Newport, 8-7-15

[Amish Ed]

Landwhale and I launched from the USCG beach at 7:00am. It was windy and cloudy and the water was dirty and in the low 70's. Almost no current the whole trip and the fishing was reflective of that.

We headed straight across to the peninsula to hide from the wind. We worked our way all the way down to the Pavillion for a few fish for Steve and none for me. We headed back and fished the channel edges and buoy line where I managed to get 2 fish. Both fish ate a 4" Paddlerz in Rootbeer/gold flake on a 3/8oz. red Warbait head. I fished a lot of different colors and styles, and except for the 2 at the end, all I got was short bit. The bites were rare and the fish were just not committing today. Hot Sauce was applied with some alacrity, though it didn't seem to make much difference. We were off the water by 11:00am.

We'll probably be headed back next week looking for redemption as Steve fared little better than myself.