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FINALLY got out to fish today. I had not fished in a couple of months. It was just been bad timing or I was just feeling in a funk.
Last night I decided I was fishing and I packed up the car.
I hit the harbor about 0615, later than I wanted but, I was on the water.
It was overcast with little to no breeze. It smelled funky as soon as I got outa the car. Smelled like a fish market. I looked over the concrete wall and there were thousands of tuna crabs on the sand. I thought that my day was doomed. I decided to get in anyways, I was already there.
I launched from the front side of the island and decided to work my way around to the bayside bridge.
I was in the water for less than 5 minutes and I was on.
Skunk was off. I could relax now.
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On the fluke. I thought it would be the ticket again.
I kept working and all I was getting were short bites.
As soon as I rounded the corner I got fish two.
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And three.
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I kept kicking and fishing for nothing. I was past the Bayside bridge now. Crabs were much thicker here. It was bout 9 so I decided to turn around and call it a day.
Kept fishing all the way back against the tide for nothing. I was 50' from my launch spot and got that last hit. It hit and seemed to hug the bottom. I knew what it was.
Fish 4.
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I had scored the Newport Trifecta.
All fish, with the exception of the first, were caught on Captain Kirk's Bass in the Hood dropshot bait. All on the same color. I tried other colors, dark and light and only that color was getting hit.
Shout out to Captain Kirk. His bait made my day.
I was off the sand by about 1015. It was still overcast. I had beat the sun out. When I was getting out the city workers were raking up the stinky tuna crabs. They told me they've been raking since Monday.
It was great to be back in the water.
Manuel
Last night I decided I was fishing and I packed up the car.
I hit the harbor about 0615, later than I wanted but, I was on the water.
It was overcast with little to no breeze. It smelled funky as soon as I got outa the car. Smelled like a fish market. I looked over the concrete wall and there were thousands of tuna crabs on the sand. I thought that my day was doomed. I decided to get in anyways, I was already there.
I launched from the front side of the island and decided to work my way around to the bayside bridge.
I was in the water for less than 5 minutes and I was on.
Skunk was off. I could relax now.
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On the fluke. I thought it would be the ticket again.
I kept working and all I was getting were short bites.
As soon as I rounded the corner I got fish two.
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And three.
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I kept kicking and fishing for nothing. I was past the Bayside bridge now. Crabs were much thicker here. It was bout 9 so I decided to turn around and call it a day.
Kept fishing all the way back against the tide for nothing. I was 50' from my launch spot and got that last hit. It hit and seemed to hug the bottom. I knew what it was.
Fish 4.
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I had scored the Newport Trifecta.
All fish, with the exception of the first, were caught on Captain Kirk's Bass in the Hood dropshot bait. All on the same color. I tried other colors, dark and light and only that color was getting hit.
Shout out to Captain Kirk. His bait made my day.
I was off the sand by about 1015. It was still overcast. I had beat the sun out. When I was getting out the city workers were raking up the stinky tuna crabs. They told me they've been raking since Monday.
It was great to be back in the water.
Manuel
