Newport Checkerboards 6/17

[Swampchicken]

Sunday morning I had a small window of opportunity to get out and wet some line. I headed down to Newport to get in some potholing for Calicos on the new growth of kelp. The kelp has really come back strong down to Crystal Cove and beyond I am sure. I paddled on down to Crystal Cove pulling a deep diving plug in FireTiger(my favorite pattern). Pulled in a couple of smallies on the way down. Once I made it to the kelp I found a couple of nice openings and dropped in some of my favorite lures, Kreepy Krawlers, covered in a nice layer of UniButter. Yum Yum.
Here is a shot of the bait, different location, but exact same setup.


I potholed and drifted for about two hours for some nice fat Barred Sand Bass and some nice Calico Bass.
Here are some Calicos

Check out the killer Lowrance Fish Finder. This thing is amazing.



I appologize for the pictures, its hard when no one else is around.
Davey