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Quote from: Pinoyfisher on July 28, 2025, 07:09:42 AMCasting out small anchovies is a lost skill. Reminds me of the albacore days on 25lb line and a Penn 501.

I was talking with my boss today about water bubble floats for casting chovies. My dad mentioned beating the rest of the boat one day using them on some calico bite in the 90s, so they stay in my terminal box indefinitely.

My secret weapon was split shots. Late 90's early 2000's, chovies reigned supreme. If they were barely larger than a set of eyes and a wiggle, casting one far enough away from the boat on heavy spooled Penn reels a tall task. I'd "finger close" a small split shot to add some weight and most of the time it'd fall off while fighting the fish. That made for easier tangle fixes with other people who'd use rubber cores.

Quote from: sasquatch on July 30, 2025, 05:56:00 AMMe and Tom went down to the bay during a tsunami. Watched 6 feet of water move in and out 3 times in a half hour or so. Also saw the bait barge break in half.

That sounds cool!

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Quote from: Latimeria on July 01, 2025, 08:38:09 PMDamn, you're getting pretty good with that bow!

Your next goal should be shooting them mid-air in a jump.  

Funny you should mention that. When the carp are spawning they start jumping a lot. I've spent a couple sessions trying to hit them when they jump.
I mostly would shoot where they go into the water because by the time I shoot and the arrow gets there they are in the water.
Occasionally one might be jumping multiple times and I'd be able to shoot mid air.
Never hit one. Although that was the first season I was bowfishing. If they are jumping again I may get one now.

- Keith

Quote from: jrodda on July 30, 2025, 11:01:06 PMCleaning up one lake at a time! Have you tried eating one of them ever?

I'm  not that brave.
In the past I've eaten an opaleye perch which got me extremely sick, so I'm very picky about the fish I eat now.
The smell of the carp reminds me of the smell of the perch when I was cooking it, a little fishy but slightly sweet. It didn't smell bad but reminds me not to go there again. Lol.

- Keith

Cleaning up one lake at a time! Have you tried eating one of them ever?

Sometimes the Family Vacations can really be stressful, they look great on film but the Blood Pressure says otherwise

Cool pond to get your Bass Fix ! 

Me and Tom went down to the bay during a tsunami. Watched 6 feet of water move in and out 3 times in a half hour or so. Also saw the bait barge break in half.

 Well, The Pig Party was a success as usual so it was time to take a break and head North for a getaway to relax. My Buddy let us have his Vacation Home for 5 days since he wasn't going to be there till next weekend(AWESOME) 1st stop was Owens River just below Bishop to see if there were any Biters
 



I could see them but they had Lock-Jaw 


No hookups so we hit the local Vons to stock up on food, a storm was brewing    Typical for this time of year, 95 degrees and rain


Getting late in the day so we stopped for Dinner once we made it up the hill from Bishop.




Made it to the house and Janie was ready to get settled in


The Hearse got wasted from the rain, she got all spotted up



Sunrise at this place is great


Janie wanted to Venture North since this was her Vacation and we were celebrating our 36th Anniversary, this was my 4th trip up here this year so she pulled rank on the first day



Walked around Bridgeport and did some shopping   Cool little town


Next stop was Bodie then Lee Vining





The next day we went back to Bishop to see our favorite spots, it never gets old being up in elevation and taking in the beauty of it all !







Lake Sabrina was a bit low, I thought it would be full but they always let water in and out for some reason.



Time to find some fish again, Janie relaxed and read a book while I scouted, remember, this is her getaway 

 
Had to water a tree along the way but we found fish......about 40 or so all on a Rooster Tail




The next day was rinse and repeat and I ended up with about 60, Hookup Baits worked even better  






Monday rolled around after landing about 100 Trout, we were going to stay till Tuesday but it's always nice to come home with a day left to chill and unwind. We left about 6:30am and stopped in Bishop one last time for some Treats




Since we were passing by on our way home



Great trip and nice to be home so Janie wanted to "Look" at at RV's to get ideas on a smaller rig, our 36' 5th Wheel is way too big to navigate most of the Campgrounds up there so a 2nd rig would be nice
Just Looking today !!!


Today we had a Lunch Date with a visit to Carlsbad for a bite to eat



Ok, time to chill on the Junk Food and get back to reality   Thanks for looking and be safe out there !

I have video of all the action, not sure how to post them here but I'll try this

https://imgur.com/a/czhMugk
https://imgur.com/a/wOihrWB
https://imgur.com/a/OTZccuy

8.8 earthquake off eastern Russian coast. ~7th largest earthquake ever recorded.

Similar trans-pacific earthquakes have caused damage in the harbors before.

If I had a boat docked I would strongly consider getting it out of the harbor either by trailer or going to deep water during the peak time (around 1am).

Blue is your color!