Newport Harbor Newbie

[Silbaugh4liberty]

Originally Posted by skunked

Sean, in NB, you can launch by the Coast Guard station (off Bayside) and park there if spCes or on street. I typically fish around the bait barge, docks and moorings. I use plastics and not live bait but live bait is very effective based on what I've seen.

I agree!! I've picked up a legal butt, just south of the barge on plastic, then went out the following week using only plastics and got more grass than anything, while I saw people catching fish on live anchovies. Saw a guy just north of the barge get a 32" butt on live anchovies that day. I got some of those paddlerz with weedless hooks after seeing Landwhales reports. I figure next time I'm in NPH, I'll make or buy bait, drift for halibut and fish the eel grass with the new plastics for spotties.