Preston.
The striper should not surprise you at all. Stripers range from southern Mexico all the way into southern B.C.
Iread a story where some retired guy from back east came out to the west coast and fished from Mexico to Canada. He fished in the surf and caught Stripers almost everywhere he fished.
I love fishing for stripers. The regs here in Oregon are screwed. You are allowed 1 fish over 30 inches in a 24 hour period. Personally I think the limit on them should be as many as you can carry plus one. They are not native and they eat a hell of a lot of smolts.