Newport, 5-9-11 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Amish Ed · 05-09-2011, 07:36 PM

Launched about 5:45am to really windy and cold conditions. It was blowing probably 15-20 out of the NW. But it could've been worse, half my drive up I had the wipers going. Tide was already pretty low, but there was some current. Headed straight for the moored boats on the peninsula since there was a bit of protection from the wind. Worked the shallower boats mostly and for the first hour it was bite city. Broke 2 off on mooring lines, got 2 legals, one bat ray, and a lot of swings and misses. Then the current stopped and the bite died. After that even a bite was hard to find. Pretty much kitchen sinked the place and eventually I hooked a dock fish which popped off. The current never did pick back up until about 11am when I was headed in. Hot baits were the 4" fire avocado Flurry and a secret weapon to be named in the future. Of course I used Hotsauce too. Over all it was actually a fun morning as I expected nothing with the weather being what it was. Assuming I can wake up, I'm going again tomorrow, but earlier.

steveooo · 05-09-2011, 08:21 PM

Nice detailed report! I gotta hit the bay soon, looks like fun!

roby · 05-09-2011, 09:51 PM

Nice fattie right there...

StinkyMatt · 05-10-2011, 06:15 AM

Nice fat Bass Ed.

yaksailor · 05-10-2011, 09:45 AM

Nice catch. I've only been there a few times, but the spottie fishing is fun when it's on. The good thing about the bad weather is that there's less motor boats to run you over.

I wish I lived that close to the harbor.

cjthomas · 05-10-2011, 10:32 AM

Thanks for the report! I hit NPH on 5/7 in the afternoon. It took a couple hours before I got my first bite but my patience paid off as I hooked my PB spotty. This guy hit hard and towed me into a docked duffy.

Amish Ed · 05-10-2011, 02:57 PM

Nice job on the PB. The bite is funky right now for sure. I'll post this mornings results in a few minutes.

05-09-2011, 07:36 PM	#1
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,903	Newport, 5-9-11 Launched about 5:45am to really windy and cold conditions. It was blowing probably 15-20 out of the NW. But it could've been worse, half my drive up I had the wipers going. Tide was already pretty low, but there was some current. Headed straight for the moored boats on the peninsula since there was a bit of protection from the wind. Worked the shallower boats mostly and for the first hour it was bite city. Broke 2 off on mooring lines, got 2 legals, one bat ray, and a lot of swings and misses. Then the current stopped and the bite died. After that even a bite was hard to find. Pretty much kitchen sinked the place and eventually I hooked a dock fish which popped off. The current never did pick back up until about 11am when I was headed in. Hot baits were the 4" fire avocado Flurry and a secret weapon to be named in the future. Of course I used Hotsauce too. Over all it was actually a fun morning as I expected nothing with the weather being what it was. Assuming I can wake up, I'm going again tomorrow, but earlier. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

05-10-2011, 02:57 PM	#7
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,903	Nice job on the PB. The bite is funky right now for sure. I'll post this mornings results in a few minutes. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

05-09-2011, 08:21 PM	#2
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Nice detailed report! I gotta hit the bay soon, looks like fun!

05-09-2011, 09:51 PM	#3
roby CEO of Team Roby Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 905	Nice fattie right there...

05-10-2011, 06:15 AM	#4
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,168	Nice fat Bass Ed.

05-10-2011, 09:45 AM	#5
yaksailor Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 66	Nice catch. I've only been there a few times, but the spottie fishing is fun when it's on. The good thing about the bad weather is that there's less motor boats to run you over. I wish I lived that close to the harbor.

05-10-2011, 10:32 AM	#6
cjthomas Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	Thanks for the report! I hit NPH on 5/7 in the afternoon. It took a couple hours before I got my first bite but my patience paid off as I hooked my PB spotty. This guy hit hard and towed me into a docked duffy.