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Thanksgiving weekend trip to Pyramid lake

It’s not often that we don’t have family commitments throughout Thanksgiving weekend. After a “hotpot” meal with the Syn side of the family at my sisters’s house in Citrus Heights on Thursday, the boys and I headed up to Sparks … Continue reading →

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Back to Lewiston Lake

We have been hearing about great fishing on Lewiston Lake for many weeks now but we have not had the time to go or the forecast was for wind the day we wanted to go. Yesterday the forecast was great AND … Continue reading →

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First Fall trip to New Orleans

I had a chance to fish the Louisiana marsh during the American Dental Association convention in New Orleans last week. The boys really wanted to go but school was in session and there was no way we were going to … Continue reading →

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Trying for steelhead but only salmon caught

This morning all three urchins wanted to go fish the Feather River for steelhead. It was a full moon and usually I don’t fish much during that phase of the moon but I figured they could at least see Alaska … Continue reading →

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First trip to the Delta this fall

The boys have been waiting a long time for the striper season on the delta. I have been checking the weather reports for the delta for a few weeks now and it has been windy just about every time we … Continue reading →

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Trip to Alberta with out the kiddies.

My trip to Alberta this year was not what we expected. After last year’s incredible hopper fishing, we were all looking forward to similar fishing for 2013. It was not to be. Five days before we arrived a huge T … Continue reading →

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Emma’s first 2013 salmon trip to the Sac River…success!

Emma said she wanted to fish for salmon so we loaded up and headed to the river. Our evening trips with the boys have averaged only about 2 hours at a time. It’s been hot (weather wise) so we don’t … Continue reading →

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Mid July quickie on the River

The boys wanted to topwater fish on the river today to we fish for a couple hours with top water plugs and this squawfish crashed Michael’s lure.

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A couple hours on Lake Oroville (with motor trouble)

Family was visiting from out of town (my brother, sister, Mother, and two nephews). They wanted to fish so took them out to Oroville in the big boat so that everyone could go. After fishing about an hour in the … Continue reading →

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Road trip to Hearst Castle

We put over 1000 miles on the SUV in 5 days and never stayed in one place more than one night. Out first stop was San Francisco. We had a great lunch at Straits Cafe (one of out favorites) and … Continue reading →

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