Newport Late Report 04/18/14 Good Friday - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Rambo · 04-19-2014, 09:12 AM

Wrong section... need this to be move into the fishing report...

Me and a buddy arrive at the launch site @ 0600 and launch out 0630.
Conitions were cloudy, water temp 60 degrees, swell 1 to 3 ft, minor wind about 5 mph
Meet a few other kayakers out there today total count was 7.
Got out to the fishing spot by 7ish and saw no one had bites for a good hour. paddle around and hooked up a double rockfish by 0845. Good day to be out in the water but the bites is slow as we saw other kayakers leaving into the harbor by 10AM. We fish the outside till 1140 and then head into the harbor as the wind started picking. We worked the harbor for a good hour and my buddy landed a nice 19"spotted bass. Called it a day at 1330.

Fish count 9 rockfish
2 sand dabs
1 spotted sea bass
1 croaker

live2fishy · 04-19-2014, 09:54 AM

You guys didnt let the spottie go?

Rambo · 04-19-2014, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by live2fishy

You guys didnt let the spottie go?

If the spotty was under 14" we would let it go but since the it's pass the size limit it makes for a good dinner plate.

live2fishy · 04-19-2014, 10:36 AM

To each their own I guess but now I know why np spottie fishing is getting spotty

How is it btw I've heard it's tough and gross to tender and sweet... I just don't know if I want to eat all the pollutants from a fish that never leaves the harbor

William Novotny · 04-19-2014, 11:03 AM

In all actuality, I seriously doubt recreational fisherman taking a legal spotty here and there will impact their population. I think an increase in natural predators and funky weather patterns is more to blame for the rough fishing. I had spotty one time. When a fish I caught wasn't going to make it. I didn't like it at all. Tasted like mud in my opinion. But I also don't like tilapia or catfish and there are people that love it. To each their own.

Rambo · 04-19-2014, 11:21 AM

The meat is more firm versus the flakiness in the ordinary steam fish recipe and in order to remove the fishiness you gotta add a few herbs. My buddy does this with the bass, Sand bass are much better in taste in my opinion.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...d-Soy-51115200

04-19-2014, 11:03 AM	#5
William Novotny The carpetbagger Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: tha newps Posts: 1,474	In all actuality, I seriously doubt recreational fisherman taking a legal spotty here and there will impact their population. I think an increase in natural predators and funky weather patterns is more to blame for the rough fishing. I had spotty one time. When a fish I caught wasn't going to make it. I didn't like it at all. Tasted like mud in my opinion. But I also don't like tilapia or catfish and there are people that love it. To each their own. __________________ "The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope." http://www.badinfluencetattoo.com/gallery.php?artist=21

04-19-2014, 09:54 AM	#2
live2fishy Fish killer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Surfside Posts: 105	You guys didnt let the spottie go?

04-19-2014, 10:36 AM	#4
live2fishy Fish killer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Surfside Posts: 105	To each their own I guess but now I know why np spottie fishing is getting spotty How is it btw I've heard it's tough and gross to tender and sweet... I just don't know if I want to eat all the pollutants from a fish that never leaves the harbor