Chasing my first Striped Bass but caught a MONSTER PERCH instead! And then.....???

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Жыл бұрын

One of the FUNNEST sessions I've ever had! Thank you Toui, Mike, and Alan for allowing me to hang out with you guys. I was cringing while editing this video....I'm so annoying lol! But that's who I am so let's let it ride!
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@dewdog Жыл бұрын

You stuck with it brotha and it paid off. Good job Mr. Kim!!

@Minhtieu619 11 ай бұрын

So glad to be back in Cali. Been gone for about 8 months. Got a lot of catching up to do. Thanks for putting out these videos benjie!

@BenjieKimFishing 11 ай бұрын

Hey Minh, much love to you brother. I didn't know you were gone and I hope you've been well. Will ALWAYS appreciate you, hopefully we can share the rail (or the sand) again one day. Tight lines!!

@Minhtieu619 11 ай бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing yea buddy!

@jeffmorris26 Жыл бұрын

Love the video brotha. Congrats on the catching your first Strippers🤙. It was so funny when you got trolled by those Smelts😂. Keep up the good work my brotha🔥🎣

@mct319 Жыл бұрын

Got to love that Central Coast. So much bigger fish than SoCal.

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

haha absolutely. For big perch, gotta go north.

@csmats5374 Жыл бұрын

That's a big ass perch, no question about it.

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

haha thank you, by far the biggest one I've ever caught, so def grateful.

@805fisherman7 Жыл бұрын

sweet bro ..thats a slab! you were in area i fish often, wish i wouldve seen you guys out there

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Oh awesome, we passed through really quick, but always a blessing to fish your waters!

@805fisherman7 Жыл бұрын

ill be in your waters soon for some tuna … love your slow pitch equipment/info videos .. helps alot bro

@jake9705 Жыл бұрын

8:09 -- Monterrey Bay?

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

nope! fairly close by though

@Drago286v Жыл бұрын

What a TOAD..........WOW....Thanks for the video Bro!!!

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Always a joy to see your encouraging comments Leonard! Thank you!!

@beansan11 Жыл бұрын

That’s when you keep the smelt for shark bait, teach them to troll you. Lol

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Dude those smelt trolled me hard man lol. Hope you're well Werner!

@ham5765 Жыл бұрын

hwaiting!!!

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thanks Francis, always encouraging to see your "hwaiting"!!!

@mizzyride Жыл бұрын

Benjie, this is the best fishing channel ever. Love the enthusiasm! Thanks and keep it up.

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kindness. Social media isn't always the nicest but I need to remember how positive and encouraging folks like you are. Thank you!!

@chanceninh Жыл бұрын

my guy 🙌

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chance!! Hope ur well brotha!!

@ralphsaldana529 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the footage 🤙😎

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Always appreciate your encouragement Ralph! Tight lines and wishing you a great week!

@blkaudiofan Жыл бұрын

Aren’t they rare in socal? Gotta come up to the bay for surf striper, a KZfaqr called morethanfishing just had a tournament on Father’s Day. winning striper was like 42”

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Pretty rare in SoCal...they can certainly be caught but need to be really specific on time and place. For sure would love to fish NorCal striper one day. Jun is good people and the event looked really awesome!

@blkaudiofan Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing I haven’t had the chance to meet the man yet but from all his videos dude’s a good dude. I’m gonna try for a surf striper sooner or later and buts. I already got my perch goal met.

@_Lt__Dan_ Жыл бұрын

What size LC are you using, they look smaller? maybe cuz of the fish lol

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

haha 99% of the time I'm using the FM110. And that's what I was using here as well. Tight lines!

@_Lt__Dan_ Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing Just checked my tackle and all i have are pointer 115. I'm right it is smaller. I have to try them out now. Thanks BK!

@RollinRollinReelin Жыл бұрын

Hi Bengie Thanks again for another great video. Your excitement and enthusiasm are so contagious and your knowledge is inspiring. Keep up the great work! Take care and tight lines!

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Hi John, you're too kind. Thank you so much. I was pretty annoying in this video but you know what? That was authentically me in that moment so I'm ok with it! Blessings John!

@RollinRollinReelin Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing Hi Benjie! First of all you are not annoying. There's a reason why uour channel is the only one I pay for. I really look forward to your videos. If it's possible for you to make more content, then please do. Oh and did I tell you I took a saltwater fly tying class? I Also invested in a lot of fly.tying materials. I've made four flys so far, very simple ones. When I get good I'll hook you up! Anyway I'm having a day surgery tomorrow so I've got to start getting ready.. Take care and tight lines!

@ericvan79 Жыл бұрын

Striper are in the deeper water with my past experience

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

I don't have any experience so thank you for sharing yours! My friend Toui did pull out 4 stripers right next to me though.

@dougheckathorn3925 Жыл бұрын

Monster surf perch.

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug!

@user-jo2io1tn8r Жыл бұрын

Do u feel comfortable casting a c-rig 1.5 Oz with the trifecta I'm scared to go more then 1 Oz don't want to break my rod 😅

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

On the 903 or 1003, absolutely not. On the 904, I'd possibly go to a 1.5 ounce at the most...but would probably cap it at 1 oz to 1.25 oz. That's the limitation of the 903/1003 TRL, super sensitive with a solid backbone...but should def watch the lure rating and fish accordingly. Tight lines.

@user-jo2io1tn8r Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply using the 903, got it for a steal at the lbc expo, and trying to learn it's limits even tho it's rated up to 3/4 Oz feel like 1oz is not that crazy but don't dare pushing it too much feels amazing so sensitive like u say like shaking a hand without a glove compared to with!

