Fishing Netarts Bay?

Hey All,
I'm heading to Netarts this weekend for some R&R, and I am wondering besides crabbing in the bay, should I try to fish for something? I've got a SOT that I'm comfortable with and have most all the gear I need, just don't know what's out there and what I should use.

Any ideas or help is hugely appreciated! 

I tried bouncing some plastic around the rock wall while my pots soaked.  No love.  And my research on fishing Netarts turned up nothing promising either.  Doesn't mean they're not there.  I just couldn't find them.  But the fat crabs made up for it.

Yeah, looking forward to the fat crabbies. I was at the big sporting store in Tillamook and they kept directing towards the rivers around there. I just kept asking them about the bay....they said "why are you so bent on fishing the bay?"  I said "because that's where I'm going to be!"

I remember seeing a post on Ifish about catching BIG surfperch off the rocks on the bay side of the boat launch.  That is, not inside the calm waters of the launch.  I thought I saw pictures and I think they were large.  I think.  Let us know how it goes.  There's also good clamming, the butters are easy enough in area 2 of the map on this link:
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/shellfish/maps/Netarts.asp

There are Pile Perch, at least thats what we call them, farther up in the bay around the eel grass beds.  Other than that its mostly a crab and clam bay.  Sand shrimp tends to be my bait of choice.  Fish high slack tide.

Thanks for the info, guys.

yeah, I've only seen pile perch come out of Netarts.  and 2" sculpins.

For those interested, pile perch get pretty big (16-17 inches) and would count towards the sea perch/surf perch AOTY category.  They are in the bay this time of year to give birth and are notoriously picky eaters, more territorial than hungry. 

Small < 1 cm shore crabs on #6 octopus hook fly lined (i.e no weight) always worked fairly well for me.

Brian

The link to the post on Ifish I was thinking of:
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=221661&highlight=pile+perch

Looks like some good sized fish, and if you could get some or larger like Bsteves is talking about, some great points!

For those interested, pile perch get pretty big (16-17 inches) and would count towards the sea perch/surf perch AOTY category.  They are in the bay this time of year to give birth and are notoriously picky eaters, more territorial than hungry. 

Small < 1 cm shore crabs on #6 octopus hook fly lined (i.e no weight) always worked fairly well for me.

Brian

They are mouth brooders too... correct?  I have caught tons of them and I think its the males that carry the young in their mouths?

They are mouth brooders too... correct?  I have caught tons of them and I think its the males that carry the young in their mouths?

I don't think so.  You're probably thinking of cichlids which are mouth brooders.  Surfperch however are viviporous (i.e. they give birth rather than lay eggs).

They are mouth brooders too... correct?  I have caught tons of them and I think its the males that carry the young in their mouths?

I don't think so.  You're probably thinking of cichlids which are mouth brooders.  Surfperch however are viviporous (i.e. they give birth rather than lay eggs).

I must be thinking of those then.  There is one form of perch I have caught that at the end of the day there are often "baby fish" in the bottom of the bucket with the adults.  About 1" long and a gold/orange color..  I'll try to get some pics next time

I must be thinking of those then.  There is one form of perch I have caught that at the end of the day there are often "baby fish" in the bottom of the bucket with the adults.  About 1" long and a gold/orange color..  I'll try to get some pics next time

I've caught some really big pink tailed perch who started spewing live babies as soon as I took them out of the water.  They weren't coming out of it's mouth.  Could the ones you've seen have been 'born' after removal from the water?

I've seen surfperch give birth in a bucket a few times.  It really freaks some people out.

I must be thinking of those then.  There is one form of perch I have caught that at the end of the day there are often "baby fish" in the bottom of the bucket with the adults.  About 1" long and a gold/orange color..  I'll try to get some pics next time

I've caught some really big pink tailed perch who started spewing live babies as soon as I took them out of the water.  They weren't coming out of it's mouth.  Could the ones you've seen have been 'born' after removal from the water?

Most likely yes to that... I put 2 and 2 together and came up with 5