Surf Fishing with a Rooster Tail Spinner

[@swimbait1]

Have never seen salmon caught in the surf like that, very cool.

[@amitmehta3519]

P.k the legend of surf fishing in Oregon coast.....!....i learn a lot from you..and hope you will come come back for good..live oregon..

[@rhabdob3895]

It would be so great to be walking down the beach and come across a crazy man screaming at his fish. I have a lot of fun with your vids.

[@xyzct]

Enthusiasm is infectious.

[@aleehene]

Love your excitement. Keep enjoying all you do in life!

[@extrafishy]

Good idea using spinners for perch and nice rigging. To save the knot, use a small bead between the weight and swivel. Great fun, thanks for posting!!

[@BuceGar]

The inline spinner might be the greatest fish bait ever created. Thanks Worden's!

[@JWall-tu7tf]

Wow that looks like fun especially with the noodle rod!

[@washingtonlife]

I love this video PK!!! Thank you so much I will need to bring out my rooster tails next time out on the surfs!

[@aliciaroot2201]

Yeah!!! So happy for you! Love your excitement!!!

[@DieHardFishing]

Right on! Good practice for surf striper down here in California!

[@rx7yam]

PK thank you for your videos. Especially the knot tying tutorials. It's taught me if I settle down and focus to put in the work I will have more confidence and satisfaction in my rigs. You are AWESOME PK!! Dean from Eugene, OR

[@2000jamie]

That was your best video in my opinion. Catching salmon in the surf, are you kidding me....I am very jealous. Keep it up PK and tight lines.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Wild salmon. Sounds delicious. Ooh released. Great work. Thanks

[@DAisaka09]

I've never heard of salmon off an ocean the beach like that with surf breaks. In puget sound up in Seattle we catch them off the beach sometimes but its not a surf zone like that. Pretty cool stuff

[@elmerparedes1105]

You can see them breach in the surf here in Humboldt during season

[@nunliski]

Well . . . the sound is not the ocean. That's why.

[@123holsey123]

Great day what a experience didn’t expect not only one but two you put in the time and deserve the catch tight lines thanks for sharing.

[@trumpzilla4193]

I love your youthful enthusiasm!

[@Opaleye]

Oh nice!! I purchased some rooster tail spinners recently! I should try using them too!! thank you so much for the great video!

[@user-kk6lc1th2r]

What an awesome surprise from the surf! I know that when you’ve hooked one that’s bleeding bad you wanna harvest it but legal is legal. You did the right thing 👍🏻

[@fxxxtrtzrrah2704]

Nice catch thanks for sharing. The point of barbless hooks is reducing the damage, it does not relate to one being able to take the fish or not. Actually, I would only use barbed hooks if I would intend to keep the fish at any cost, otherwise stick to barbless.

[@hannibalgrim]

Now thats a great day of fishing on the coast.

[@UntitledSpaghetti2]

My all-time best lure is the C.P. Swing. There's nothing fancy about it, but the fish love it. I've caught 32 different species of fish in fresh & salt water.

[@seanerecacho67]

Wow 2 salmon from the beach very very nice work sir!!!!🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@bobjohnson7207]

That was awesome way to go. Tight lines.

[@oceanshome5119]

Love your energy in this vid. Super cool stuff

[@danawise5592]

Awesome Catch!!! Love your excitement when you’re hooked up.

[@BigJohn651]

We catch Cohos, and especially Pinks, from shore in the Puget Sound regularly, but catching Cohos in the surf? That's cool. Everybody who's ever fished has tossed back a bleeder at one time or another, and felt bad about it. Wanted to keep it too, if it was big enough to eat and no one was looking. But the crab have to eat too, so no worries. Keep it up, love your vids.

[@yagradio8655]

First cast!!!! Wow❤💪🏿

[@CJSaws]

All salmon except coho is open from March 15 through October 31 from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. There’s a minimum of 24 inches on chinook and a minimum of 20 inches on steelhead. No minimum length for pink, chum, or sockeye. Fin clipped coho from June 27 through August 16 or sooner with a 22,000 quota.

[@jeffw3776]

I once caught a salmon off the rocks in central California, south of Morro Bay, Spooner Cove with a crocodile lure.

