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Crafty Angler · 10-15-2009, 09:53 AM

Just came back from one of Newport's Points - it was ******* Point, actually

Saw the same thing 200 yds out toward the middle right at the overcast dawn

Small pod of fish broke away from the main school, birds crashing and a big bait slick spread over the water right in front of me

Finally figured out it was a bass slick when a seal popped up right in the middle of it 20 feet away from me

Apparently the seals were working the shoreline, having Kibbles 'n' Bass for breakfast...

Grrrrrrr...

10-15-2009, 09:53 AM	#16
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Just came back from one of Newport's Points - it was ******* Point, actually Saw the same thing 200 yds out toward the middle right at the overcast dawn Small pod of fish broke away from the main school, birds crashing and a big bait slick spread over the water right in front of me Finally figured out it was a bass slick when a seal popped up right in the middle of it 20 feet away from me Apparently the seals were working the shoreline, having Kibbles 'n' Bass for breakfast... Grrrrrrr...
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.