Best perch baits: small chunks of sandshrimp, prawns/reg shrimp, worms, shorecrabs, small pieces of squid, and also clam necks/guts

Best months: April & on .... sorry, not to keen on when they start showing up, but when it ain't rough, they'll be there for sure

Cast to breaks in the wave. Look before you cast, it'll save you time and wasted energy chucking that 2-6 oz of lead. If you see an incoming wave get split down the middle, note that spot and fish the split. also look for calm spots in the middle of the rough stuff(kind of hard to see esp when everything looks kind of rough(do some recon from the watchtower firstif you plan to fish from westport at all with binoculars of course!) watch for diving sea birds. count the number of waves that break in a particular area for a minute. if the place you're at has high number of waves breaking at the shore there's a pretty good chance that there's a slope out there. and last but not the least by any means, don't turn your back to the mighty Pacific or she'll sneak up on ya real quick!!!

got get 'em!

forgot to tell ya, use small hooks no bigger than a #2 but no smaller than a #6