Nph/laguna recon/nph

[ghetto dad]

Good evening,

After recently just returning from the Sierra’s, I wasn’t going to fish for a little bit. But, I woke up this morning and decided that I was going to go fishing anyways, the plan was just for a little while. Well, it turned out to be more than a little while, lol.

Threw all my gear in my truck, and decided to fish NPH, even though, it has been VERY slow, at least for me fishing the shore. After about a 10 minute drive, I was at todays’s starting location, the peninsula, and not the usual Balboa Island that I normally fish.

NEWPORT HARBOR A.M.

Today I was going to start out with 8 lb line, ¾ ounce D/S sinker, #1 Owner Mosquito Hook, and a 3 Inch GULP! Shrimp in Nuclear Chicken.

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I started out on east side, and worked my way under, between , and through every area that I could either flip into, or cast into. I missed exactly two fish that did not want to commit, and saw a spot that looked good, so I flipped out my rig, and worked it back to shore. TAP! TAP! I set the hook hard, and the fight was on. This fish was MEAN, immediately it took me to the left, straight under a mussel filled dock. He knew where to get away, or at least he thought. Using some past experiences in this situation, and after losing fish, I stuck my rod tip very far, straight out, and under the water. This allowed me not to get broke off on the mussel, however, this fish was seriously strong, and all I could do was pull the rod out to the right, and try to turn it’s head, which was no easy task. Finally, I felt his head turn and pulled him out from under the dock. He took some drag, I kept my tip up to turn its head, and finally, it did, and I was able to pump the fish back to the beach, and beach it. Finally, I got a decent Spottie.


15 INCH BASS!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11789.jpg

THE RELEASE!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11791.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11792.jpg

Walked up the beach back towards my truck, saw a spot, made a cast, and BAM! Another nice spottie on, this one I beached after a short battle.



13 INCH BASS!
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I tried a couple more spots, for no hits, and decided that I wanted to do some Recon down South a little, possibly Laguna Beach, so I loaded my truck, and jumped on PCH South towards Laguna.

LAGUNA BEACH MID-DAY


I was really not sure where to go, as I had never fished down here before, but I know what I wanted to fish, and I knew how to look for decent spots. I found a spot I wanted to try, to hopefully get my first surf calico, and if this didn’t work out, I was going to fish Surf Perch. So I found a spot to park, and headed down the walkway and stairs to the beach.

WTF? HEY BUNNY RABBIT!! LOL
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11793.jpg

LOOKS GOOD!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11794.jpg

THE ROCK I TRIED TO FISH!
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I tried the above D/S rig, and between the surf and the surge, it made it difficult to fish, so I decided to give up on this spot, and make the long walk back up to my truck and go a little bit north of this spot, I saw a beach I wanted to try on the way down for some Surf Perch, so I packed up, again, got to my truck, again, loaded my truck, again, and headed a little North.

Found a parking spot for the beast, and made the walk down to the beach. Between the Sierra’s trip hiking, and today, I have been getting a lot of exercise recently, my legs are KILLING me!

I HATE STAIRS!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11799.jpg

THE SPOT I WANTED TO FISH….LOOKS GREAT!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11800.jpg


For this spot, I switched over to a #4 mosquito hook, Carolina rigged, ½ oz slider, and some GULP! Sandworm in camo.


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Made my first cast into the zone, and BAM! Fish on!!

FIRST
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SECOND
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THIRD
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11805.jpg

FOURTH
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11806.jpg

Ok, enough of these, I wanted some BSP’s! Lol, so I shortened my cast to right over the wave break. Tap! Tap! I set the hook, and fish on!

FIFTH! A BSP!
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SIXTH
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SEVENTH
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11809.jpg

EIGHTH
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11810.jpg

NINTH
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Made a shorter cast…TAP! Then it bent my rod hard, so I set the hook, and fish on! This one felt a little larger, and when I beached it, I was that it was.

