#9665, "RE: Anyone Fishin Newport Bay This Weekend?" In response to In response to 8
If your going to fish from the skiffs you need a few things to almost garantee a successful day, unless the wheather is just horrible. A few four in shiny deep running rapalas for trolling, silver or gold is good. A light colored swim bait that looks like a chovy and some 1/4 to 1/2 ounce lead heads. And the last thing you need is some live bait hooks if your going to drift the chovies. I think the best spots are close to the the pavilion right around the boats. If I'm trolling I just cruise along the boats on the inside of the harbor. If I want to through swim baits I'll usually go in-between the boats and tie up to one of the bouys. Then just the cast out, let the bait hit the bottom and retrieve at a medium pace keeping the bait pretty deep. Or you can bounce it off the bottom. Good luck, It'll be wide open in a month.