[@J.C.S.77]

👍 this type of commentaries and excitement only seeing on the sports channels, “another score” 🤩🥳🤩

[@holland1904]

Another trophy, way to go. Tight lines and God bless.

[@F-N-C]

That was beautiful on the rooster tail

[@bushape2591]

Nice job!!! looked like awesome day of fishing. Great your out there hooking up!

[@andershandmadecrafts9437]

Nice video! I will have to try rooster tails this week on the coast!

[@daves4yah]

Love your enthusiasm Sir! I'll see u out there sometime. I need to learn how to surf fish, and I need a long pole, I'm a river/Creek/pond Fisher from NorCal and just moved here 3 months ago so looking forward to it. I can use my shorter pole for jetty fishing but haven't tried that yet either. Been too busy crabbing and clamming first but itching to go fishing and learning how it's done thanks to your videos so thanks PK! Cheerz!

[@jefdachef4421]

dang pk you killed it out there SALMON from the surf...awsome vid!!!

[@Wapatihunter]

so awesome !! way to go and thanks for sharing and educating the rest of us!!

[@jeffro5032]

Hope to run into you on the beach some where PK! I too am getting into hitting the Oregon coast for fishing and crabbing. Building myself a badass beach cart as I type this , and will be hitting surf all through the winter , until my body can't take the cold! Love your videos and Tight Lines!!

[@oregonlife]

Thank you. Would be great to meet you on the water. Good luck and be safe.

[@jeffro5032]

@@oregonlife Thanks PK , and thanks again for all your videos. I've lived here all my life and your videos have really inspired me. I have some new crabbing techniques off the beach I'm testing out , and if they work well , I'd be glad to share what I've learned. Tight lines brother!

[@oregonlife]

@@jeffro5032 ok cool. Hope they work out for you.

[@thedetective8150]

If anyone deserved to catch salmon from the shore it's PK. Well done bro!

[@trickytrav88]

Cool vid i never tryed this with the weight in the surf thats a grear idea its a carolina rig with a rooster tail..a suggestion bring a smaller rubbermad lid to set fish on for clean release..they wont look like chicken cutlets..thanks for the vid God Bless and tight lines

[@jamesdriscoll9405]

You can replace the treble hook with a siwash single hook, makes releasing easier. There are videos that detail the replacement. I have caught salmon just outside the surf line charter fishing out of Westport Wa. Great video, I appreciate your work, and I enjoy your enthusiasm.

[@lex4758]

Rooster tails work great on alot of things. Nice catch. 🇰🇭

[@HouseHunterLA]

What a great video!

[@Crappie_Day]

awesome idea 🤙definitely trying this.

[@realinvestor222]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

[@MrtyMrtn]

Congrats on the catch! If you're ever up near the Central Coast, Pismo to San Simeon, hit me up and maybe meet up for some surf fishing.

[@christophero1968]

Replace the treble hook with a split ring and siwash hook (same way you’d rig a spinner for steelhead) and you won’t harm the fish; make it barbless and you’ll be legal for salmonids too 👍 love your videos

[@JoelFishes]

Hey man, new sub - great to see a bigtime Oregon angler out here, and I'm loving your videos.

[@oregonlife]

Thank you. Tight lines!

[@kvang84]

awesome video. i didn't know you could use those rooster tails for surf perch. I hope to one day be able to surf fish in Oregon. you never get that kind of action down in CA, especially in Southern Ca. Maybe in northern ca up close to Oregon.

[@otroflores91]

What part of SoCal are you talking about? Surf fishing in San Diego is good. We catch perch, leopard sharks, dogfish, corvina, sea bass, corbina, halibut, and plenty of Rays. Some people near oceanside have caught stripped bass this year too.

[@bigfootbaptist7073]

Your videos are great. Hopefully I’ll see you out at the coast sometime... I have a lot to learn about surf fishing haha

[@OregonFishingAdventures]

Some gorgeous salmon and perch man! Great job

[@bluemarblemark]

On a rooster-tail!? Nice!

[@cuttlefishpie3731]

Might try this on lake Winnipeg

[@48vdcwrld]

WOW didn't see that coming, great info and video

[@danapatelzick594]

There are videos of people catching halibut in the surf in California but no mention of Oregon. Is that because of the season or something else?

