I chickened out on the crab opener last weekend due to a Small Craft Advisory. I am too old to get beatup out there anymore so I pick my days. Had 6 crew on time at the dock at a leisurely 8 AM.

We dropped 3 squares off of Stinson Beach in 90 ft and 3 more off of duxbouy in 110 feet. Off to the reef off of Bolinas for a slow pick of rockfish. Lots of donated gear and approx 10 rockfish later we decided to pull and headed to the outer pots. BLANK 3 pots in a row. WTH? Smoke-shrouded pot raiders? We stacked those and headed to the squares for 8 keeper and a dozen or more shorts. We fished Centissima reef for an hour for a couple more rockies. We caught Browns, Cabezone, Blacks, Kelp Greenling, starfish, rockcrab and baby lings. Nothing of bragging size.

Pickerell Brothers at work

No wind or swell to speak of. ACRES of anchovies getting bombed by pelicans and gulls out between Dux and Bolinas. Most rockfish helpfully barfed up partially digested anchovies that we industriously reused.

Not sure what we are doing wrong on the crab pots but grateful for the 3 I ate!

I gave them a relaxing hot tub for 10 minutes with Zatarains and Debra did the critters up right oven roasted with lemon, butter, garlic and white wine.

I hope to get out again over the Thanksgiving holidays.

After a summer of not enough of this:

And a fall with too much of this:

I am ready for this

Out here

don’t want to see any of these

gonna gimme somma deez

We camped at Caspar Beach near Mendo this weekend. The fall colors in the vineyards of the Anderson Valley were pretty amazing. It was foggy the whole stay but not too cold. Caspar RV  park was functional with a great location steps from the beach. The locals at the Rite Aid in Ft  Bragg gave me some local intel about some newly open shore fishing  spots behind the old mill. They advised not to waste time at the Noyo Harbor jetty. They were right. It was a kick reeling in 2 LB striped surfperch 50 ft up the cliff. Bobber with 5 ft of leader, octopus hook and shrimp worked. No hangups in the kelp  with the bobber. Had a whale show right off the cliff I was fishing off of. Dinner Saturday night at  Cafe Beaujolais was outstanding. They also do Pizzas from 11 AM to 3 PM in the garden behind the restaurant. This made the navigator happy.

Blowhole

Embiotoca lateralis

We stopped at River Rock Casino on the way back but they stole my  money.

Set in the northern corner of the Delta is the historical town of Locke.  An interesting mix of decrepit California Chinese immigrant history and bikers. Highly recommended for an afternoon visit. Have a beer at Al the Wops and lunch at Giustis

Debra and I decided to stay on shore this year for the Angels show. We parked out on the spit at St Francis Yacht Club which is just about the perfect spot for photography.

Turhan and I had a very good day on the Dirty D.  We had plans to fish from Honker to Mildreds if necessary. We pumped $100 worth of gas into the sled and  launched from Lauritzens noonish,  headed west. Over the course of the next 6 hrs we put 40 fish easy on the boat. All on  swimbaits and spoons. No big ones but these guys were very  agresssive, hitting multiple times marauding all the way to the boat. Birds helped us today but several good spots had no obvious signs. We never went east.

Debra and I  attended Rennsport at Laguna Seca last weekend. At my age this is the only porn I am interested in. I shot close to 400 pics and spent all week culling and editing for your viewing pleasure. Behold!

Nakai-San

SO many 959’s!

Singer!!

How do they get this stuffed into the ass end of a 911?

Cartoon GT2RS lineup

Snow White

Carbon Fiber tub

Hinge lightening

1300 RWHP teener OMG

Rally time

We miss the American Lemans series!

Autograph session with Norbert Singer at station 1

Snail bait

art shot

Kreepy Krawly Pool Robot

Klown Kar

Fine lookin ass

Owned by Darrel Oates!

959’s ready for parade lap

Yo, Mission E

Gt1

rallyscars

bumper lightening

Yellowbird

smoke em if ya got em

WTF green on a 959?

Rod Emory abortion

Agriporsche

Tooled Leather Excess

Debut of the new 935

Commence with Corkscrew action shots

Cue F18A flyover

Debra and I spent a very nice fall weekend on the coast. No camping this time! Saturday we ran down the coast from Monterey to Lucia at the southern end of Big Sur.  GLORIOUS drive in Debra’s rocketship. Occasionally the sea of RV’s and tourists would part enabling  me to stretch the cars legs a bit. Serious fun. We stopped at all my favorite Hwy 1 photo spots so it was a long day.

Sunday we hit the race track for the IMSA Sports Car Challenge. The day consisted of several different sprints with a 2.5 hr afternoon finale. Great chance to see LMP1 cars ass to nose with GT cars. Gold chain and chest hair Lambo Troffeo Challenge, Rich Dentists Porsche Cup heats rounded out the events. We walked several miles to all corners of the track throughout the day so got some much needed exercise as well.

Some much needed time off. We bounced all around the North East part of the state. Quincy, Graegle, Frenchmans Lake, Hallelujah Junction, Lassen etc. Got a little Aubrey time in as well.

Debra and I took off on a last minute no reservation coastal run north of Jenner. The lady at Timber Cove said for $20 extra there was a cliffside spot open. Wow.