I have fished a number of pay catch and release lakes and ponds in my day — Sugar Creek, Five Dot, Eagle Canyon, and Antelope Ranch to name a few–but no lake or pond has ever had the size and quantity that Pronghorn gave up. We fished the 150 acre lake this last weekend for…
Mia had the opportunity to interview and do a piece on Ralph Nader at CAL (at 55 seconds). Nader was at CAL to talk about the effect of Sports Scholarships on the viability of great universities. You be the judge, but I must admit that I am a big fan of College Football and that…
On our way up to Pronghorn Resevoir in Oregon, we had the opportunity to fish for half a day with Wayne Syn of Orland Outfitters, on the Sacramento River. My cousin Kenneth Tan landed a 20 lbr on a sardine|crawdad wrapped flatfish. The river is showing signs of its former glory having been closed for…
For the the first time in a long time, Mark wanted to go fishing with me this weekend. I started checking the wind three days ago and a storm front was approaching with predictions of rain for today. We had planned to get up at 5:30 am and head out for some topwater, but the…
After chasing the elusive “windless morning” on San Luis reservoir for the last three weeks, the perfect morning greeted us as we made the boat launch at 6:30 am Monday morning at Basalt. As we pulled up, two guys from Santa Barbara were already leaving for the day. They told us that large fish were…
In preperation for the epic trip to Pronghorn Lake in three weeks with a couple friends, I pulled out my portaboats. I have two models, the older model is symetrical and shaped like a drift boat and the other has a flat transom (the Genesis). Last time out, I noticed a really slow leak in…
Mark and his buddies start a Surfing Club at Leland. Its not science or engeneering but I approve. Surfs up at Leland High School from Meng Syn DDS on Vimeo.
Imagine a huge windless lake with no boats except yours on a fresh warm Monday morning . Few shorefisheman, an empty boat launch at 6:30 in the morning with nothing to do but fish all day. A full tank of gas in the boat, fly rods, donwriggers, bait and time. Drinks food, and a 12…
There is was, by the side of the country road, a boarded up church framed by a dark ominous sky from an incoming weather front. STOP THE CAR! I jumped out and shot a series of photos. I love the church shot the most. Its still a work in progress and I have some great…
Due to recent heat about previous post naming this blessed river all references to the Alberta river that I love and try to fish yearly shall be forwith referred to as “River X”. Overbooked, and crowded. Sounds like the all to familair beginning of an excuse for a mediocre fishing trip. The kind of trip…
Wow. This is a really interesting to me. Dr Hanlon, a Marine Biologist hypothysizes that an Octopus that has the ability to camoflauge itself by color and texture, does not really MATCH colors to turn invisable. He claims that it revolves arount a fishes perception of invisability that is unique to fish and really has…
The summer has been busier than usual, perhaps its the fact that our kids have been doing academic things all summer with Mia in Summer Session at Berkeley and Mark taking 4 days a week of SAT prep. The summer is over in two weeks with both our kids starting school. The office is…
Len Bearden told me once that for every two fishless trips to San Luis, you get a good one. Well today we are half way there to another good day. At least I bought a Year Pass to get on the lake. At $200 a year, ill have to go 13 times to break even. …
Update: This morning Friday July 22, 2011, I called the wind line at 8:00 am to see how the wind was in anticipation of heading there tommorrow early. The wind line said it was blowing 16-32 mph with and average speed of 27mph. This wind chart showed it blowing at 15 MPH. It was really…
I actually enjoy eating stripers! Some interesting trivia about Stripers. Striped Bass Recipes started with the Pilgrims. Captain John Smith, wrote in his journal in 1614 “that Striped Bass was a most sweet and wholesome fish as ever I did eat” And In 1634: William Wood, in his New England’s Prospect, called the Striped Bass…
Its been two weeks since my last striper and I can’t stop thinking about my next shot at those big fish in the main lake. The problem though is the finicky winds that whip through Pacheco Pass–especially in the summer. I found myself calling the San Luis Reservoir Wind Line that tells you what the…
A couple months ago, a good friend of mine, Dan Dee, showed me a technique for catching stripers that he learned in the Lakes around San Diego. A successful guide there showed him a fly they use to cast and troll for stripers. Dan use to live in the Bay area. He is good friends…
Our window of opportunity for a family vacations this year was narrow but we managed to calender this past week a vacation to Maui. Accompanying us on the trip was Alex Shearer (Mia’s friend from CAL) and we booked the first part of the trip at the Kanapalli Alii. Also, we had a chance to…
This past week I spent three days, East of Weed, flyfishing with my Cousin Wayne and his kids Mathew and Michael. Also, I enjoyed fishing with my Uncle Yun who is still going strong into his 80s. He reminds me so much of my late father that it’s as if he was fishing with us.…