Great weather, great fishing.

[Southman]

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. )

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

["jjcawjj"]

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

[blitzburgh]

Strong work man!

[FishRaiden]

Originally Posted by Southman

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. )

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

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

Originally Posted by "jjcawjj"

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

Originally Posted by blitzburgh

Strong work man!

Thanks! It was a pretty day out there.

[FishNinjaY]

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

[FishRaiden]

Originally Posted by FishNinjaY

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

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

[Rambo]

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

[cell128]

Originally Posted by Southman

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. )

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

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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[Southman]

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.