One of the great things about my annual trip to the Aleutian Islands is bringing back Roe and Fish. The camp has a full size Freezer and given the huge yields of fish on the river, we are allowed to bring home some fish. I enjoy processing salmon roe and filleting salmon, perhaps it’s …
There they were tucked way under the Mangroves. Pelicans and Terns were diving through the branches to score an easy meal in the concentrated schools of sardines hugging the shoreline. The fish were feeding on the baitfish that were coming out from the shore cover with the outgoing tide. This was the moment I imagined…
We were somewhere 15 miles off the coast of Cuba on Day 3 when the asthma inhaler began to take hold. I remember feeling a bit congested and a little bit high from the albuterol and thought maybe I should burn one of my two covid test to be sure. Suddenly someone announced that the…
One of the reasons I bought the 4wd Mercedes Sprinter Van Conversion was so that I could tow a 3500 lb boat and still camp. The other major reason I bought the Revel 4×4 is that I could park the 19 foot van in a regular parking space. The latter is less achievable with a…
Brian got his personal best striper on the Lake on Wednesday fishing a calm wind day on the racks. Brian had an epic day catching 45 good fish at the racks including the big one that he measured and weighed . According to Brian the fish was 39 inches and weighed 28 lbs. The fish…
Saturday June 11, 2022 – How about those Warriors beating the Celtics in Boston in Game 4 or the NBA Finals. Attending a Warriors Game party yesterday, I ran into my good friend Steve Sakamaki. Steve and I fished Jurasik Lake in 2018 and we really had not seen each other since before Covid. I…
May 10, 2022 – The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. Gina and I had planned a tour of Normandy to follow Gina’s Dad’s Battalion History through France for several years now. We wanted…
Wednesday May 4, 2021 – First Rule of Wednesday Fishing Club is don’t talk about Wednesday Fishing Club. Its common knowledge to many that Dentists traditionally take Wednesdays off to golf. If you’ve ever booked a tee time on a Wednesday, you probably know this already. Most doctors work a 4 day week and traditionally,…
The Forebay has been hot this past week for everybody but me. Tim, Vaughn and Richard all fished the forebay last week and had excellent days. I took a chance on the weather today to try the forebay and was pretty sure that today would be epic. The day was slow for me…
February 9-12, 2022 With San Luis Lake and O’Neill Forebay still slow but warming up, I decided to do some exploration in the Revel RV looking for nice places to hang out and fish for trout. Luckily, my cousin Wayne had a couple windows to fish and we arranged to meet up with a…
February 4-7 2022 – Gina and I have never RV camped at a full hookup facility until we booked a couple night at Wine Country RV Resort. I may have spoiled Gina from camping in any other way. WIne Country RV resort is definitely the nicest most upscale and complete RV Resort we have ever…
John Brezzo passed away at Good Samaritan hospital last Saturday 12/02/21, after a heroic fight against cancer. John has always been a “bigger than life” fly fisherman to me over the half a century that I have known him, as are many of the older flyfishermen I hang out with these days. When I…
Monday February 22, 2021 – After scouting the Forebay on Friday, I was about to cancel Monday with Don on the Forebay. It’s getting hard to catch fish and I had my doubts about being able to catch fish basically blind casting from a chair. But as it turns out, I got out-fished by…
Perhaps the most memorable clip of film and music I have ever heard, that brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it, especially in these dark days, is from Richard Harris at the end of the movie Camelot (1967). Arthur stumbles across a young boy who begs to fight in the “last” battle and become a…
Friday Jan 1, 2021 – The Season of Covid continues into a brand new year. This year on the lake has been a unique experience for me. I owe the lake my sanity. Fishing alone on the lake is probably the safest place I could be both physically and mentally and for that I am…
Friday Dec 4, 2020 – The Fishing at San Luis and the Forebay was getting pretty tough over the last couple week as the first rains and cold nights came rolling through the second half of December. Yesterday, California announced another massive stay at home order. Hopefully, they wont close boat ramps and As far…
November 25-30 – One of the best things we did a couple years ago is purchase a fractional ownership at Fairmont Heritage Place. Originally we purchased it to use the membership for the excellent deals on Suites at Fairmonts all over the world as well as preferential treatment at property restaurants, golf courses and other…
Monday July 6, 2020 – A fire on the foothills near our house gave us a scare. There were many grass fires over the 4th of July weekend in San Jose which doesn’t surprise me much since all 4th of July fireworks were canceled. I can not recall ever having controlled city sponsored fireworks cancelled…
Not a day goes by that I don’t feel lucky and fortunate to have met and married you. Happy 36th Anniversary. My buddy Kenny sais it all for me… For You Kenny Lattimore For you, I’d give a life time of stability Anything you want of me Nothing is impossible For you, There are no…
July 26, 2019 – Is it too late to go in on Beyond Meat Stock? I think the young generation is very concerned about the carbon footprint of food. The movement in food science is what drives the meteoric rise in stock price of Beyond Meat up 800 percent since IPO. I think its safe…