re:Newport bay
Posted by Jerry on May 19, 2000 at 00:38:12:
All you need to bring are three rods in 6 1/2 to 8 foot all with 6 pound and 8 pound test. The wedge area and the coast guard area are generally very productive for bass and halibut. The bay has tons of legals and the fishing has been very good in the past weeks. I usually set a rod out on clicker with bait and throw plastics with another rod. Smaller fish traps and aa curly tail grubs kill the bass and halibut. The area right in front of the pavilion is ok as well. Just set drift and fish hard. Tight lines
newport bay tactics
Posted by fongster on May 19, 2000 at 17:05:38:
Richard, I like 6# test on a 6 to 6-6 fast action graphite for tossing plastics. Try 3 inch bighammers or worm kings on 1/4 oz heads. 3" kalins grubs are great too. Please release your spotted bay bass as they are in an enclosed fishery and have been pressured too much over the years. You can catch a gob of them because the guys in the know always release theirs.
re:fishing in Newport
Posted by Jerry on May 29, 2000 at 11:58:24:
I have fished Newport for a long time now and some of the best action that I have had has been towards the end of the wedge area. The mouth is very productive, and two years ago in July I was fishing with two buddies of mine when we caught yellowtail!!! Yes, yellows in the 10-15 pounds range. We have our pictures on the board at Daveys. The mouth has been very productive for bass and halibut. good luck
Title=float tube Newport Bay?
Name=Allen
Date=12/29/99
Message=I've been introduced to float-tubing Newport Bay. What's it like in the winter. I'm using plastic grubs. What type of lure is best? What about the tides? Looking for any helpful hints.
Title=Tubing Newport
Name=Mola Joe
Date=12/31/99
Message=Allen, what a great harbor to start tubing in. It's one of the few harbors left where you still can have 50 fish days, even though the average size of the has shrunk a little over the years. Still plenty of legal spotties left, with the occasionall 3 to 4 pounder thrown in. I have never tubed it ,but started fishing the harbor in a inflatable in the early 70's. You picked a tough time of the year to start fishing with the cold water, but you still can catch fish. Come spring it starts to get better. AS for fishing it, I personally like a 3 to 5 inch anchovy Worm King, the skinny ones, not the fat shad type. The absolute best time to fish is a early morning high tide before there's alot of boat traffic. Use a 1/4 ounce leadhead with a quality thin wire hook. You want it to sink slow because most of the hits are on the sink, be ready to set the hook. Pitch the bait right on edge of the docks ,especially the docks that have a piling in the front! Drop the bait right down the side of the piling. As the tide drops, try fishing farther out towards the channel, and swim your bait slow across the bottom.I've always done good all the way around Balboa Island, but the front side is best. Good luck, let us know how you do, and please let the spotties go so I can still be catching 50 fish a day 30 years from now! I sure would like to be there when you stick a 50 pound bat sitting in that tube. What fun.
Mola Joe.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!
Attn:Richard re. Newport
Posted by Jerry on October 19, 2000 at 21:16:15:
I fish the bay a lot and find that during the winter times the fishing is a little bit slower, but I catch most of my larger halibut during that time, especially in the Coast Guard station area and the inner bay. Bass fishing is slower, but the spotties are still on the docks. Fishing on a skiff can never be that bad though, you always catch a least 10 fish. Good Luck
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