Newport, 6-19-13

[Amish Ed]

Launched at 6:15am with Landwhale and my brother (first time on a yak) to overcast skies and a light south wind. Tide was high and not going to be moving much, so we didn't expect much. Fished the buoy line for a while and we each got a fish. Steve and I also lost a good one each. Then we moved to the moored boats and things were really no better. We each got another.

Slowly working our way back to the buoy line I set the hook on a soft bite. Ended up being a beast of a mud marlin that dragged me all the way to the docks by the launch, down a long the docks, in between some docks, back out to the buoys and then back down to the launch. Realizing that with 6lb I had little chance of actually getting my bait back, I broke it off. We tried for a little while longer and I got another smaller mud marlin (maybe 15lbs) and got my bait back from that one. We finally gave up around 11:00.

While the catching sucked, the fishing was great. I always love fishing with Steve and having my brother out to join us was even better. Thanks Steve for the use of your yak too.