Obviously a late report, got busy all week with a vacation.
Needed to get out of my house for a night, so decided to finally try fishing Newport Back Bay. Arrived about 2030 in the middle of the incoming tide, light breeze in my face but not too cold.
Used small chunks of squid on a c-rig with a 3oz sputnik. Wasn't always holding but it worked out.
Got a perchy kind of bite within 10 minutes of arrival, seemed like it was hanging onto the circle hook so I wound up on it and my rig broke at the swivel and I lost everything. On a perch bite that's very upsetting. But I knew that knot was tied too long ago so chalk it up to laziness.
Retied with a 6# leader and first cast with that got a backlash, rig came crashing down to earth violently, and 6# was irreparably tangled in the sputnik. Woof.........Went back to a 15# leader.
By now the weeds had really started to move in, which made using my mini sand spike impossible. Finally after 20 minutes of catching hella weeds, I learned my lesson to just hold the rod in my hands to keep the line out of the water. And as soon as I did, I was rewarded with a biter.
Round Stingray, species #116. This is one I've found strange that it's taken so long to catch.
Proceeded to catch another a few casts later. They are no longer welcome in my life.
Stopped getting bites after that and was only pulling in weeds every cast. Gave it up and headed for the barn.
