11-02-2017, 01:52 PM
[#0000FF]Welcome aboard. Good to see someone from my old Orange County stomping (tubing) grounds. I have been gone from California since the late 70's but still have many fond memories.
I was one of the pioneers in float tubing and may have been the first to ever float a "donut" on Newport Bay. There were several tuber friendly launch sites around that big body of water...and many species of fish, rays and sharks to play with. One of my fave areas was up in the back bay...during late spring. Used to be a lot of halibut up there...if you could keep the rays and sharks away from your 'chovies. But throwing feathers or hardware usually helped restrict your catch to flatties or bass. Got some big spotfin croakers at times too.
I edited out your link. If you would like to post a Utube or other link to the specific videos that would be okay. But a link to a commercial enterprise...or another website with a fishing forum...is not allowed.
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I was one of the pioneers in float tubing and may have been the first to ever float a "donut" on Newport Bay. There were several tuber friendly launch sites around that big body of water...and many species of fish, rays and sharks to play with. One of my fave areas was up in the back bay...during late spring. Used to be a lot of halibut up there...if you could keep the rays and sharks away from your 'chovies. But throwing feathers or hardware usually helped restrict your catch to flatties or bass. Got some big spotfin croakers at times too.
I edited out your link. If you would like to post a Utube or other link to the specific videos that would be okay. But a link to a commercial enterprise...or another website with a fishing forum...is not allowed.
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