@jake9705 Жыл бұрын

Unreal trolling by these fish 😂 Great vid as usual.

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

haha I was just a tiny little bit a lot amped up lol. I REALLY wanted one that day but the smelt trolled me good!

@calicobass Жыл бұрын

Benjie on his streak!! Nice job man

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Always appreciate the positivity. Tight lines!

@Imjoshuabailey Жыл бұрын

Ayyyy! First striper! Way to go Benjie!

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh! haha not exactly the size I was looking for but I'll take it to get on the board! Wishing you a great start to the week brother!

@mizzyride Жыл бұрын

Dood! 😲

@Chungy562 Жыл бұрын

That’s some good fishing🔥

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Chung! Hopefully we can fish again some time brother, hope ur well!!

@glenfishing Жыл бұрын

Awesome Benjie!

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@loklokoppa9255 Жыл бұрын

Sweet perch bro. Continue with the excellent fishing.

@chen_562 Жыл бұрын

General location ?

@pedroibarra33 Жыл бұрын

Oceano dunes

@Lockdown22 Жыл бұрын

crazy how striped bass can live in alot of places. we have monster sized stripers here in texas below a dam they stock with trout, they eat the trout and get huge, 75% the length of my 12 foot kayak

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Wow that's nuts. Yea man, I've never even really targeted Striper in any context though folks get them in the aqueduct, lakes, surf, etc. Hopefully I'll have the chance to pull on a big one like that one day.

@addicted2fishing119 Жыл бұрын

First ‼️🍻 Let’s team up Benjie for Jun’s perch tournament… Striper eat smelt and perch Congratulations, still chasing mine

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thanks always for the positive stoke brother!! I've gotten a couple different invites over the past couple years for Jun's tournament. Hopefully one of these years I'll have a chance to participate!

@addicted2fishing119 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing yeah but I was inviting you to be on the winning team 😂😂😂😂😂😂🍻

@jamesjoung2793 Жыл бұрын

😂 Those smelt.

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Biggest trolls ever lol

@jamesjoung2793 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing what beach was that?

@ronmodafferi8202 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Super a nice perch.

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Hi Ron! Great to hear from you, it's been a long while. I hope you are well!

@ronmodafferi8202 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing I'm well! Well, well for 80 years. Most of your fishing is in So Cal and I'm in No Cal so I've been focusing more on waters and fishers up here.

@manamike13 Жыл бұрын

OMG.! Benjie.! Nice fatty perch.! Look like that was a fun fun fish session.. Always love watching your videos bro.! Gets me pumped.! 🤙🏽

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Thanks always Mike, I hope you've been well brother!

@evanaltman9547 Жыл бұрын

Nice catches! I do have one question though. My local beach has a decent amount of kelp, is the luckycraft still worth using, or are there better lures for a kelp rich area? (Also, do you have to cast said lure far to be effective?)

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

If it's a section of beach that ALWAYS has kelp, I'd still throw the LC (cuz it's what I personally love and am best at), but I'd definitely bring a weedless Texas rig as well. The weedless rig is better if there is a lot of kelp imo. Distance with the LC is location specific. Down in SoCal, there are beaches where the structure I'm targeting is in close so distance is not as important. But in this video for example, the structure was further out and casting distance was definitely important. So it just really depends. Hope that helps, and tight lines!

@mahalo6727 Жыл бұрын

Great job, I didn't know we had stripped bass on the west coast. What beach were you at? Just got back from cape cod where we caught a bunch of beautiful strip bass (rips of monamoe).

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Definitely here on the West Coast but more common up north. Although they are certainly around down south, but considered more of a rare catch.

@PaulTenenbaum Жыл бұрын

Great video and great action out there! I was looking at the rod you've got and on the website there's a 10 footer with the same specs, I believe. Do you prefer the 9 foot length over the 10'? If so, there must be a good reason why and I would know which to choose for myself. Thanks so much!!

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

Yes the TRL has the 903 and the 1003. But no, I don't have a good reason why I like the 903. When I started surf casting I was resistant to long rods as I was accustomed to shorter sticks. So the 903 was a compromise for me. But I will say that I'm happy with it and though the 1003 is awesome, I don't feel the need to have the extra length given what I do.

@PaulTenenbaum Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing Cool, I appreciate your thoughts and feedback! Thanks again for everything!

@PaulTenenbaum Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing Again, thank you so much. Just one more question, if you ever get the chance:) Do you think casting the 9 footer over and over throughout the day with light lures like the Lucky Craft would end up being easier or more comfortable or more enjoyable than the ten footer, or would it not matter much? Thanks again!

@jasonpoultry0 Жыл бұрын

Nice video man! This looks like my neck of the woods since you can drive on the sand, how long were you out there grinding?

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

This particular session was more catching than fishing. I think we were out there for a 3 to 4 hour session and the bite was pretty active for the most part.

@jasonpoultry0 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing love to hear the local waters are that productive! Hey man, what’s your opinion on this rod: Daiwa Saltist Light Action Inshore Rod STIN902MFS? I’m looking into getting into the surf action finally and considering this Rod specifically. Cheers brotha

@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын

I've never fished the Saltist but I've only heard good things. If you're primarily looking to throw the LC110, then I'd recommend the 902MLFS as I believe it would be better for loading up the LC. The 902MFS would prolly get the job done too and it would give you options for throwing heavier things as well. But regardless of which model, I've heard good things about the Saltist.

@jasonpoultry0 Жыл бұрын

@@BenjieKimFishing thanks for the response man. I was looking at the 902mlfs, but if I wanted to throw a c rig I was thinking the extra rating might be good for a 1 oz weight on the 902mfs. That’s the only thing I’m kind of torn on. What do you think?