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JD’s Books: Perfect Reading Material for the Quarantine!

March 30, 2020 By JD Leave a Comment

Can’t fish? Well, you might as well read about it! Since you are probably stuck at home these days, now’s a great time to catch up on your fishing techniques.

Here’s my catalog of how-to titles, available through Amazon.

The Ultimate Guide to Steelhead Bank Fishing: (263 pages, $11.99 Digital Copy)

Jam packed with all the how-to info you need become a proficient bank angler: reading the water, curing bait rigging diagrams and tons of other stuff — it’s all in here

Light Tackle Surf Perch: (52 pages, $2.99 Digital Copy)

Thanks to detailed diagrams, photos and descriptive text, you’ll learn how to identify likely looking perch hang outs like troughs, holes, rips and more. Richey also shares secrets he’s learned from commercial perch anglers and other top beach fishermen and passes them on to you so you can be successful.

Plug Fishing For River Fishing: (69 pages, $2.99 Digital Copy)

In this, the most comprehensive guide of its kind ever assembled, JD covers everything you need to know to consistently catch river salmon on wobbling plugs like FlatFish and Kwikfish.

Packed with full color photographs and diagrams, the book covers everything from the basics to sophisticated tricks used by pro guides.

Light Tackle Delta Striper Secrets: (58 pages, $2.99 Digital Copy)

 In this book, JD shares the pro tips you need to catch striped bass in the Delta. Packed with photos and insightful diagrams, Richey shows you how to locate stripers, what to look for in a spot, how to work the tide to you advantage… and how to get bit using light tackle techniques like topwater, swimbaits and jigging. 

Side Drifting for Steelhead: (Paperback, $14.53 Digital Copy)

In this book, JD shares everything you need to know to become a successful side-drifter. Best describe ed as a family of techniques, side-drifting includes three methods–freedrifting, side gliding, boondogging. Each method is explained in depth and includes the basic gear you’ll need. 

Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: beach fishing, fishing tips, How-to, king salmon, Salmon, Steelhead, striped bass, surf fishing, surf perch

How to Video: Light Tackle Surf Perch Techniques

March 18, 2015 By JD 4 Comments

Here are all the basics you need to get you catching more surf perch off the beach with light gear! We shot this vid in beautiful 4K, so if you have the internet speed, crank this baby up to full resolution!

JD’s top surf perch gear picks

If you’re ready to take your surf perch fishing to the next level, check out my Guidebook: Light Tackle Surf Perch, available today at Amazon!

Light Tackle Surf Perch ebook cover

Filed Under: Saltwater Tagged With: beach fishing, How-to, light tackle, surf perch

Baja Beach Fishing?

September 8, 2008 By JD Leave a Comment

JD, my wife and I are headed for Baja’s East Cape next month for a little vacation. While it’s possible I’ll get out on a panga one day, this really is more of a relaxation trip, not a fishing trip. However, when the wife’s getting a tan, is there any shore casting I can do off the beach?

Thanks, Terry M.

Yes!!Beach fishing down there is awesome! I’m not sure if the roosterfish bite is happening at the moment, but if you don’t mind just catching “stuff,” you’ll have a blast! All kinds of critters cruise the beach (especially in the mornings) and you can go too wrong with tossing iron like Kastmasters and Krocodiles or soft plastics like Fish Traps. Take a few wire leaders with you in case you run across some sierra.

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: baja, beach fishing, mexico, surf fishing

Spring Surf Perch Fishing

March 9, 2008 By JD 14 Comments

Surf perch

Spring’s here and that means it’s surf perch time all up and down the West Coast. From Baja to Washington State, these little bad boys will congregate along sandy beaches and you can have a ball catching them on light gear.

Here’s how to do it…
Click here to read more…

Filed Under: Saltwater Tagged With: barred surf perch, beach fishing, berkeley gulp, redtail perch, redtail surf perch, rubberlip perch, Saltwater, sandworm, spring, surf fishing, surf perch

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