It’s mid-Fall and I find myself stepping outside to the first chilly air of the fall. Overnight, temperatures plunged into the thirties signaling the end of warmth and the heart of autumn. Leaves are rustling in the woods and being swept out over the yard and clear skies reveal a canopy of stars. It is 5 a.m. and […]
The Men Who Stare At Nothing…
Nor CaL
I just got back from a 2 week trip back to my old stomping grounds in Lake Tahoe. Fall in the Northern Sierras…. what a nice change. Cool temps in the morning, bright sunny blue bird days in the high 70’s with cool breezes, and clear evening skies. For me,that’s hard to beat. It’s second only to fall time Permit […]
Three to go…
I’ve been slacking hardcore on carp updates… My quest to catch at least one carp per month, January through December has been going quite well… Commence Carp Overload… June:
The Most Interesting Carper in the World
When he trout fishes, he sleeps on the bank, dreaming of carp. He wears a ghillie suit in urban parks, to fish. His home water is a place called The Acid Pond.
Dove, carp and a bbq
Every year for as long as I’ve been hunting I take the Sept. 1st opener off. Bird counts weren’t great so I didn’t this year figuring I’d either just hunt during the week or wait for the second season to open later. Work was slow so I got a pass from my boss grabbed a shotgun and decided to sit […]
Coming in hot
It’s okay; I can hear the questions already. What’s the Cali. dude doing writing for a Florida blog? The simple answer is, hell if I know. I mean, we do have a Skinny Water Culture here on the West Coast (it’s the best coast, what what!).
Mini season bail out
A few weeks back, Chris and myself left the Keys during the dreaded mini lobster season and headed north in search of beach Snook. We walked many miles of sandy shorelines looking for line siders with not much to show for it. We each landed a small snook and had the hook pull on a few other nicer fish. At […]
A Three Month Hiatus
Back in April I had abandoned one of my favorite carping spots in search of new water. The fish in this particular venue had become almost too savvy to compete with. After three months of fishing elsewhere it was time to say hello to my favorite group of fish once again. Back in April the tools of the trade consisted […]
Carp On Top
The Mulberry Hatch… The only time of year where you can land a fly on a carps head and instead of spooking, it turns around and pounds it off the surface.
The Ides of March
Interestingly enough, carping in month of March made me miss the hardships I endured back in January and February. Spring was definitely here. Large shoals of carp were now staging in the shallows. Amongst the shoal, small groups could be found cruising, tailing, sunning, you name it..they were doing it. It was chaos…