I think you tagged the wrong Gary RE: your dog..
The "How was your weekend?" thread...
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So lucky to get a serious stoke two weekends in a row 
"Carpe Diem"
NFR - Friday night tux fitting for my youngest senior prom.
NFR - Saturday night for some campaign toasts with the other parents before the dance and then off to date night at the Big Fish Grill with the love of my life. Had the Paella (yum) and few Mac n Jacks.
Now for the fishing... Sunday solo mission to the eastside. Had a big ass smile on my face the whole time. The morning drive before the sun came up was spectacular.
I have to admit to losing many more than I landed, but didn't really care because it was a calm 70 degrees and I was watching bobbers with my feet up enjoying the sunny day.
The fish of the day was a real beast and took me to the wood shed for longer than I'd care to admit. No chance I was getting a good shot of this one solo. I tried to one hand it
... Nope!. Stoke was HIGH!!!
"Carpe Diem"NFR - Friday night tux fitting for my youngest senior prom.
NFR - Saturday night for some campaign toasts with the other parents before the dance and then off to date night at the Big Fish Grill with the love of my life. Had the Paella (yum) and few Mac n Jacks.
Now for the fishing... Sunday solo mission to the eastside. Had a big ass smile on my face the whole time. The morning drive before the sun came up was spectacular.
I have to admit to losing many more than I landed, but didn't really care because it was a calm 70 degrees and I was watching bobbers with my feet up enjoying the sunny day.
The fish of the day was a real beast and took me to the wood shed for longer than I'd care to admit. No chance I was getting a good shot of this one solo. I tried to one hand it
... Nope!. Stoke was HIGH!!!
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Worked 18 hours Saturday, 12 Sunday and cleaned up after a heroin junkie in the bathroom. Heavy lies the crown....
Bahahaha, so I did. Well whatever. Everyone gets thanks for my dog's birthday!
Apologies, Gary.
Triploidjunkie
Life of the Party
He is. Goes by dirtydog, unless I'm mistaken.
Indeed! You are absolutely correct.
Nope. I don't fish or golf while vacationing with my wife.
Actually really good. Got a bunch of shit done around the house on Saturday.
Sunday I frantically flipped through soccer games (last day of the premier league season), then decided on some “knee/femur rehab) and figured I better put the pedal kayak out in Trinidad Bay and see how that goes. I went pretty well as far as the knee goes, but got blown off the water. I did hook what must have been a nice big long cod though, and lost it. No crab to speak of. I took out and threw 2 gallons of water in a backpack and went disc golfing (more knee rehab). And 10 push-ups after every hole.
Woke up yesterday and the knee was pretty damn angry. Took some ibuprofen and started to feel good. No wind and the ocean was flat so I went down to the Humboldt bay jetty and scrambled around. Knee feels good today, looks like I might get to backpack this summer after all!
I brought the fly rod but got the ling Cod on a spin rod
Sunday I frantically flipped through soccer games (last day of the premier league season), then decided on some “knee/femur rehab) and figured I better put the pedal kayak out in Trinidad Bay and see how that goes. I went pretty well as far as the knee goes, but got blown off the water. I did hook what must have been a nice big long cod though, and lost it. No crab to speak of. I took out and threw 2 gallons of water in a backpack and went disc golfing (more knee rehab). And 10 push-ups after every hole.
Woke up yesterday and the knee was pretty damn angry. Took some ibuprofen and started to feel good. No wind and the ocean was flat so I went down to the Humboldt bay jetty and scrambled around. Knee feels good today, looks like I might get to backpack this summer after all!
I brought the fly rod but got the ling Cod on a spin rod
Just came back from a long (5-day), exhausting but most fun, weekend in another European city. Fine weather, but hot, temperatures were hitting 27ºC (81ºF) in the afternoon.
The Magic, and Tiring, Kingdom
My kids' favorite ride
Not Atlantic Salmon. The main lake is full of these. Bread fly, anyone?
Ping-pong in the park on Sunday
C&R? What's that? Ahab would've been proud.
Fetch, Rexy, fetch!
Turning Red
Kenneth
The Magic, and Tiring, Kingdom
My kids' favorite ride
Not Atlantic Salmon. The main lake is full of these. Bread fly, anyone?
Ping-pong in the park on Sunday
C&R? What's that? Ahab would've been proud.
Fetch, Rexy, fetch!
Turning Red
Kenneth
I couldn't turn down the call of the wind on the river on Friday, so went wing foiling (my third time out). I did the same thing yesterday, but in much higher wind (20's with gusts to 30's) ) and actually got up on the foil. I've got a loooooong way to go before I can say that I know ass from elbow, but it's exciting to be out in such a gorgeous venue. I also love that it doesn't compete with fishing: nobody like to fish when its windy, and the sailing is out of the question when it's dead calm!
t_law
Steelhead
Did the worm and bobber thing with my youngest and I admit I still get a kick out of it myself, brings back some great memories. The Heron stalked us all day looking for a handout. We did oblige after a hook went too deep but I think that just gave him a little more confidence as he started to creep closer and closer. Saw Osprey, Kingfishers and Terns all making big splashes, pretty cool!
Completely agree! Going out fishing the next couple of days. Why go fight torrential rains, snow, gusty winds that blows one off the water, crowds everywhere when one can wait a day or so and have the opposite...
For a holiday weekend, very little traffic or folks out at least where I was.
Fished four straight days without seeing another angler.
SF
I only fished Monday afternoon, but @BriGuy and I had a similar experience and enjoyed good fishing. I have almost always found solitude on Memorial Day itself (if not always the preceding Sat. and Sun.), presumably because most of the holiday weekenders start heading home that morning.
One of several "good" ones we encountered:
This is kind of the opposite of a "long arm" pic; it makes the fish look smaller. Seems like I always make that mistake when holding fish, and BriGuy says his camera makes all fish look smaller.... hmmmm.
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