Great weather, great fishing.
 

Somewhere on a lake in Newport Beach.

0'-1' swells. 0-3mph wind. Clear skies. Oh, and the fish were biting.

Met up with a couple of my buddies to target some Rockfish before the season comes to an end. It was a cold 40° when we were prepping before our launch, but once the sun started rising, so did the temperature.

It was a smooth paddle out, and a heavy paddle in :D

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On the water reverse seat adjustments (he almost fell overboard, had the GoPro ready)

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Big fish of the day, 18" Sand Bass.

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Stringer started loading up.

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Called it a day just before 1pm.

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Nice haul guys

Sweet haul brother....

Well done!!!!!:luxhello:

Thanks fellas! Theres still time left to stock up, get em!

I only get Tuesdays and Wednesdays off and I cant seem to pinpoint the rockfish out there in newport.

Join the club easy. Nice haul

Never caught any rockfish before but have been following the posts for awhile now. I've worn the rockfish stripe and was determined to shed it. So I headed out of Newport Wed. a.m. to give it a try.

Great conditions, little cool in the morning but super flat till the wind came around 1:00p.m.

Found the rocky bottom but didn't meter any fish. Dept was 180 to 225'. Finally after about 1 1/2 hours felt the tug and got about a 15 inch red. I kept moving spots and landed another. Never saw them on the FF though. No pics due to camera battery.

On the way in at about 125' I saw a huge mark. I dropped the squid strips down and about 1 minute later I got slammed. I'm thinking shark but who knows. Took off like a banshee. Finally broke me off because the drag on my freakin' K-mart reel froze up. (Time to invest in decent equip. :doh:)

All in all was super stoked in landing my first rockfish.

Great Read and Pic's!!!!! Love the morning Glass one!!!:cheers1:

Strong work man! :cheers1:

You'll get it down, seems like youre on the right track!

Thanks! It was a pretty day out there.

yo King.. what's the white PVC thing across your yak? Is that your FF mount? Just wondering.. see ya out there tomorrow maybe?

Is that a Hobie sport? I just bought it. Same color too. Can't wait to take it out on Tuesday. Anyone free to go?

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It's actually a Revo 11. The sport was too small for me. The 11 isn't much bigger but I do fit in it. Since I haul 2 of them, I had to go for a manageable size.

That was my ghetto rigged transducer mount on a older yak lol.

Great report! I'm looking forward to Friday and hope the weather stays this good. :cheers1: