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Very early Windy forecast looks nice!
Please hold up!
Wait. Got to check the tides too.
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Liquiddeath said:
You don’t pick up on sarcasm well..
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Guess you're right. I'll quit posting trip reports like other regulars have done.
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Saturday, it took us a while but finally figured out where the fish were and got our 8 lings, but couldn't figure the black Rockfish out even though we could see them surfacing and swimming below us, so we ended up with 3.

Sunday went right back caught our 8 lings. Then we finally figured out how to catch the black rock fish when crew member got sick so we came in with 7 about 10:30.

Released some nice lings after we had our limits and were looking for rock fish both days.


Fantastic fishing!
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Out of Newort Thur, Fri & Sat...limits of lings each day...threw back 15-30 keeper lings each day! Saturday we needed one more rock for our limits and we couldn't keep the lings off our hooks so we called it...everyone was catching...it was an epic 3 days but Saturday was insane for everyone!!The grade of fish was amazing too.
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Don G Baldi said:
Guess you're right. I'll quit posting trip reports like other regulars have done.
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Again right over your head.
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Don G Baldi said:
You also crossed at 3:00 and thought the bar was flat?
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Not at all! I came across around 12:30 before it became uncomfortable. I wouldn't have wanted to much later than that.

I was just teasing sprigdog because he claimed bar and tides did not matter at all this weekend. Rationale being that he is a local and "can see it from his window" and the ocean was "flat all weekend" He didn't appreciate being called out on it, had to poke a little more fun ;)
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I was surprised how far into the jetties the bar effect was still occurring Sunday circa 3 pm. It was exactly what I needed to get more skilled at this aspect of the game- nothing too crazy going on, but I got to feel the boat get pushed a bit sideways from behind, got to practice the throttle moves one executes to keep that from happening again, etc.

The ocean was just as flat Sunday as it was Saturday, and the fishing was incredible. I was surprised there were so many fewer boats out there.

I really enjoy fishing for ling and bottomfish. Feel the strike, set the hook… that’s fishin right there.
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JeffO said:
Went out of Newport both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we got there in the morning, put in, parked the truck, cast off from the dock, put her into gear to head out…. put her into gear to head out…. oh crap! She won’t go in gear! I put a new water pump in the F115 this winter and didn’t line up the splined shift shaft when I put the lower back on. So we had to take it out, drive to my buddy’s place in Waldport, fix it, and then back to Newport etc. So we got a late start. It took about 45 minutes to get our 4 ling. Just bam bam bam, red hot.

I went out solo Sunday. The ling fishing was awesome, both days, but we only caught a half-dozen blacks total. Today I had my two nice ling in the cooler (probably caught around 10) and was trying to add to my rockfish tally but the ling kept hammering my little rockfish grub! It was a blast on my lighter rockfish spinning setup, but after a while I gave up and headed in. Came back in today around 3, right in the middle of the big ebb, and it was a bit sporty at the bar! Nothing crazy but some standing/stacked waves with whitecaps at times. Worked the throttle and surfed on in.

A 20’ aluminum boat sure is pleasant to launch/retrieve solo, at least when it’s as calm as it was today at the ramps. I like my boat.

I finally got around to cleaning the barnacle bases off my hull (pro tip: DO NOT get Barnacle Buster on your skin!!) and I could feel the difference. The boat just felt slicker in the water and more responsive to throttle. Sweet!
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Bottom paint damn near eliminates that completely. I made the investment and glad I did.
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sprigdog said:
You all realize they're calling for flat without saying flat sat and Sunday? If anyone cancels or doesn't fish because of forecast needs to truly reevaluate owning a boat. Bar or tide don't matter. Fact.
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This is among the worst advice I've seen here. You're either trolling this thread, or in for a cold, wet awaking one day.
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It sure was flat Saturday! Sunday was almost as flat, just not so glassy.
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Fishing has been good so far this spring. I was bummed about the Kings closing offshore but Lings peel the drag too if they are medium size and up. For us the most exciting thing was the follower fish when we reeled up a ling. Almost every one that followed was way bigger than the hooked fish. Could not figure out how to get bent on that larger bonus fish.
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Fishing has been good so far this spring. I was bummed about the Kings closing offshore but Lings peel the drag too if they are medium size and up. For us the most exciting thing was the follower fish when we reeled up a ling. Almost every one that followed was way bigger than the hooked fish. Could not figure out how to get bent on that larger bonus fish.
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More than once we have had a net a the ready and boated a big ling with out it ever being hooked
Last Saturday we had a big follower that we were not ready for on the port side and it went to the starboard side and followed the Canary that was being reeled in on that side ( missed that one too :eek: )
Pretty sure it was the same fish
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Friday as well:
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Han Solo said:
Fishing has been good so far this spring. I was bummed about the Kings closing offshore but Lings peel the drag too if they are medium size and up. For us the most exciting thing was the follower fish when we reeled up a ling. Almost every one that followed was way bigger than the hooked fish. Could not figure out how to get bent on that larger bonus fish.
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truth! We had that experience several times and one time (visually) a nice ling came off the hook by the boat and took it again...in the box he went!!!
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You guys are killing me. I am home recovering from minor surgery,
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Puffin said:
You guys are killing me. I am home recovering from minor surgery,
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Get well soon Puffin! We let some lings go so you will have some to catch!
I have faith you will make it up and fill a couple freezers soon.

I met your brother the other day on a reel transaction. Dave is a good guy.
Rest easy
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Reel fortunate said:
Get well soon Puffin! We let some lings go so you will have some to catch!
I have faith you will make it up and fill a couple freezers soon.

I met your brother the other day on a reel transaction. Dave is a good guy.
Rest easy
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Thank you sir after surgery visit yesterday been two weeks. Good report from the doc go home and heal hopefully never see you again. Yeah dave’s a great guy.
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