Howdy Boys.....Wanna Go on a Free Trip?

[NewportLanding1]

Hiya,

This is Lia from Newport Landing inviting you guys to come fishing on our rockfish trips. I have been with the company 3 years and have probably met some of you. Now I would like to make it more personal by getting you guys interested in our trips. Newport Landing has the Amigo scheduled to go out every night this month to San Clemente targeting rockfish and White Sea Bass. Prices are $140 on the weekends and $130 during the week. Here is a link to our open party overnight schedule http://www.newportlanding.com/aggressorschedule.htm . If you join our email club you will receive $10 off these trips. If those trips seem too long for some of you, come out on our 1/2 days from 9-3 during the week for some good fishing, too. Captain John on the Patriot says the water is warming up and there have been rumors of bigger fish such as bonito, barracuda, and yellowtail already heading our way. I thought it would be fun to invite a couple of you out for some fishing for free on Thursday (March 4) on the 1/2 day aboard the Patriot. Plan on fishing rockfish for part of the day and then fishing shallower for some sand bass and sheephead. Be one of the first two fishermen to respond to this post and you'll come aboard as my guest. Also I would love feedback on what you would like to see Newport Landing offering in the way of trips for this upcoming season. Limited load, trip length, targeting species, etc....
I look forward to getting to know more of you gentlemen and women.

Lia Mendoza
949-675-0551
Lia@NewportLanding.com

[fishinone]

I'd love to go!

[E.A.R.G.]

i want in please

[Fishbones]

im in for sure....or not..

Dang it EyeAmRealGhetto beat me to it....geez...

hope they have room for one more...."praying to the fish gods" now.....lol

[Fishbones]

i think limited loads with targeted species would bring out more anglers on those trips.
my opinion is that some people are not able to fish for a certain species half the day and then switch over to another type of species the other half of the day and sometimes find it hard to cross over during these trips either because of experience with the targeted species or they are limited in equipment and when you have a trip that changes the specific type of fishing through out the day it leaves them kinda frustrated and even lowers there chances of catching fish and affects there experience on the boat over all.
I understand that sometimes these multi species trips must be made because the bass bite is in the morning and the sculpin bite in the afternoon and it only makes sense to target these fish when they are biting but when you plan to fish for a specific species and the captian says wind them up....were goin to fish deep water and you are not prepaired to fish there it kinda leaves them feeling stuck and usually end up not catching fish on these trips.

[nsluggs]

me!! too please! i need to catch some fish. been skunking way too long =(

[sansou]

i think limited loads with targeted species would bring out more anglers on those trips.
my opinion is that some people are not able to fish for a certain species half the day and then switch over to another type of species the other half of the day and sometimes find it hard to cross over during these trips either because of experience with the targeted species or they are limited in equipment and when you have a trip that changes the specific type of fishing through out the day it leaves them kinda frustrated and even lowers there chances of catching fish and affects there experience on the boat over all.
I understand that sometimes these multi species trips must be made because the bass bite is in the morning and the sculpin bite in the afternoon and it only makes sense to target these fish when they are biting but when you plan to fish for a specific species and the captian says wind them up....were goin to fish deep water and you are not prepaired to fish there it kinda leaves them feeling stuck and usually end up not catching fish on these trips.

Do you really believe all that stuff you just typed???

[Fishbones]

Do you really believe all that stuff you just typed???

yup...because before i became a experienced angler, i was one of those people

think about it....if you wernt as experienced or equipped as we are now and this situation happened...wouldnt you feel like your odds of catching fish would decrease because A. you didnt have the gear or B. you didnt have the experience.
makes sense to me.....and i worked on a fishing boat for 3+ years and seen it happen through out my time on the water with thousands of anglers......

I dont know how else to respond to you sansou with out feeling you attacked my post or think this is a joke..

PM me if anything else comes to your head please......fishbones

[troutdog]

Nice gesture for some free fishing for FNN members, hoping to get in on some salt action this summer with my daughter when things heat up a bit.

TD

[E.A.R.G.]

got you by 1 minute alex lol

[Fishbones]

got you by 1 minute alex lol

see you on the boat......

[E.A.R.G.]

ooh you're in?
Good stuff

[NewportLanding1]

Cogratulations to Fishinone and EyeAmRealGhetto. They will be comped onto our 9am-3pm 1/2 day tomorrow March 4th. Keep checking our posts for more offers. You could be the lucky guy next time. ;)

[fishinone]

Thank you Lia.

I'm looking forward to meeting you and EyeAmRealGhetto tomorrow.

I live up in santa Clarita. I'd better plan on traffic.

[jerryG]

I have spent a lot of time fishing the local boats over the past 25 years and I understand the perspective targeting species and I strongly agree that limited load trips would be good at drawing those willing to pay extra to fish with a light load when the bite starts to heat up and the boats begin to get crowded. However My experience has been that a good crew is going do all that they can to put their passengers on fish.

Take in to consideration that 1/2 day boat captains have a limited amount of time and range to work with so generally they they are going to try to fish for what ever is going to give them the best odds at filling the sacks for their passengers. If one thing isn't working out they don’t have a lot of time to sit it out. They need to change it up and fish for something else. If the boat is catching fish MOST skippers generally will stick with it (as a rule generally they won’t leave fish for fish) Why leave fish that are biting to look for fish that might not be biting unless the boat has limited out on a particular type of fish and is ready to look for something else. Of course mackerel and tomcod don’t apply to this scenario as the targeted fish must be considered desirable.

A 3/4 day boat has more time to spend looking around and more range work with than a half day. As mentioned if a bite for a particular type of fish has been better at particular time of day when the conditions are more favorable then perhaps they might fish for something else until that time. If bass have been biting in the afternoons but slow in the mornings then perhaps the Capt. will spend the morning fishing for rockfish and then spend the afternoon looking for bass rather than sit on a bite that's not happening. I think in most situations boat captains are trying put fish on the boat more than anything. Again regardless if it's a rockfish or a bass they want to target fish that are (biting) will fill the sacks. It may be hard for some passengers to change it up but a good crew will offer to help those who could use some assistance with getting rigged up and also should provide some helpful fish catching info. As a result the boat should catch more fish than if they would have stuck it out on a bite that wasn’t happening of course it doesn’t always work out that way but more often then not it helps put more fish on the boat.

Captains of full day trips or longer are much more likely to spend most if not all of their time in pursuit of exotics (yellows / sea bass or tuna if offshore). They may be holding out for a shot at finding that a wide open bite or choosing to stick it out on a pick bite on the exotics over the higher percentage catch such as bass or rockfish. In my opinion most boats work for a goal of turning in a good count of the most desirable fish that are willing to bite given the time of year and the length of the trip. The fish count more than anything is what brings the people out/ sells the tickets.

jerryG

[fish_sauce]

In my opinion most boats work for a goal of turning in a good count of the most desirable fish that are willing to bite given the time of year and the length of the trip. The fish count more than anything is what brings the people out/ sells the tickets.

jerryG

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Might i also add that...it doesn't hurt to ask around before jumping on the boat. The crew usually have a good understanding of what works and what doesn't, and thats all it takes to give you some time to pick up the needed gear/setup/lures from the landing's tackle store to prepare you for the day of fishing possibilities.