Mia talks about my favorite way of cooking – Sous Vide. Making regular appearances on Carolina Today, Mia’s nutrition consulting and marketing company is taking off. She is now an expert on Sharecare.com. which is one of the most popular healthcare sites in social media with a following of over 100,000 people. This is Mia…
It’s hard to come back from a fantastic trip and return to the regular world. Im not talking about work. Im talking about fishing in the northern hemisphere where the fish are normal size and the insects actually respond to DEET, and where you can drink tap water and even if we have problems with…
GOLDEN DORADO I took my drone to Bolivia last week without any problems, only to arrive and discover that the head guide had a Phantom 4 at the lodge. Chucky (Vincent Lorente) turned out to be a very skilled pilot, and we had a lot of fun filming with two drones in the air. I…
Deep in the remote jungle territory of the Isiboro Secure National Park (Tipnis) in Bolivia, where the Andes meet the headwaters of the Amazon, exists a species of fish unique to the Southern Hemisphere–an Apex Predator called the Golden Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis). Small minnows and baitfish called Sabalo migrate up the greater Secure system and following them are aggressively…
I’ve gone on lots of trips over the years but this one was challenging. Getting my main bag down to 45 lbs was a real challenge that reminded me of backpacking the pacific crest trail in boy scouts trying to get my pack lighter an ounce at a time. Tsimani Lodge has laundry services so…
Last week Gina and I took Mark and his Girlfriend Phoebe to the Caribbean on the biggest ship in the world. Its been years since our last cruise which was on the Disney Magic with the kids and we had high expectations for this cruise which marks our 15th cruise over the years. I give…
I spent a half day on the forebay this Saturday with Steve Sakamaki. In three weeks, we are heading to Bolivia for Golden Dorado. This morning at 5:00 am the winds were up about 20 mph and I hoped that they would die down by early morning but they didn’t. It was tough fishing the…
The cloud cover and low winds gave me an opportunity to take Steve Sakamaki out for a day on the Forebay. We fished from 6:30 till Noon and managed 5 fish . I was surprised at how clear the water was compared to the main lake. The weeds were definitely less…
The 650 Billion Gallon Reservoir called San Luis sits 10 percent filled and green as pea soup. Lots of people are mad because all they see is and empty reservoir with Shasta and Oroville reservoirs sitting at 77 and 66 percent respectively. Californians, including me, take the Winter run of Salmon in the Sacramento River for…
It been a busy year without much trout fishing so last weekend Gina and I decided to spend the weekend at Baily Creek Lodge with a couple friends. My partner to Bolivia next month–Steve Sakamaki– and his wife Henrie, plus our very best friends Kevin and Mary Lee Jones. Kevin has been after me to…
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I fished the incoming tide today at Sunset Beach. I fished the afternoon for the first time and it was pretty crowded for an overcast day at the beach. One really has to watch one’s backcast because its really hard to stop 400 grains of line and fly once its launched at a kid or…
Last week Ken Oda caught a big striper on Palm Beach. I also heard that Mark Won broke a couple big fish off as well. I had my opportunity this morning and decided to fish my 10 foot Sage One 8 wgt with a T-14 Custom Cut. The high tide would peak at 10:30 and…
Today Gina and I celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary. “I will spend an eternity loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you every day that I hold you as high as the stars.” What a busy weekend its been. On Friday, We saw Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald in concert at the Mountain Winery…
Our daughter who recently finished her RD certification is now a practicing Registered Nutritionist\Dietician. A Registered Dietitian (RD) is a trained nutrition professional who has met the strict educational and experiential standards set forth by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). Also, with her Masters Degree in…
It’s great to catch al bunch of fish once in awhile. I put numbers up today on the Forebay but I could not help wishing I were back at the trash racks in April when, not only were the numbers there, every fish was over 24 inches. When I came home and thought about it, If I…
I couldn’t let another weekend go by without pulling on a striper. It been a long time since Ive seen multiple weekends blown out at San Luis Reservoir. It seems every time I have prepared to fish the Lake or Forebay, its been blowing hard. My best shot was last week on Monday, and my…
Its been over three years since we camped on the valley floor of Yosemite. Gina and I lucked out and got a campsite three months ago. The trusty old Motorhome made it up the grade without vapor locking this year. Getting a campsite in Yosemite is challenging with over 2 million summer visitors, the limited…
We will forget about the Dream Season years from now because the Warriors lost the Championship. the first team to blow a 3-1 lead. The best team in the NBA could not make a basket in the last 4 minutes and 39 seconds of Game 7 given 9 tries-4 by Curry, and one attempt from…
It has been a little over three weeks since I fished the Lake Memorial Day. Two weeks ago was Mia’s Dietetics Graduation in Charleston, and Last week we were in Eugene to watch Mark graduate from University of Oregon. The winds have been very unpredictable lately even with all the software that I use…