Just a quick post this evening. There are some stripers out there. Some surfperch, too. Gage missed a striper bite and landed two perch on sand crabs. He missed quite a few other perch bites but he wouldn't switch out the 5/0 hook for a perch-sized one. On the other hand, you don't catch small perch on 5/0 hooks. I was trying a new lure, the Jackall Deracoup Tail Spinner, trying for perch, but the stripers liked it more. Who knew? I think I'll keep it in the lineup for a while.