[@yuhanzhang2882]

salmon from the surf - good job!

[@theoldbankfisherman]

Awesome, luv it! How common is it to catch salmon from the surf like that? If it where salmon season you would have to fish with a barbless hook order to keep them?

[@ctbsancho2516]

Hey PK great video! How far between the barrel swivel and the rooster tail? Like a 12" leader? What size egg sinker? Thank you! I'm a noob

[@oregonlife]

About 12-24" should be fine. I use a 1/2 oz to a 1 oz egg sinker

[@grebentsoff]

Thank you, Man!

[@kimngo8141]

Thank you, I like your video so much.

[@lisabeth5080]

I swear a rooster tail can catch any fish out there. I took a few to Cape Lookout, NC and the bluefish devoured them. Wish they made salt proof hooks.

[@navajodine5712]

one more comment just moved to rockaway and learning to surf fish ive been using my salon steelhead rod its 9foot 6inches can you recomend a good spinning rod and reel just dont wanna get the best bang for the buck was catching the salmon in the seafoam a flook or have you done it since

[@Ginodel20]

Dude I am new. I want to say. I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE CRABBING VIDEOS

[@oregonlife]

Thank you.

[@MoreThanFishing]

That is awesome catch!

[@genedavis759]

I'll offer a tip for keeping your spin reel from sand fouling and that is to lay your rig down with the handle side down to keep it up off the sand .

[@YoBobby]

Hey your videos are awesome. I am curious what camera and microphone do you use? More vids please

[@oregonlife]

I use a Gopro 6 - with the built-in microphone. Been out of fishing for a while, hope to get videos up soon

[@YoBobby]

@@oregonlife ty!

[@kimloitran1786]

Blue fox and mepps including panther martins what real fisherman use. You gave me tip on Berkeley 2 inch sand worms

[@TeamReconyx]

Awesome! Looks like the last one was fin clipped and a keeper if you had a tag ;o)

[@jimknowles5483]

Great vedio! Curious what month were you fishing in?

[@oregonlife]

Late September

[@ronaldmcdonald3965]

Wow, First Cast!

[@marvicty]

It's hard to tell from the vid but those almost looked like Steelheads?

[@CENCAL491]

Look like steelhead to me ..close to shore also

[@tommyweller9130]

they were coho salmon u can tell by the lateral line and the mouth shape

[@jbzhitz]

Awesome salmon catch. Hopefully they made it. On a Rooster Tail. 💥

[@gabifishing642]

Excellent video Well done, I subscribed to your channel

[@wilsonflanders878]

PK how long is your leader normally when you fish them rooster tails

[@oregonlife]

I go about 3-4 ft

[@wilsonflanders878]

@@oregonlife Thank you

[@michelleleighty9302]

salmon in the serf wow , awsome

[@Norup68]

Hi PK I've been following you for a long time and I love your videos. I think you are doing it very well, so you can learn from it and at the same time you are fun in a good way. Sorry I'm writing and asking, but I want to know where you buy the different colored tie that you use to tie your stuff on your catch pots when you go crabbing. Your friend from Denmark

[@oregonlife]

Denmark! Wow. They are Nite ize rubber ties from amazon

[@Norup68]

@@oregonlife Hi PK Thank you for your quick response and help on the ties I look forward to following you on the next trip to see and learn how to do better. I've been thinking and you could not make an electronic helper to get the cages up in the boat so you do not have to fight the heavy cages. Johan Norup Ven from Denmark

[@oregonlife]

The pulley setup crossed my mind many times. I just prefer to haul it up by hand, it's not as bad as it looks

[@matts2588]

It looks like your site no longer has a place to email you. Did you go to California yet? Nice Salmon! Wow is that by Newport?

[@oregonlife]

Contact page is up: surffishingnation.com/contact.html . I'm leaving for CA on 10/13

[@peacefishtail2438]

Nice video..👍👍 How’s Cabela’s 11.6 fish eagle? is this is a 3 pcs. Rod fish eagle salmon steelhead?.. I already ordered yesterday and trying to fishing next week with rooster tail 🎣...

