Newport 5/18 nest and worst day ever

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Had a little too much to drink last night almost didn't have the power to get out on the water. Nonetheless, will triumphed and on my way I was to NPH. Forgot to get breakfast and got a venti Starbucks coffee. Bigggg mistake.

Water was a little on the rough side so I planned to just stick by the jetty but hordes of kayaks plunged into the sea so I followed along with joe and marc from tustin i beleive. They arent BWE memebers but i passed on the word. Swells stirred my coffee real quick and my stomach was not having it. Then at about the 150ft Marc I got my first hit, set the hook and as I was reeling in, all my morning brew came out with no warning so I sat there barfing and reeling to end up with a damn lizard. I was going to call it quits but the barfing made me feel better so I decided to stick around.

Headed out to about 180 and saw a small school on the FF, Droppd the squid and immediately got hit hard. Reeling in was heavy and I knew I had something good..BAAMMM two sand bass at the same time!!!!
I drifted off a bit by the time I dealt with both of them but I tried to go back to the spot and landed another one right away just 2 inches too short though.

Just croakers followed and tiny rockfish. Followed by a couple of sand dabs. I was ready to call it a day and started my way back. I saw some structure on the way back at about the 150ft mark but no fish I dropped squid anyways and sat there trying to adjust my elite 4. Sat there for about 5 minutes And WhAAAMMMM, just like that, no nibbling or toying with my squid, this guy was just trying to hit and run. I began to bring him home but he did not approve and made a few runs back down even with my drag tightened down good. I finally saw some color down below and it kept getting bigger and bigger my heart was racing with excitement. HUGE rockfish!! I threw the net on him and held him down with my foot. This fish is my personal best in my month and a half of kayaking. All in all it was my best and worst day because of that damn coffee almost cost me a day of fishing. Never again at least not without some food in my stomach.

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