TENTH
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ELEVENTH
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TWELVTH
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THIRTEENTH..LIL CHUNK
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FOURTEENTH
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11821.jpg

FIFTEENTH
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11822.jpg

SIXTEENTH
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/NPH%20LAGUNA%20NPH%206%208%2010/SDC11823.jpg

After the sixteenth one, I was out of sandworms! GRRRRR!! No worries, so I left them biting and decided to head back to NPH for a few casts before I went home. So again, walked a mile up stairs and hills, got back to my truck, and headed North on PCH to NPH. I wanted to finish my day off on the Island.

THE RIDE BACK TO NPH
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NEWPORT HARBOR P.M.

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Found a spot for my beast, and started off on the North Side. Made a couple casts, and BAM! Fish on!! This one tried to get me under the mooring line, which was NOT going to happen, I turned it’s head, and after a great fight, beached this!

SOLID 14 INCH FISH!
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Ok, I was tired now, and I was getting hungry, so I jumped in my truck and headed home. Not a bad day, FINALLY!

Until next time……..

GD

[flyngby]

Steve,

Nice return trip to the harbor with a couple of quality Spots and surviving the harbor midday blues by hitting the surf for some perch action!

Where is the blurring of the background now as you just gave away my "Honey Hole" :Bawling: :Guns: Joking!

I am looking very forward to a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry low tsunami tide to retrieve some of my gear that has been captured by a very greedy underwater feature in you first pic!

Again congrats to a nice day on the water!

Steve

[TShaffer]

Nice job in the harbor GD. Glad to see the action picked up a little bit more. Pretty sure I ran into a few days back with my buddy Eric. Anyway great report.

[doorman]

That is an awsome report. thank you.

[Jaysuuun]

Nice outing GD. I need to give that nuclear chicken another try. I think I gave up on it too fast the first time I tried it out. Nice perch slay.

[ghetto dad]

Thanks for the replies guys!! lol...FYI...i actually had 20 perch..I noticed the mistake when i posted my pics on FB...so add four more!! LOL

GD

[smokehound]

Damn, thats alot of perch.


Nice going on all those bass. especially that 15 incher. seems the harbors are getting pretty lively now.

[fisherman from long beach]

not only are your legs tired,fingers after that thread.nice report and pics,and the spottie action has been great lately,fat boys want to play and not the usual dinks.

[lalo56]

Good job out there Steve. I have to get out there soon. Next weekend my GF has off will head out there.

Thanks for sharing
Eddie

[murrieta angler]

Hey GD,
Nice report and pics of the nice SBB and all those perch. I hit that spot in Laguna and it usually produces for me also.
Next time throw a bobber set-up together and you can get Greenilngs and Sheepshead while standing out on those rocks at low tide.
Way to put in the long hours,
Robert

[Fat Tony]

relly good report.tight lines

[Fishbones]

awesome report GD sweet pics, thanks for sharing....

[kgselect]

Great day of fishing. Lot's of work, but well worth it. It seems to pay to go the extra mile(s). Thanks.

[CPT. Kirk]

Nice report thanks for sharing I fished NPH for the first time in my float tube yesterday with a couple of new friends that guided me through the harbor we caught several Spoted bass, sand bass, a spot fin croaker, and a halibut. overall it was a good day.

[BIGBASS MB]

Exellente report,
all that fish and you still had time to take the photos...
thanks.
MB

[lalo56]

Exellente report,
all that fish and you still had time to take the photos...
thanks.
MB

Yeah, he is the BULL!

[Liteweight]

Nice job on the spotties G/D!
Did you bring a cookie cutter w/you for the perch? :LOL: :LOL: j/k!
Not a bad day freelancing.
LW.

[Rapala17]

This is one of the better posted for NPH. Thanks for the excellent post and for speaking on bait selection, time of day, and casting locations. Keep it up out there!

Bent rods for life,
Rapala17