carpanglerdude
03-21-2010, 12:17 AM
GF and I fished the jetty for several hours today. We had a blast, caught 25+ fish, nothing massive, but the action was pretty much nonstop. I think I counted six different species altogether, but the number one type was spotties, and daaaaaang, those spotties can fight! They remind me of smallmouth bass, lots of headshaking and drag-burning power in those fish, even the little guys! On ultra-light tackle they were a blast and we didn't even catch any big ones, I can just imagine how strong those would be.
Caught one new fish I didn't recognize, I'll post the pics up once my camera finishes drying out from a drop in the water :(
We did stop by the little fishing dock in the harbor, it was packed. One guy had 6 rods going at once... a little much, heh. Another guy had two nice spotties he was keeping, meh. Interestingly enough, two girls with official-looking uniforms showed up and started interviewing everyone. Asked each angler how long they were fishing for, how much longer they intended to stay, what kind of fish they caught, how often they fished the area, etc. They had badges that said 'Pacific Fisheries Commission' or something to that extent. They were nice, really polite, but I haven't heard of these fish surveys taking place before. Are they with the MLPA or something similar? They told one of the guys that they had met very few anglers catching halibut, thought they were rare in Newport :)
Caught one new fish I didn't recognize, I'll post the pics up once my camera finishes drying out from a drop in the water :(
We did stop by the little fishing dock in the harbor, it was packed. One guy had 6 rods going at once... a little much, heh. Another guy had two nice spotties he was keeping, meh. Interestingly enough, two girls with official-looking uniforms showed up and started interviewing everyone. Asked each angler how long they were fishing for, how much longer they intended to stay, what kind of fish they caught, how often they fished the area, etc. They had badges that said 'Pacific Fisheries Commission' or something to that extent. They were nice, really polite, but I haven't heard of these fish surveys taking place before. Are they with the MLPA or something similar? They told one of the guys that they had met very few anglers catching halibut, thought they were rare in Newport :)