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General Board / Re: M.I.A for a month....

« on: Today at 05:38:47 PM »

5 weeks is an impressive disappearing act for such a big fish. Extra clean tank now with the two janitor fish working on the algae.

How big is the tank? What else you got in there?

It was an African Cichlid tank for years, but the girls wanted boring assorted non-African cichlids instead.  Had to change the substrate and everything when I made the change.  I have a little bit of Asia and S. America.  My Dwarf Powder Blue Gourami are actually quite spectacular as colors go, but most of my older fish have finally been passing.  I had 5 beautiful Cory's for the last 5 years, but now down to 1 left.

I want to put some Bichirs in and make it a terrarium with geckos, but got over rule.  45 gallon custom Hex that started life as a saltwater tank.

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Fishing Talk / Re: Shimano

« on: Today at 11:39:25 AM »

service will suck once jroddalimp starts

Koga likes his Kast King reels....

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Fishing Talk / Re: SD Bat Fight Folk...

« on: Today at 08:26:26 AM »

Where else can we meet up ?

It'll be open after 9:00 am according to the sign, so showing up at 11:00 am is still good.

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Fishing Talk / Re: SD Bat Fight Folk...

« on: Today at 07:02:09 AM »

Looks like I may have to sit this one out, the Twins were really looking forward to the Bat Fight, so was I !!

Huh???

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Point Loma Cyclops Adventure

« on: April 22, 2024, 12:50:22 PM »

That was one Red, RED!  Wow!  Nice catching!

Well done Boys and Girl!  How was the shoulder feeling? 

BTW, the Yellows are in La Jolla big time, but lots of bait are making them hard to catch.  Might want to "eye" up a trip out there this week while they're in there this thick.  See what I did there? 

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Spring is Springing 4/21

« on: April 22, 2024, 05:58:12 AM »

this knee thing sucks

I was wondering how it was going.  Man Verne, I hope you heal up quickly.  Keep us posted.

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Spring is Springing 4/21

« on: April 21, 2024, 05:13:59 PM »

Also... That looks like a fish rising to take the bait... or possibly your lure...

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Spring is Springing 4/21

« on: April 21, 2024, 05:11:57 PM »

BTW, if you find the Sea Pens, you'll find the halibut.  That was the greatest mystery I had for about 15 years or more.

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Food & Recipe / Rockfish Cakes with a crab Topper

« on: April 21, 2024, 05:09:46 PM »

I needed to do something different with the Vermillion Rockfish on this cook, so made some mock crab cakes.    I topped it off with a pillow of real crab and got the thumbs up from the wifey!

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General Board / Ed the Woodworker...

« on: April 21, 2024, 05:07:47 PM »

The old wood worker that lived across the street passed not so long ago.  That was one old dude I loved talking to in the neighborhood since he was always tinkering with some type of wood projects while I was tinkering with my fishing ones.

The family gave me his old level from the early 1900's since they were wondering what to do with some of the stuff he had from the past 95 years.  My wife didn't like any of my suggestions, but I found a spot that almost look made for it.  Here's the "Where's Waldo" picture.

My wife literally couldn't find it and told me I was just teasing her.  Nope...

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General Board / M.I.A for a month....

« on: April 21, 2024, 05:00:49 PM »

Totally thought he was gone.  It's a 5+ inch Bushynose Placo so by far the biggest fish in the tank.



I literally bought a Chinese Algae Eater to fill in the gap by the missing placo and boom...  Literally came out of hiding when he saw someone else eating his algae covered rocks...



Glad he's still alive and still in the tank.  I was ready to blame one of the 5 cats we have that don't mind getting wet.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Silver Hunt (4/21)

« on: April 21, 2024, 04:57:05 PM »

I was back and forth about getting the boat out but opted to just do some topwater fishing looking for some Corvina.



I kept hearing bells in the distance and pulled out the binos.  Antennae guy was catching what looked to be cartilaginous fish, but even with the good binos, I couldn't tell.



I moved to 3 separate locations and had two absolute blow ups on the spook, but the dummy totally missed.  I finally had one slurp at the plug, but it also missed. 

The bay was crowding up, so I switched to the swimbaits. 



I only managed 4 small bass and had to switch to a bigger weedless head when the wind kicked up.  That weed guard did its trick and kept me from burying the hook.  lol

Anyway, a quick fun run to the bay and back by 11:00 to get some yard work done.

Thanks for reading.

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Fishing Talk / SD Bat Fight Folk...

« on: April 21, 2024, 04:49:51 PM »

FYI.  A new event just popped up the day of the bat fight.  Also, De Anza Cove is totally fenced off and blocked from the public until further notice.

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Fishing Talk / Re: Shimano

« on: April 21, 2024, 04:49:16 PM »

Congrats Jeremy!  I wonder if Koga approves...

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Fishing Talk / New Rockfish Regs Took Effect

« on: April 20, 2024, 03:43:52 PM »

Glad I was able to get my limit of 4 before they cut it in half!

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