surfperch

IPA: sˈɝfpˈɝtʃ

Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

Examples of "surfperch" in Sentences

Sand shrimp is a great bait to use for catching surfperch.
Fishing the surf for surfperch is just starting to get underway.
Fishing for rockfish, surfperch, and greenling in the lower Coos Bay estuary has been good.
Members of the Central Coast Fly Fishers ply the waters for surfperch on a beach near Seal Rock.
While fishing ocean beaches for surfperch concentrate your fishing efforts near areas with rocky outcroppings, drop-offs / ledges, or rip tides.
Every other day or so, at 3 p.m., she wanders from fisherman to fisherman offering $3, and always $3, for a herring, surfperch, or white croaker.
To catch rockfish and surfperch fish near pilings or submerged rock piles and for greenling concentrate your fishing effort near kelp beds for the best success.
Maybe that is why the fishing gods gave about a dozen members of the Central Coast Fly Fishers a few hours with little wind, calm seas and an occasional peek of sunlight on a recent club trip to a beach near Seal Rock to pursue surfperch.
Non-salmonid species, namely Pacific herring Clupea harengus, surf smelt Hypomesus pretiosus, night smelt Spirinchus starksi, staghorn sculpin Leptocottus armatus and shiner surfperch Cymatogaster aggregata and federally endangered tidewater goby Eucyclogobius newberryi also occur.