Newport, 3-26-15

[Amish Ed]

Launched about 6:30 with Landwhale. It was nice to launch in only a short, except that I knew that when the sun came out it would get hot quick. And it did. Water was 67º and just a little dirty. No wind when we launched and around 8:30 it started blowing slightly off and on. About 9:30 or 10:00 it became steady. With the lack of current at that point we at least still had a drift.

We started off right off the launch at the buoy line and stayed there until about 8:30. The fish were weird today, at least for me. I had a few on the jig w/ a 4" Flurry trailer in Sea Food. Probably could've got a few more on it, but I lost it to a rock. The rest of the time for the most part I'd catch a fish on a bait and then not get bit again until I switched colors or styles. I fished 3" and 4" Flurries for the most part with the Gold/Chart. on a 1/2oz red Slayer head getting the most bites and a couple of fish. By about 8:00 I had 8 bass (3 legal) and a short butt. It took until 11:00 when we left to get 5 more. Hot Sauce was used for flavor of course.

Over all it was a slow day, but talking to a couple other anglers we actually did well. As always, it was a pleasure to fish with Steve.

This was also the first time in who knows how long that I fished 3 times in 7 days. I guess a wife and 4 kids does put a dent in ones fishing time.