Newport, 8-7-15

[HobieScot]

Originally Posted by 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.

A buddy and I were out there yesterday as well. Same luck as you. We headed out to make bait and weren't having much luck. The conditions were snotty and we kept taking waves over the bow And sides so trolling wasn't worth the effort so we called it a day early.

We decided to head to a small lake close to home which shall remain nameless to protect the innocent that may or may not actually allow water craft (motorized or otherwise) on the water. We did hear from a couple people on shore that they have never seen anybody "on" the lake before.

My buddy was able to land a bucket mouth LMB weighing in at maybe an ounce and about three inches long. LOL