It’s already October?? Wow .

We started the year with some local fishing and trout fishing in the mountains. Luk Lake, the River, Oroville lake etc. Oroville Lake was fishing great in the spring.

The boys graduated from college this year. Michael from NAU Honors College and Matthew from CalPoly SLO. Matthew will apply for dental in June of next year and Michael starts school at California Northstate School of Dentistry this year.

Mid June we made our return trip to Singapore. The last time we were there was March of 2020 and in the middle of our vacation, our government shut down the USA and we were on the last flight home via Manila. This time, we cut it short on our own accord because Michael had to start Dental school almost immediately after our return, so he wanted a few days of “rest” before going to school.

It was a memorable trip. We invited Michael’s girlfriend Riley and it was her first time overseas. It was great to see her enjoy the food and culture like we did.

Summer went by very fast with multiple 100 degree days. That shut down most of the fishing for us all summer. However, golf took over and we played 3-4 times a week all summer.

Grandma (my mother) turned 90 in September. Almost all the grandkids made it except for 3. Emma was one of them, she was still in school at LSU.

I was invited again by Jeff Sasaki to fish with him and Mike Costello in the Delta. I’m always grateful to get an invite. We fished out of Rio Vista and headed all the way to Benicia. It was a long run and the fish did not show themselves much. We were skunked for a few hours before we started getting a some here and there. We were on our way back to the boat ramp when Mike said he wanted to fish one more spot. It was already past the quitting time but since it was a tough day, he gave us the extra time for one more spot. Well, it paid off. Immediately Jeff hooked up and shortly after, I hooked up. Doubles! We landed our fish, followed by smiles all around then hightailed it back to the dock. Jeff’s fish was 19 3/4 and mine was 13 pounds.