Mixed Catch off Rocks At Depoe 8.10 (pics)

[Fish_N_Russ]

Well after getting up around 6:30 Sunday morning @ Jennies (stayed the night after Ifishstock), my original plan was to get packed up and try our hand at clamming at Garabaldi. I remembered that there was going to be a -1.something tide about 7AM. BUT then I had an even better idea! With the low tide we could go down to Depoe Bay and do some fishing off the exposed rocks. The wife was more agreeable to that idea, so off we went.

Got down to Depoe about 10AM, beautiful weather with only a little swell along the rocks. We both rigged up with some of Depoe Bay Dan's jigs....casting off the rocks and weaving them through the submerged kelp. On my 2nd cast, BANG! A nice black bass grabbed my jig and I started working him towards the bank, only to have the jig pull out and have it rocket back at 100mph past my head! :shocked: Oh well I thought, at least they are biting today :grin: We tried more casts with jigs all along the rocky outcrops but nothing was happening.....soooo I decided we should try bait fishing. Trisha and I quickly rigged up for bait fishing, with a 3 way swivel/lead dropper. Using some mussles I collected from just a few feet away on the rocks, we cast our bait out from the rocks and waited. About 5 minutes later I hear some excitement from the wife...........I look over and she has a grin on her face and a bend on her pole! She pulls up a greenling from the rocks. "What is it!"......she asked, as she never caught one before.


I tell her and she re-baits. Next cast, BANG! Again she gets another greenling.


By this time I am thinking I better catch up and then I hear her giggling again!


This time she had caught a Red Irish Lord.....which at first I thought was just a regular bullhead but then I remember seeing pics DepoeBayDan had posted of one caught a while back. Here is a closeup....neat looking fish actually!



Well with all that catching Trisha was ready to go (oh yeah sure after you have caught fish!)....anyway we were thinking of leaving when I picked up a nice Striped Perch. These are beautiful fish when just out of the water.


By that time it was pretty hot and the tide was coming back in so we called it quits and headed down to Newport and then home to Corvallis.

Not a whole lot of fish caught, but it was fun and nice weather which counts for a lot. The fish variety was interesting too...thats why I like jetty/rock fishing so much, you never know what you are going to catch!
Russ

[Born to Fish]

Russ, great report and pictures. You're pretty good with the camera....now fess up, that perch you're holding was caught by the wife - right? :grin:

Agree about the beauty of these striped perch, the first one I ever caught I wanted to put in the aquarium....but I was hungry. :blush:

Dean

[Mark Mc]

Russ, nice report & photos. And you set a great example by wearing pfd's while shore fishing from those rocks.

[Small Fry]

Looks like a fun time. I impressed with the PFDs. Gets a thumbs up from me.

[WildHawg]

Ditto all of the above...and great job sharing a fantastic day with your mate!
I am an interesting critter. I only personally know one other like me (hi BRAD). I love fishing from the bank as much as I love fishing from the shore. Yes it's true--I'm a bankmaggot at times, for the same reason I am a hunter...I love to search for game.
Getting harder to make the 5 mile hump out to the south jetty at tillamook anymore--not too mention the hard part of making 1/2 mile of rock jumping to get to the best fishing. Oh yeah--then there's the backtrail
I've fished as far as 80 miles offshoe for really cool critters--and I've fished on rocky ocean outcroppings, bays, and rivers from the banks for more mundane critters. When it all boils down though, in my top ten, I'll bet half of 'em have been bank adventures!
Calm down Ug--you've made the list TWICE in only about 10 trips! I think you got a future son!!!!

[Fish_N_Russ]

never thought much about the PFD issue.....we just always wear them whenever we are near water, just in case :smile: