fish, but also kinda frustrating. I wanted fish tacos, dammit! lol

[@CJ-ld1kj]

High or low tide

[@MrAcuta73]

@@CJ-ld1kj Fished the morning incoming.

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I think we have to have the frustrating days to make the good days even better, but it does suck when you're only catching silvers when that's not what your'e looking for. Maybe next time haha. Good luck out there

[@ChaseKayzer]

You haven't been jetty fishing in a while. I think it's time to hit the jetty!

[@purposedriven440]

What's your opinion on whether to use pancake weights or pyramid wieghts

[@Z32danny]

I really like your saltwater vids like this and the rockfish & lingcod ones! What do you think are the best conditions to fish in the PNW from the beach and/or the rocks? I built an algorithm / website that predicts how good the next few days (1 week) will be for fishing from shore, and I'm interested to compare and see how it does 🤔

[@itzOLE3]

Psyched to see you post!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thanks! Me too haha

[@Carson-my8xz]

Anytime you have a pole in your hand you should be thankful. Take care

[@matthewfritz2176]

Great outing, thanks for sharing. Not the right time of year, but do you do any walleye fishing?

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank you! And yes I do. I actually just made my first trip this year. I was bank fishing and trying to figure it out. I managed to catch one, so it was a good start. I’m planning on doing a lot more when things pick up. Those fish are delicious!

[@asully70]

I’m curious what you “just saw swimming by” you never elaborated on what you saw around 20:30…what was it?!?!?

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I’d put money on it being a coho swimming in the surf. You can’t see anything in the video clip but it was just a couple feet in front of me and swam by slowly from right to left.

[@JohnAnderson-ze2hu]

We're you on the South jetty last night

[@mrjmurph91]

This comment is irrelevant, but as I was just talking to you at riverside, I thought you looked familiar. Had I realized it was you at the time I woulda talked to you more. Tight lines man.

[@meetc6785]

Really random but if you see the only guy ever fly fishing at riverside, feel free to say hi. I'm out there several times a week.

[@mar83wan]

Haven’t seen any videos lately - now with the salmon season already started … everything ok ?

[@guyh.4553]

How do you clean a flounder? When I got one, I messed it up badly.

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

It’d be hard to explain but you do it just like you’d fillet a halibut. There are a bunch of videos out there showing how. It’s definitely different than a typical fillet job.

[@aaronchilds4539]

You might hook a coho salmon in the surf.

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I’m gonna have to go back and look at the footage. I’m pretty sure my camera was rolling but I was pretty confident that you wouldn’t be able to see it on the camera. A coho is the first thing that came to mind when I saw it

[@aaronchilds4539]

I heard you can't keep any of them that are ocean caught. Unlike when I'm fishing off the jetty's in Valdez.

[@DIRTYBIRDYBEATS]

@@aaronchilds4539 I heard it was because of ALASKA..... A lawsuit has been filed because Alaska is OVER-FISHING. They make it seem like they need fish to survive because it is "The Last Frontier" and they are living off the land, but what is really going on is they are commercially fishing ALL OUR SALMON! STEALING OUR FISH! It said that we have been FOR YEARS putting many different methods and efforts into increasing the salmon population along the West Coast because the salmon are becoming endangered. While every year ALASKA steals all of the fish that were Native to California, Oregon, and Washington as well as BC!!!! All to keep making millions every year to keep up with the world's demand for their "Alaska Caught Salmon"! That is ridiculous dude! Go get your own damn fish ALASKA! STOP STEALING OURS! Make's sense now why the fish population is decreasing because greedy people like that taking fish for money! If you want to fish for YOURSELF to eat your catch that is one thing, but when you start being so greedy the fish could DISAPPEAR FOREVER just to fulfill your greedy little needs... Someone has to stop it and call you out you know what I mean! BC, California, Oregon and Washington can't even fish A LOT of time each year due to restrictions and IT IS BECAUSE ALASKA IS ROBBING US! SHADY!!!! 🤔🤔🤔🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮 Oh yeah, and NICE VIDEO as always! 😂

[@volcomstone52]

I was going to say the same thing 😂😂😂😂😂

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Haha thanks… I’m pretty stoked to be putting something out.. it’s been too long

[@Fishin-mission1]

I do pretty good at ilwaco jetty

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

I still have yet to fish up there and I don’t know why. I always get a Washington license. One of these days

[@DRTMaverick]

Niiice!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thanks!

[@jamesrey4275]

Hot Chow!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Hot Fuckin Chow Rey Rey! Dude did I respond to your message about coming to Africa to visit? I totally forgot, if not, expect a message soon

[@zackprather3732]

hey you turd those are some nice tacos you caught we went out in the boat to three arches south of barview and slaughtered the bottoms and lings bro i hopoe you are doing good my guy miss you keep rippin lips and putting out videos

[@alexmacdonald258]

Really good to see you out this Summer Nick! I lost count of all those little ones, too. How deep were you wading-about knee deep? We're heading to Barview next week, maybe I'll get to tag some nice ones myself!

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Hope you are/were able to get out and find some fish. I always enjoy getting out into the surf during the summer. I think I was about knee deep most of the time in this video. It really does depend on where the waters at though. I started more shallow and thought I'd be casting close, but it turned into wading out further and casting far to get to the fish.

[@NWHomesteader]

Thanks for the video Nick. Nice fish 🎣

[@AnglingAddictsPNW]

Thank you, turned out to be a fun day!