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A Light spinning set-up with a small hook and small sand crabs for bait is the best way to target them between about May and Christmas (details on this setup shortly...) But when the sand crabs aren't present in large numbers, when the water temperature is at its lowest in winter months, an artificial bait like a curlytail grub, like the one pictured below, is the best bait option for surf perch fishing in Orange, LA, San Diego, Ventura and Santa Barbara County, and beyond

Worse still, if its a squeeze, you risk injuring your fish

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File down excess metal around the ring and sharpen the point

Set the baited hook into the most promising piece of water you can find and wait for a fish to bite