Newport, 2-20-15
 

Overslept this morning and Steve had to wake my butt up. Eventually, at 7:15 we launched. Another BWE member (though he only lurks) joined us, but I'm spacing on his name at the moment. I'll think it is Randy? Water was much clearer and a degree colder than last week. The air was chilly and there was a bit of south wind.

The bite today was really slow for Steve and I. At 8:30ish I was wondering if I'd ever get a bite. We worked a lot of areas for very few bites. Eventually we picked a few. Then the tide peaked. I went at least an hour with out a bite. Then the tide started to drop and I moved back to where I got my previous fish. Got 2 more in 2 casts and that was it for the day. 6 spotties, 1 of them legal. The rest were in the 12-13" range. At least no dinks for me.

Baits that caught fish for me were 4" Paddlerz in New Penny and Red Bone, and the 3" Flurry in Red Fish. Hot Sauce for flavor of course.

We gave up just before noon.

Did you just stay in the harbor?

Havent been to newport for a bit but March 1st can't come soon enough!!! Hopefully those rockfish got nice and big on their break! 😉

Yep. With that south wind there was no motivation to leave.

I've never tried for rockfish out of Newport, or anywhere else in my yak for that matter. Not a big fan of cooked fish.

U gotta try it even if you won't eat it. Its fun to just drop squid on a dropper loop and get bit by endless lizards

But at least you get bit instantly lol i'd say one out of 10 bites is a rockfish

Hm, I'm heading out there tomorrow with my brothers, hope I get some bites. To me 6 fish a day is a good day... I guess I'm that bad haha. Thanks for report.

What are you gonna target? The wind isn't going to be kind this weekend. I'm thinking of sticking to the surf

Probably spotties. I'll be staying around moored boats. Hopefully wouldn't be that bad.