Newport, 3-22-15

[Amish Ed]

Landwhale and I launched at about 4:30pm to high winds and lots of boat traffic. We scooted over to the peninsula side to hide from the worst of the wind and work the moored boats. I immediately found 4 shorts (2 sand and 2 plaid) on the 5" Paddlerz in Smokey Shad. I then tossed the swim jig for a while hoping for a legal, but only got one bite. Moved around and eventually pulled another short sandy and a short butt. The wind backed down and the tide finally started coming in. We moved across the channel and a short while later the wind picked back up and blew in ernest. Worked the channel drop off all the way back to the launch for 4 more bass, 1 a sandy about 2.5lbs. Those all came on a 5" Paddlerz in Rootbeer/gold flake. Also tried afew different jigs, but no love was found for them.

At about 7:30pm we called it a night as it was cold, windy, and Steve had no light. It was a short trip, but good to be out on the water. I haven't fished twice in a week in years, glad I was able to this week.