Smokinflies' First Time On The Salt

[smokinflies]

Well, this was gonna be my first trip to the salt so I didn't really know what to expect out in the harbor. So on Sunday morning, my bro-n-law, two of his co-workers and I, headed out to Newport Harbor around 6:30am(thanks Co) and arrived at Davey's Locker at around 7am.




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"I'm ready for some saltwater action!!!"
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"we loaded on the rental and headed out to the bait shop"
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"the sky was cloudy and the air was cool for most of the day"
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After picking up some bait, we setup our gear, and got to fishing. Me, not know how to fish the salt, I setup up my rod with a rigging that I've been having great results with on the lakes, the DS.




Bam!!! The first catch of the morning on the DS"
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The other guys had rigged some type of Carolina rigging and here are a couple of catches that they were able to produce.



"bendo shots and catches"

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"even the boats were hitting"
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"my first spottie..."
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"...and halibut"
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Although we didn't catch anything worth bringing home the action was consistent throughout the day which IMO made this outing successful, and we all had a great time and way too many laughs out there in the harbor. We are definitely gonna plan another trip to the salt in the near future.

Thanks for reading.




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[fisherman from long beach]

wtg on the first salt water trip.a mixed bag at that.

[DockRat]

WTG on the rental.
If that is a Round Ray you guys are insane and lucky you didn't get hit with the stinger at the end of the tail.
After getting hit and having a 1/8" piece of stinger in my finger for 6 weeks of pain ' Use Caution '

Bat Rays or even Big Bat Rays can be picked up and handled but not round rays.

Watch this kid get nailed by a baby ray.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnweCrpJo8


DR

[Fishbones]

Sweet report, congrats guys for a good NPH trip, thanks for sharing.

[Swank909]

Damn M street looks busy lol.

Grats on your first trip in the salt! It's addicting though, watchout!
That's a pretty good size spotty and halibut for your first time. I think I got skunked on my first 4 trips to the harbor, so you're already ahead of the curve!

[smokinflies]

wtg on the first salt water trip.a mixed bag at that.

Thanks FFLB. :Cool:


WTG on the rental.
If that is a Round Ray you guys are insane and lucky you didn't get hit with the stinger at the end of the tail.
After getting hit and having a 1/8" piece of stinger in my finger for 6 weeks of pain ' Use Caution '

Bat Rays or even Big Bat Rays can be picked up and handled but not round rays.

Watch this kid get nailed by a baby ray...



DR

Thanks DR. Yup, those rental are pretty cool for the price.

As for the Round Ray, we were very careful and cautious(thinking about the Crocodile Hunter) with those suckers. We didn't lay a hand on them. The thing that sucks the most about those rays is that they were everywhere. I think we pulled out about 7 or 8 of them out of the harbor.

Oh and don't even get me started about the Bat Rays. I hooked into one of those guys during this trip and it almost spooled me. Luckily my line snapped at the hook when I cranked down on the drag.


Sweet report, congrats guys for a good NPH trip, thanks for sharing.


Thanks bones

Damn M street looks busy lol.

Grats on your first trip in the salt! It's addicting though, watchout!
That's a pretty good size spotty and halibut for your first time. I think I got skunked on my first 4 trips to the harbor, so you're already ahead of the curve!


Thanks swank. Yeah, Main st and Balboa was really crowded when we left Davey's Locker, but we didn't mind with all the "Heathers"(girls) walking around. :Wink:

And you're right about it being addicting., I'm already planning another trip out. :Envious:

[smokinflies]

BTW can someone tell me what type of fish my first catch was?

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[Swank909]

I'll be hitting the harbor this friday if you want to join me.

[smokinflies]

I'll be hitting the harbor this friday if you want to join me. Looks like a yellowfin croaker

Sorry bro, I work on Fridays.

But I'll will be out there early Sunday morning (6am) with some friends and fishing from shore starting at 18th street. You're welcome to join us.

[flyngby]

First pic is a "Queenfish"
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They quickly loose the blue highlight when out of the water. I have caught several of them in past trips to the harbor!

Next time pin it back on to a bigger setup and go for a nicer Flattie!

[smokinflies]

First pic is a "Queenfish"
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Next time pin it back on to a bigger setup and go for a nicer Flattie!

Thanks for theID and the tip . I'll have to try that on my next trip out.

[bones]

Very nice report and definately one of those fishy days. The smiles tell it all......Thanks for the report!

Good to see that you used a proper net to avoid splitting the shorties tail :Thumbs Up: