How to Catch and Cook Surf Perch

[@xyzct]

Hey PK, after watching this video, I was reflecting on how it was YOU who got me set up for perch fishing. It's brought so much enjoyment to my life, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@oregonlife]

Thanks, appreciate it.

[@edquier40]

Amen brudder! Me too! I caught my first perch from watching and learning from PK, the Perch King!

[@richfisherman2664]

Your like me when fishing. One last cast 5 cast later😂. Great video 🎣

[@tjport1980]

Thanks for sharing your setup. I’ve never fished for surf perch but I would like to try

[@hanslain9729]

Dude, so many extra points for explaining your rig at the onset of this video. Thank you!

[@kirkhustle3718]

I'm so excited! Thank you! I'm bringing my entire cooking kit with an assortment of veggies and rice to the beach!

[@theoldsurffisher1943]

PK: Yesterday I caught a 13+ fellow (Maybe a world record for an 80 year old fisher) at Francis Beach, Half Moon Bay on a Carolina Rigged with camo sand worms. It's guts were loaded with sand crab parts. After the catch, I searched for your pan fried cooking recipe and this nights perch, some shrimp, + lots of fried rice and loads of green onions on to our plate.

[@pinkpearl8130]

That fish looks sooooo delicious. Seemed cooked to perfection!

[@dondouglas3431]

PK, the cooking part of the video made me soooo hungry!mmmmmmh! I will take my gear to the next trip to the coast and try your fishing and cooking technique! thanks!

[@hotmotorsports3756]

Just caught a big ol' black surf perch this morning and will definitely try out this technique to make a nice meal! Thanks!

[@DIYUSA]

Thanks for showing me how to cook it. Will try that next time. Happy New Year!

[@theoldsurffisher1943]

You now seem to prefer the gulp shrimp over the sand worms. Nice looking fried fish!! Especially, after a chilly day on the surf.

[@fabulousrobert6607]

Deep fry perch has been my favorite. Yummy!

[@slacktide_angler]

I use coarse kosher salt and a wad of paper towel to clean the cavity out. Works really well and brines it a little bit.

[@edcastillo4456]

PK, are those red tails on the mushy side like barred surf perch from CA?

[@DoubleADay]

I found using an oyster knife to scale surfperch is the cleanest and easiest way. The scales just peel off and no mess from flying scales

[@stalkerspike]

Great looking catch!

[@carlosmartinezreborned6403]

Would you please do a video showing me how you bleed your surf perch. Thank you!

[@Valco458]

Another Awesome video PK . Thank you for sharing yet another fishing adventure with us. Any chance you’ll be doing any fishing with Lynn? Miss seeing him. Tight Lines 😉

[@monireak]

very nice fish and look so delicious 💖💖😍😍🌹🌹

[@michaelhoch8326]

Can you fish for surf perch all along the Oregon Coast or only in certain sections? Never been before and trying to find a location for a weekend trip!

[@jimmy45yea]

Great video

[@glassblowr1]

I need to pull the worms before i cook those babies. I usually filet them out and inspect the filets before cooking...it can be pretty trippy when you pull a 2.5 inch worm out.....LOL

[@F-N-C]

Great video!

[@hedoesthingspdx]

Nice work, PK! How do you keep your hands warm enough in those temperatures? Are those just polar fleece gloves? Having cooked saltwater fish for years and years I know that parasites will die when the internal temperature reaches between 140°F and 145°F for a duration of at least 15 seconds. The other way to kill them it to deep freeze for a week but I don't think many of us have sub zero freezers? I've been thinking about other fish I can catch for crab bait in my crab snares until the shad make their run in the spring. I wonder if our harbor seals will mess with something as small as a crab snare?

[@steveneedham1213]

How mushy was the fish. The perch I catch here in Baja out in front of my house always seem to mushy for my taste.

[@Royalinvensments]

How can I calculate a good day to go out for surf perch? I was out at the gear heart beach yesterday. I had to drive for 2 hours and swells were so large I could not catch anything. It was a bust for my fist time for perch. Please help me out, I want to take my kids with me fishing.

[@johnmichalek9802]

Look for how big the swells are. Then look to see how close they are together. 10 seconds is not too bad but 5 sucks!

[@oregonlife]

Video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqCXmHtog9WipdU

[@Royalinvensments]

PK, Thank you kindly for the afford getting that video out so quickly.I appreciate it. I went out to the gear heart the day after the storm and let me tell you as my first experience, I was in a chest deep water before I know it, I thought it was going to suck me right in. I said to myself, perch is not worth dying for. I have been just dying to go out fishing and learning the details before taking my two sons(11 and 9 years old) out for fishing. I am going to try it again and again until I perfect it. PK, thank you and happy new year to you and yours.

[@Crappie_Day]

Just subbed PK thanks 🤙

[@jonweaver2410]

How do you bleed the Surf Perch? Thanks.

[@oregonlife]

cut their gills

[@jccoffey23]

Looks delicious

[@stoweman34]

Would you filet it and cook it if you were going to make tacos? Or is this also how you make the tacos you just scrape the meat out?

[@oregonlife]

Fish tacos, I always fillet them.

[@williamhanley7031]

Nice 👍

[@martyr.81]

Let's Go fishing PK , I am currently in Waldport.

[@longrider42]

Dude you are a Hard Core Fisherman. My favorite lake is froze over. So I'm having Fried Chicken for supper. So you don't skin and fillet them?

[@primitivoreyes4395]

Caught a 15 inch perch

[@xyzct]

Asians like fish? Who knew. jk ;-) I live right at the beach. I love perch fishing. My kingdom for a way to make them less mushy.

[@brianskinner5711]

Why I don't enjoy eating them. I have had the best results( still not great) by brining them overnight, then a true deep fry.

[@freerx1845]

No need for ice to keep the fish cold that day

[@saillei1808]

虫子看起来挺吓人的

[@donbell1489]

He lost me at the worm..... not gonna lie