NPH – July 17/18

[kgselect]

Spent the weekend down in Newport Beach to beat the heat in SGV. So, naturally, my son and I fished the harbor on the kayak a few hours on both Saturday and Sunday.

We fished Saturday from 9:00am to about 1:30PM. The day was sunny and comfortable from the start. And, immediately, my son started catching spotties off the docks. Basically, from the AM to about noon, the bite was fairly steady. We managed to catch quite a few spots, sand bass and about 4 halibuts. I actually caught my biggest NPH halibut so far.

Sunday was quite a bit different. The weather was overcast and a bit breezy. Although the conditions looked very good, for some reason, the fish were much less active compared to Saturday. My son managed to catch about 4-5 spotties, missed a few hits and broke off a couple on the pilings. I managed only 1 spottie and missed a few pick-ups. We kept pounding the docks, but, the bite never really picked up. We again fished to about 1:30PM.

We caught most of the fish on drop shot and jig head Gulps. We threw the spinner and LC a bit, but, no takers.

Met Elevated who was fishing with his GF on Sunday. Nice meeting you guys and I hope you had better luck than we had.

In any case, as always, it was a lot of fun fishing and cruising in the harbor. Thanks for reading and here are some pix.

Small Sandie
http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0858a.jpg

Jig Spottie
http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0863a.jpg

One of the Halis on the surface
http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0868a.jpg

http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0872a.jpg

Spottie making a run
http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0862a.jpg

http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0865a.jpg

My largest Hali caught in NPH so far.

http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0842a.jpg

http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac86/nsugimoto/Newport%20Harbor%20July%2017-18/IMG_0846a.jpg

Great fun. Thanks for reading.

[CPT. Kirk]

Nice job at NPH on the kayak thanks for sharing your repport.
A great way to beat the heat.

[fisherman from long beach]

a kgselect that looks like a fun time,i think its time to go out and continue the assualt.wtg and thanks for the report

[elevated]

nice meeting you out there as well KG, nice report and nice looking Hali.

[ldsaylor]

Great job out there in the yak! Thanks for the post and the pics. What did that halibut measure? Looks like u were real close to a legal on that one.

[BIG*GAME*HUNTER]

hey i was there, i seen you guys on the fronside harbor..nice slay and that must be the pic of the good size spottie you said you caught....
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx200/motopuaina/100_2512.jpg

[Fishbones]

congrats on the harbor slay, always cool to meet other FNN members out on the water. thanks for the report.

[Swank909]

hey i was there, i seen you guys on the fronside harbor..nice slay and that must be the pic of the good size spottie you said you caught....
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx200/motopuaina/100_2512.jpg

Hey BGH you're doing it wrong. Leave the ninja outfit in the car during the day, Way to hot for that shiz!


KG and son Good job in the harbor! 4 Hali's is a good day no matter what the size! Nice looking Sandies and Spotties too!

[kgselect]

hey i was there, i seen you guys on the fronside harbor..nice slay and that must be the pic of the good size spottie you said you caught....
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx200/motopuaina/100_2512.jpg

Hey, that's right. I did see you. The fishing was good on Saturday. And, mostly, it beat sitting in 105 degree heat in Arcadia. Hope you did well. Thanks for posting.

[kgselect]

Great job out there in the yak! Thanks for the post and the pics. What did that halibut measure? Looks like u were real close to a legal on that one.

Thanks for the post. Unfortunately, I didn't have a tape measure. But, it was probably close. It sure fought well and was really mad when we brought it close to the kayak.

[flyngby]

Nice variety day in the harbor!

I carry a tape just to verify my BS fishing stories! :Big Grin:

[BIG*GAME*HUNTER]

Hey, that's right. I did see you. The fishing was good on Saturday. And, mostly, it beat sitting in 105 degree heat in Arcadia. Hope you did well. Thanks for posting.

not to bad, i forgot to put up a post aout...too busy on other stuff..here it is http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?48427-Nph-pre*con-session....&p=475782#post475782