[Thundertaker]

In our younger days, we would go on a weekend with a minus tide, pump up a bunch of sand shrimp the day before.
Put on some chest waders and venture out on the 'fingers' on the south side jetty (Newport).
We used short, stout trout rods with 12 lb. test and cheap snelled hooks and a 1 oz. round clip-on sinker (1/4 to 3/8 oz. lead head jigs tipped with sand shrimp worked well too).
Start by chasing the receding tide as far out on the finger as possible.
Drop your bait into any hole that looks big enough to pull a fish back out of.
The big rocks making up the jetty create caves the fish love to hang out in.
We caught every species you could imaging including wolf eels.
Perch, black rockfish, tons of kelp greenling, red irish lords, etc.
We would each carry a floating fish basket with a rope to keep that catch in.

Keep an eye on the tide and fish it back in when the tide rolls in.
It's messy, slippery but a ton of fun.
Might not be worth it now with the low allowed catch limits.