First of all thanks, to the guys at the Orvis Shop at Santana Row in San Jose for helping me acquire this rod. I might have one of the first ones in California. They called me last Wednesday to tell me that Vermont was not sending them 8 wgts. I quickly called Orvis Vermont and…
What a great Stadium. Our first game in the new stadium did not disapoint. Mias apartement 50 yards from the enterence guaranteed us close parking and I felt like a VIP. The Ducks killed the Bears 59 to 17. It was cold but there was almost more Oregon Green in the stadium than Cal fans.…
Fishing San Luis is like a new ride at Disneyland You stand in line for hours for 3 minutes of thrill. No fastpass, no shortcuts, just hours of painful waiting. Monday was like that. The unseasonable hot weather and lack of wind was the the only excuse I needed for a Monday fishing trip.…
Today was a pretty good day considering how bad last week was. I landed ten in the trench fishing for about 3 hours. The weeds are breaking up and its hard to find the lines but I put the boat on the lines in the trench with sonar and managed to find some pods…
After 6 days, the Brix on the Must is down to 18. It has to go down to around 2 before we press which gives me a couple days to fish. Mark came home from Oregon for the weekend and it was great to see him after not seeing him for 6 weeks. He’s doing…
I think I really like Oregon trout fishing. This years trip to Pronghorn marks my third trip to this destination in southern Oregon and my 5th trip to Oregon this year. On this trip were Benson, Victor, Judy, Kenneth and Les. The fishing was not on par with the past trips mainly because the water…
Decided to fish the Dam this morning for a couple hours before catching up on chores at home. I thought it might be hot, but the only thing that was hot was the weather. The Wind line was down this morning and I took a chance and got to the lake at 7:00 AM and…
I havent fished San Luis Reservoir since July. Its been a busy few months and despite the great Salmon and Trout fishing trips that I have taken to Alberta, Oregon and the RED HOT Sacramento River, I keep thinking of how great the fishing is at San Luis in September. Here it is, …
Mark and I fished San Luis this morning when the wind let up after two weeks of +20mph winds. The lake is at least 80 feet below its high water mark and its a different experience fishing the Lake when its half its normal size. You almost have to throw everything out that you’ve learned…
[fsg_gallery id=”1″] I put in a full day at the lake today–about ten hours. The wind finally died down on the lake and crowds were out being the 4th of July Weekend. It was a wierd and crazy sight to see jet skis, waterskiers, and swimers outnumbering fisherman on the lake. I launched and…
I was surprised to see how many hits my silly fishing blog video –UFO Spotted over San Luis Reservoir–received in 5 days. A whopping 1500 hits. Someone actually downloaded it , re edited the fishing out of it and and reposted just the UFO part! When I pulled into the boat launch and spotted the object in the sky, it…
I knew in my gut today would be different at the lake. The Solonar tables showed a major period from 6 to noon, the cows were feeding in the grass on the way up. It was going to be epic. the first weird thing I noticed as I pulled over the rise and caught my…
When the Alarm went off at 6:00AM last Monday, I woke up to the realization that I hadn’t bought a 2012 fishing license and went back to bed. I remember forgetting to buy a license and getting a ticket while trout fishing on Putah Creek 35 years ago on January 2nd. It cost me…
Because Gina wanted a fish to eat for dinner, I fished the forebay this morning from 7:00am till noon and put 37 fish in the boat. It was awesome and it seemed, for awhile, a fish or a take on every cast. I went out alone and launched at sunrise. The first thing i…
I never imagined Mia pursuing broadcast journalism as a profession. Not that she has changed her major though. I thought the Ann Curies of the world were born into it or something. I see my daughters skills getting better and I can imagine her working for a news station. It will be interesting to see…
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…
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…