Newport, 8-6-13

[Amish Ed]

Originally Posted by easyday

When I first really gor into fishing I kept every legal bass I caught. For bragging and what not. Now that im obsessed with kayak fishing I CnR pretty much everything.

Glad you changed your mind Easy. Of course we all expect that butt to be gaffed

Originally Posted by Raskal311

I was told by someone who has fished NPB almost exclusively for years said that a few years ago the bay had a bad spawning season. Something about water temps not getting high enough for long enough. I’ve never researched it but it makes sense.fficeffice" />>>

That could account for some of it, but this has been a steady decline. From my experience it's been over about a 10yr period.

Originally Posted by rieffer

Do you think some of the slow fishing is from the dredging they've been doing for the last couple of years?

I'm sure that plays a part too. But, most of the dredging has been in the back end. Not sure how that would effect the front end.