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General Board / I'm trying something I haven't done in almost 40 years....

« on: Today at 05:57:58 PM »

Airbrush a Jean Jacket.  It's going to be metal.







Now just waiting for the Gesso to dry before I can start on my piece of canvas...



I'm going 1980's on this thing.... lol

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Staycation SD Cays (6/1)

« on: Today at 05:55:04 PM »

We took a family trip to stay on the bay for a night to kind of make up for being sick in Hawaii.  It was fun and I must say that our accommodations were better than Hawaii!  lol

This was the cheap view according to price point.





I went out fishing after dinner for an hour and got two typical sized SD Bay spotties.  I went back to the room so we could have a night cap... Well, we pretty much whooped it up which made for getting up in the morning a tough one, but I managed as I wanted a halibut!

Watched the kayak in the picture pick up a 27" hali, so I was pumped. 



Soon as I caught my first spotty of the morning, i guess everyone was watching me from the windows from behind as a bunch of kids started yelling to me.  Ugh
Obligatory fish shot to the kids.



I ended up getting 5 total with no halibut in the mix.  The lack of water in my body from being dehydrated finally won out and I went back up to the room and got some room service. 



Well, nothing spectacular, but another day fishing is always a good one.

Thanks for reading!

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Outdoor Activities / The Pain of Lost Siver... (6/2)

« on: Today at 05:39:13 PM »

Well, after losing a huge silver, I needed redemption and took a 15-minute drive to find the other thing that gives me joy... fossil hunting.  lol

Mission Accomplished.  Picking the bluffs for 2 hours gave me about 50 fossils including a vertebra I need to ID.   The crabs today were spectacular.











I also found this vert that almost seemed out of place, but it does have some matrix adhered to it.  I'm on the fence about this one though on actually being a fossil, or just an ancient coyote vert.  I'm still researching this one.



Anyway, it was a fun morning considering.  Plan was to head offshore with my buddy, but marine weather and small sizes of the tuna didn't warrant a $500 gas bill.  lol

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / It Almost Felt Like 2008 Again... (6/2)

« on: Today at 05:30:50 PM »

I was going to hit the surf but decided to run down to the bay instead and throw the topwater at the top of the tide.  I had something f@cking with my spook, but it may have been smelt.

Then.... a loud ass "SLURP" and line was tight!  I swear I hooked a striper and then thought a WSB since it was ripping the drag so hard...  5-6 minutes later and it was splashing like a champ, and I was like OOOOOHHH!  This is a 2008-2009 style Corvina!   28–30-inch range and I got a little wobbly in the knees.  I'm glad fish still do that to me every now and then!

Started to slide him up and then I felt nothing.  line snapped by the knot and his big fat ass just slowly turned and just quietly swam away with my spook in his face.  Ugh….. I haven’t seen a corvine this size since the late 2000’s when the EDC was crushing the 27–31-inch fish!

My memory came back to me in hindsight as it always does and lets me know I never retied…  I would have called it laziness, but it never crossed my mind until it was too late…  We would have to get each other’s lures all the time from them snapping on big casts.  We pretty much retied multiple time a trip in those old vina days, but I definitely don’t target them like I used to and just forgot.  Ugh….

I only had a Daiwa “walk the dog” lure left so tied it on.  Tide was dropping and the surface activity seemed to slow down a bunch.  After 100 casts, I switched to a swimbait.  First cast and a typical MB spotty.

I was still depressed for losing that vina, so decided to take a drive and do a little fossil hunting to make up for it.

Mission accomplished at least on that end.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Quick Summation 5/31

« on: Today at 05:08:50 PM »

You need to stop listening to Koga and his leader material!  lol

Nicely done Jeremy.  I had in my mind I was going to surf fish this morning, but once again bailed on my initial plans.  I do miss the old school perch/YFC days, although.... the Spotfin are biting really good and with Stripers around, too many options for my old brain.  lol

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General Board / Re: Football Pool

« on: May 30, 2024, 11:06:52 AM »

Dolphin's Fans will do Dolphin things... and Koga will reverse Cowboy on Jerry Jones and Dak! lol

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Fishing Talk / Re: 60 miles

« on: May 30, 2024, 11:04:29 AM »

Sewer trout taste great with enough tartar sauce on it

There he is!  Just making sure you're alright and still hanging around.

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Fishing Talk / 60 miles

« on: May 30, 2024, 07:24:24 AM »

Too far for my sled, but they're on their way!  These aren't Koga's AZ sewer trout I'm talking about, but real fish.   

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General Board / Football Pool

« on: May 30, 2024, 05:59:36 AM »

Just trying to grab Koga's attention.  I just have a hunch he's going to have a terrible NFL season and football pool.

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General Board / Re: Memorial Day Solo Lunch

« on: May 30, 2024, 05:58:20 AM »

I noticed that I didn't see any "Local" SoCal fish on those walls like YT and Calico.  Do they have SoCal mounts in the building?

worth every penny.

Yeah, like 60,000 pennies at minimum it sounds like. 

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General Board / Re: Memorial Day Solo Lunch

« on: May 29, 2024, 07:22:09 AM »

I noticed that I didn't see any "Local" SoCal fish on those walls like YT and Calico.  Do they have SoCal mounts in the building?

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General Board / Re: Furiosa

« on: May 29, 2024, 07:20:52 AM »

Well Mike!?!?!?

I decided to go and watch it solo yesterday.  I told the wife and daughter they can't go because they might ruin it for me, so I booked an IMAX theatre seat and went after work.  Totally empty theatre, but probably one of the best movies I've seen in years!  I really kept expectations low so I wouldn't be disappointed, but no need.  The biggest shock going in was Chris Hemsworth.  I for sure thought he was going to be the one part of the movie that might have ruined it for me, but he killed that role of Dementus!

I need to see it again as I think I missed a whole bunch of stuff trying to absorb that visual cocaine in one sitting....

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General Board / Re: Memorial Day Solo Lunch

« on: May 29, 2024, 05:53:24 AM »

That's more straight to "Lobster Mode" right there!  lol

How far away is BPS from you?  It's like a 2-hour cruise for me unless I leave at 3am.  lol

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General Board / Re: 1980's Gym Class Dodge Ball

« on: May 28, 2024, 08:02:13 AM »

P.S. Stay out of Arizona, we have enough of you Kalifornia motherf@ckers here.

Don't worry about that.  Only thing there is a big hole in the ground and Meth.  lol

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Saltwater Personal Craft Fishing Reports / Re: A first

« on: May 28, 2024, 08:00:07 AM »

Right on Theresa!  Man Verne, you got yourself a keeper there.  Cheers!