[@thegreatmrfu]

not sure about the coho salmon but maybe a steelhead trout. coho will have black gums. who would of thought using spinners in the surf ? your vids are the best ! keep it up 💪😁

[@ikennaeckrich5332]

thegreatmrfu pink Salmon

[@TheMrmanning71]

Hey PK. Are you fishing tomorrow? Would like to fish with you one last time before you go south. Let me know where. I'll be there.

[@PatrickMagee]

Warning! Do not use too short a leader or let your weight be next to your lure with a treble hook when fishing in Oregon. From page 19 of the 2018 regulations: "With hooks larger than 5/8 inch gap or multiple point hook, weight must be attached 18 inches or more above the uppermost hook."

[@Marlonscrazy]

Patrick Magee I doubt fish and game is out there measuring leaders.

[@0oPRYMEo0]

Is that for ALL fish or only for certain species?

[@PatrickMagee]

All fish

[@PatrickMagee]

They do for stream fishermen as it is one method of detecting snaggers. If you get caught with too many fish or out of season fish it is just one more thing they can look to cite you.

[@tannercross9825]

This is false as you have a texes rig plus page 19 of the regs is on the general NOT specific zones or areas nice try buddy stay in the clouds and leave fishing be Plus snagging on purpose in surf is impossible lol

[@wowletmeloggin]

What beach was that? Please note!!!

[@pdxfishing6840]

So awesome!

[@tonglo85]

Thats pretty awesome bro

[@HopskysLounge]

That is awesome that you caught 2 salmon. I enjoy catching salmon.

[@ronniebeltran741]

Damn fish whisperer I tell ya!

[@jessegarcia6734]

Man I sure am gonna miss these vids!!!

[@lucabrasi8702]

Miss them? He still posts

[@Young-manz_outdoors]

never known sea perch love spinners

[@pointblanksandwich8284]

How can the 1/2 oz. Be smaller than the 3/8 oz?

[@AyOutdoorTv]

Hey what spot did you go fishing I’m out here catching nothing

[@stevet8121]

We have great surf fishing in California, especially northern California. We would welcome you!

[@airsoftluke17]

San Fran pier is the best too!

[@gthomas1421]

Legendary!

[@inmotion81]

Awsome that salmon would have been some good eating.

[@dougfarrington3104]

This is a great video - congrats on an awesome day! May I ask, how much distance did you have between your swivel and your Rooster Tail? How long was that leader? Thanks!

[@andershandmadecrafts9437]

2 inches

[@paulschmidt1644]

Hey PK great video, honestly how much are you gonna miss the fishing in Oregon?

[@oregonlife]

I'm gonna miss it a lot. It's painful. but I will return in about 3 years though.

[@briangrendahl4635]

@@oregonlife why three years ? Are you moving for a job ? I missed why you were moveing

[@oregonlife]

@@briangrendahl4635 moving for family reason.

[@ericcruzstealth]

PK Yi i cant cast these they are so light. How long is the swivel to the rooster tail line?

[@oregonlife]

Mine was about 25-28 inches

[@ArmaniBlu]

If you don’t mind me asking what beach is this at on the Oregon coast ?

[@xyzct]

PK, when surf perch fish with lures, do you use/need scent?

[@oregonlife]

No scent at all.

[@xyzct]

@@oregonlife, thank you for responding (again :-) Yeah, I didn't think you did. Some guy was giving me grief for not having scent as I was setting up. But I guess you're inundated with others telling you you're doing it all wrong, so ...

[@ericcruzstealth]

Sand worm or softshell sand crab or rooster tail what do you prefer?

[@oregonlife]

sand worm all the way. The rooster tail was just an experiment I do once a while to show people another option to catch surf perch.

[@Capital-Idea]

Cool...try removing the treble hook and install a single si-wash barbless hook..easier on you and our piscatorial buddies..gonna' try this down here in Monterey..thanks for the entertainment...

[@orlandowheaton3856]

Is it possible those were Steelhead? A totally white mouth?

[@Sshooter444]

Coho

[@briangrendahl4635]

Coho has white gums and black mouth .all white is steelhead witch is what they looked very similar to in my opinion .who cares either way. That would be bad ass fun