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Old 12-14-2013, 02:41 PM   #1
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Slayin' it in Newport

Well, after a couple months of no fishing I figured I should get out there. When I saw Arvil's post I thought I should give the ol' faithful rockfish spot a try out of Newport.

Checked the weather and tides, and they said it was supposed to be pretty windy with the Santa Ana's. I decided to ignore this and went anyways. I'm glad I did. It was a beautiful day, flat seas and only a slight breeze.

I got to the general area of the RF spot at around 8:15 am. It took some time just to locate a school but when I did, it was game on. Found this one school that was just savage. Huge hits right when I would hit the bottom. Pulled up 2 reds on the 2nd drop (since I was caught off guard on the first drop, which I lost my bait).

Then on my next drop, I get slammed. I end up pulling up this chunky copper.



At this point the spot was going WFO. Caught a big red that looked like it had been attacked by something bigger, but it wasn't recent. Was cool how it survived by healing the way it did. Just shows that nature always finds a way to keep going.



Later, I catch my first Boccaccio off of a kayak. The variety at that spot was pretty awesome.



In the background of the picture above was Blitzburgh, met him for the first time today. Was a very nice guy. We were both surprised how we were the only ones out there, especially on such an amazing day.

Then, the last fish of the day for me came with quite a fight. This thing felt big. When it was getting close to the boat, I got my gaff ready only to find that its just a sandbass. However this was one bully of a sandbass, it was 18''. RJ was able to take a picture of me with it, sorry for the poor quality, I think there was a smudge on the lens.

Overall, this was probably one of my best days out of Newport because of both the weather and the fishing.

Thanks for reading.

Here are the rest of the pictures.






The cooler shot.



Ready for tacos now.

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Old 12-14-2013, 03:57 PM   #2
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Merry Christmas!

Oh my, yummy yummy yummy! Good job!

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Old 12-14-2013, 05:17 PM   #3
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Was this today? 12-14??
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Old 12-14-2013, 07:12 PM   #4
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Hell yeah bro! The spot will continue to hold.

The 18" sandie I caught too gave a good fight.
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Old 12-14-2013, 08:31 PM   #5
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Nice report. When does rock fish season end? Hope I can make it out soon.
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Old 12-14-2013, 08:36 PM   #6
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Nice report. When does rock fish season end? Hope I can make it out soon.
You should get familiar with the regs http://dfg.ca.gov/marine/regulations.asp
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Old 12-14-2013, 08:42 PM   #7
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Was this today? 12-14??
Yes this was 12/14.

Had lines in the water around 8:30 to 10:30 am.
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Old 12-14-2013, 09:17 PM   #8
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You can't beat those conditions! Nice!
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Old 12-14-2013, 11:03 PM   #9
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Great report and great fishing. You guys nailed 'em. Any chance you letting out what depth you were working at?
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Old 12-14-2013, 11:26 PM   #10
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Hey was that you guys paddling in around 12:30? If so we were just exiting the harbor. If it was, you guys did a lot better than us lol.
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Old 12-15-2013, 10:01 AM   #11
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Awesome

I'm just wondering where is the drink you usually post
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Old 12-15-2013, 11:24 AM   #12
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Hey was that you guys paddling in around 12:30? If so we were just exiting the harbor. If it was, you guys did a lot better than us lol.

I was pulling into my driveway at home at around 12:30. So that wasn't me. I'm in a bright yellow Ocean Kayak that has a Banana with a Sombrero and Mustache spray painted on the side of it.

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I'm just wondering where is the drink you usually post
Ya, I didn't have time to go to the store the night before. It's a shame, a nice cold Jarritos would've been great since it was sunny and warm yesterday.
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Old 12-16-2013, 08:13 AM   #13
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Great to meet you Matt! It was a beautiful day for sure. I ended up getting my limit and proceeded to pound sand in front of the beach looking for da flat kine por nada. Next time you gotta show those ling spots .
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