Float Tubing Newport Harbor

Ornery Bob · 1 Float Tubing Newport Harbor Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:54 am

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Did the circuit of Balboa Island in the float tube and did OK. I caught 16 fish total, all dinks except this guy.

I've never been a fan of Newport. It's crazy busy on weekends and gets a ton of fishing pressure.

And I got hassled by a cop. I was hoping to launch out of a place called Channel Park. It was about 5:00am and I was looking for a parking spot and a cop cruised by me and saw my fishing gear and turned on his lights. He backed up to my window...

"You here to go fishing?"

"Yes, I was hoping to launch my float tube from Channel Park there."

"This is residential area here and these people don't need to be disturbed. Visitors need to park in the public parking lot over on 15th street."

I'm aware of my surroundings and I'm always quiet and respectful of the fact that I'm in a residential area but he has no way of knowing that and even though I have just as much right to park on the street as anyone else, there is certainly no percentage in arguing, so I left. First time I've ever been run off by a cop simply for being a fisherman. It left a bad taste.

I went to the Coast Guard Station, parked on the street, and launched from there.

I think I will need some serious motivation before I go back to Newport.

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Jerdon · 2 Re: Float Tubing Newport Harbor Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:25 pm

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Good looking spottie right there.

And that's the idea with the cop hassling you. Get you to go somewhere else.

Thanks for sharing.

GT · 3 Re: Float Tubing Newport Harbor Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:20 am

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Bob, u have to get it OK'd by the Man, TonyG...........that's his turf. Ya I think the peps at HH r a little miffed over the use of the park, Tuesday at 1300, I'd say close to a hundred people......the locals pay the Cops salary........I use the CG station lot. They have restrooms, small beach to launch from.......and parking.......GT

HugeEuge57 · 4 Re: Float Tubing Newport Harbor Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:39 am

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I rented a skiff in there a few years ago and got chased out by the police because we went past one of the bridges and it's a wildlife sanctuary or something. Good thing he didn't see us catch that octopus that was swimming around.

We caught a few fish during the week...and we tied off to a bridge piling back in past the coast guard station. Had a bunch of people in boats giving us dirty looks even though we were tied off where the boats couldn't fit through.