I like big butts

Behold the hideous glory

So we had a hoedown in Chester CA.

Debra and I arrived in the City Friday evening. After offloading a batch of gear we headed to Millers East Coast West for food for tomorrows crew. Authentic NY style deli on Polk ST, highly recommended. Dinner that night at Soldinis’s in North Beach. Old school North Beach Italian.

We met Ann, Jeremy,  Coral, Dalton, Suzy and Henry at Pier 40 Saturday morning. The bait dock guys were talking rockpile, Alcatraz and SF waterfront in tight. The rocks were loaded with schoolie stripers and we put 10 in the box in short order. The kids were not impressed withe the rockin and rollin you get when 50 boats work the rockpile all at once but perservered.  Henry and Jeremy were hookin and handin off.

We moved to the drift in front of Alcatraz and Jeremy hit his first keeper halibut. Next up in tight off of St Francis Yacht club where things slowed down. I knew the tide was slacking off but still running so I moved to the South Tower drift where we loaded up on brown rockfish.

We pulled into the docks at Angel Island for lunch.

After lunch we fished the Berkeley Flats and Bay Bridge east of Treasure Island for numerous shorty halis.

Overall a great day on the water!

We caught:

Rockfish

Lingcod

Striper

Sculpin

Lizardfish

Mackerel

Debra and I were invited to join Henry, Suzy, Ann, Jeremy, Willow, Kai, Coral and Dalton camping on the Stanislaus at Frazer Flat. It was great to catch up with folks we don’t get to see often enough.

I have difficulty staying in one spot so the next day  we headed east up and over Sonora pass. We ended up hours later at Spicer after an epic swing south to Bridgeport, up and over Monitor pass.

Debra and I were in Chicago this week for the OMTEC Ortho trade show.

The show was on the quiet side but we did squeeze in some tourist and family time.

After the show we stayed with the local natives who were very gracious hosts. We did some fishing on Lake Michigan

Our rellies took us out to Peruvian dinners and Second City performances plus we got to hang out for a spell. Great week!

Debra and I camped at Holiday Harbor in the RV for my 63 birthday. The RV park there is basic in terms of amenities but you can’t beat the location.

We even had our own berth on the dock.

We bass fished for 2 and half days. Fishing was easy. 4 inch white zoom flukes on light jig heads was the bomb. I run an ultralight rod and 4 lb test for maximum fun.

Scenery magical as the lake is at a historic 100% capacity

Can’t believe I was home for the Memorial day weekend! Sunday came in wet and rainy.

Debra and I drove to the City Sunday afternoon to spend the night on the Mighty Peridot. Always a good time in SF.

On Monday morning, Randy, his new son-in-law George, and Mike and Henny joined us for a Hali venture. First stop P45 for bait.

We started by the barges despite the fact that everyone ran south. George got us started with a barely legal.

Many scratched baits and a couple of hits and runs. Late morning we headed over to Oyster Point to join the fleet. Fishing there was steady but we had trouble putting keepers on the deck. Mike went with the big bait theory and scored a 10# fish.

I picked up a nice fish after dumping a few. Wind cranked up hard at 1:00 PM a bit higher than the 10 MPH forecast. Great day on the water and fresh Halibut for dinner tonight!