newport bottomfish

[Salmonator]

Bottom fishing seems to better than the springer fishing right now. My buddies and I ran three boats out of newport and fished anywhere from 1 to 7 miles south of the jetties. All boats brought back some nice fish. Our boat brought in 36 rockfish, mostly blacks with some blues, quillback, copper, and one canary, 1 nice cabezon (another boat brought in 4 cabbies) and 5 keeper lings. Ocean was great all day except for crossing the bar on the way back in with a strong outgoing tide http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. Looking foward to doing this one again... Joe

[Grant Scheele]

Hey, Salmonator. Nobody seems to care about bottomfish right now. They all got Spring(er) Fever. They will be within our casting range next week I think. See you on the river. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[This message has been edited by O.Mykiss (edited 04-21-2000).]

[Salmonator]

yea, I know. I went back out two days after that last bottomfishing trip and we had our 30 blacks for the three of us by noon. Not as exciting as a springer but I have a freezer full of seabass!!! Joe