Quick Newport Report 4/13

[socal_matt]

Just gonna give a quick report of this morning's outing.

Got out to my spot around 815 or so and starting dropping down for some rockfish. I was experimenting more than fishing, decided to use a lure and bait and see which was liked better. I had a 6" Basstrix on the top hook and some squid on the bottom. First drop, I hook a decent size red on the lure. Then I get a 2 lb copper on squid, and after that I get a chunky 17" and 3 lb copper on squid, this guy fought me the whole way up and was almost doubling over my rod. After the first 3, things really slowed down, caught a good sized red and a barberpole to end the day, both on squid. Stop at around 10 or so and stopped by the kelp briefly and threw a BH around, got nothing there. Got in at around 11.

Overall, it was overcast and a little misty but seas were very smooth with a very minimal current until around 1030 when the wind really picked up and made it all choppy. Also, my conclusion for my experiment is that so far, squid is still king, however I did get some bites with the lure.

[carbonbass]

lol matt the jarritos is cute :}

[JeffB]

Nice little mix of rocks!

[FishNinjaY]

I like your pics! Thx for the report.

Haven't gone rock fishing yet, but I hear that it's not that hard? Do you use a fishfinder to look for structure? So you're rig is:

heavy 2-3oz? -- leader -- hook or lure with squid -- leader -- hook with Basstrix -- main line?

Thanks for helping a noob. Congrats on some good catchin'

-J :cool:

[blitzburgh]

Nice work! All of my biggest Coppers have come out of Newport.

[vincentek9]

always gotta have that jarritos huh lol. i got an orange tarpon 120 and im currently rigging it up. hopefully i'll see you out in the water again soon.

[socal_matt]

I like your pics! Thx for the report.

Haven't gone rock fishing yet, but I hear that it's not that hard? Do you use a fishfinder to look for structure? So you're rig is:

heavy 2-3oz? -- leader -- hook or lure with squid -- leader -- hook with Basstrix -- main line?

Thanks for helping a noob. Congrats on some good catchin'

-J :cool:

My feeling is that the hardest part of rock fishing is just finding them, otherwise its pretty easy. There's not much structure out there, i just look for schools on the bottom with my fishfinder.

Also, the setup i use is braid with a swivel attached to maybe 3 ft of monofilament, I use an 8-10 oz weight, depending on the current, bottom hook is like a 5/0 with squid and top hook is the basstrix. Both hooks are attached to the monofilament with just a simple dropper loop setup.

Hope this helps. Good luck out there when you go.

[wbrewski]

I want to try for some redfish, what depth are you looking for the fish?

[Vikingj]

Nice size rocks- I can only find dinks! Thanks for report.

[carbonbass]

always gotta have that jarritos huh lol. i got an orange tarpon 120 and im currently rigging it up. hopefully i'll see you out in the water again soon.

I knew you would be back :) its the same reason im going to get the subaru or speed 3 over the 350, cant imagine not having the yak.