NPH 4/12/12

Decided to hit newport harbor instead of my usual spot. I've tubed newport before with little success. My brother and I were determined to find the fish today. Launched at 7am to some very low tide conditions making us look for fish in deeper water near the achored boats but after about 2 hours of nothing we decided to work the docks hard! The tide was real low still and it made for an even difficult time finding these fish.

All the spots that looked like they were good spots were completely dry! We did what we could and covered alot of ground (about 1 mile of docks) and finally managed to sratch up a few. Mainly wanted to break in some new rods I wrapped for my brother and I.

Here are the pics.

the launch...
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the gear...
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my ninja brother...
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my skunk buster...
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and another nicer model...
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until next time!

Nice report and sick rods!

What kinda spinner is dat?

Lok Dog wrote:What kinda spinner is dat?

It's the Quantum Smoke Lok! Sweet little reel for the drop shot rig.

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Wtg guys, x2 that. Those are some sick set ups

Definitely one killer spinning reel. Jealous.

Dam that was great thanks for the fine report buddy thanks

Great outing! Look at the great catches.

Hey guys,
Nicely done, and some beautiful gear.
Coupla questions,... So the tide was low, and you started outside, and then went in. What did you do differently, and what do you think put you on the bite?

bodfish

bodfish wrote:
Hey guys,
Nicely done, and some beautiful gear.
Coupla questions,... So the tide was low, and you started outside, and then went in. What did you do differently, and what do you think put you on the bite?

bodfish

The bite was slow outside and near the docks, but persistence paid off and found us some skunk busters. The bite was never on managed to find 4 fish and that was it! Still had a blast even though the tide was way low. Saw two other tubers out there and said they only caught one spottie.

I saw the smoke PT at the FHS, sweet reel! 15# drag, not bad,..

Nice gear and some healthy looking spots thanks for sharing.
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15# drag, pretty sweet!

Way to keep hunting to find some biters
I believe that the cold water has the fish in lock-jaw mode
The higher into the 60's, the better fishing should be

I like the finish work with the x-wrap. Very clean looking
Have you been using that type of spinning reel seat for a while?
I hear it is much more comfortable than a standard seat
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IN2DEEP wrote:Way to keep hunting to find some biters
I believe that the cold water has the fish in lock-jaw mode
The higher into the 60's, the better fishing should be

I like the finish work with the x-wrap. Very clean looking
Have you been using that type of spinning reel seat for a while?
I hear it is much more comfortable than a standard seat
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That is not a custom rod that I built. It's a BPS Carbonlight rod. The casting rod is the rod I wrapped.

wiseguy wrote:

IN2DEEP wrote:Way to keep hunting to find some biters
I believe that the cold water has the fish in lock-jaw mode
The higher into the 60's, the better fishing should be

I like the finish work with the x-wrap. Very clean looking
Have you been using that type of spinning reel seat for a while?
I hear it is much more comfortable than a standard seat
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

That is not a custom rod that I built. It's a BPS Carbonlight rod. The casting rod is the rod I wrapped.

those rods look good for the price. How do you like them ?

nice rods for the price, but this is before I started wrapping and I have yet to build me a spinning one for myself.

wiseguy wrote:nice rods for the price, but this is before I started wrapping and I have yet to build me a spinning one for myself.

I need a spinning rod for the surf, 7 foot,.. how much?

Lok Dog wrote:

wiseguy wrote:nice rods for the price, but this is before I started wrapping and I have yet to build me a spinning one for myself.

I need a spinning rod for the surf, 7 foot,.. how much?

Depends on blank, components and wraps you want.