2021
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| 2/13 | Caught only 1 small opaleye at Palos Verdes. |
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| 5/15 | Landed a 5-pound calico bass from my favorite bass rock at Palos Verdes. |
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| 5/29 | Caught 6 calico bass from my the shores of Palos Verdes, including a 2 and a 2 1/2 pounder. |
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| 6/12 | Only managed to catch 1 calico bass from the shoes of Palos Verdes. |
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| 6/26 | Caught 2 calico bass at Palos Verdes, including a 3-12. |
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| 7/22 | 9-day backpack to the High Sierra. Hiked to a lake the California DFW says has golden trout and then down to Secret Brown Trout Lake. |
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| 8/7 | Went back to PV to fish for calico bass but in the six weeks since I been there, the kelp grew so thick I could not cast. | report |
| 8/20 | Secret Golden Trout Lake had low water level and dinky fish this year. |
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Miscelanefish from 2021:
Oct 16 - First try for opaleye at Palos Verdes. All conditions were perfect except there were no fish. report
Aug 20 - Fished Secret Golden Trout Lake and hiked into the Eastern Sierra High Country. report | photos.
Aug 7 - Fished Palos Verdes but caught nothing. report
July 22 - 9-day backpack to Secret Brown Trout Lake. report | photos
July 4 - 14-hour round trip hiking the Mt. Baldy Loop as the final conditioning before our 10-day backpack next week. photos
June 26 - Landed a 3-12 calico bass at Palos Verdes. story | photo
June 23 - Hike from Mahogany Flat to Telescope Peak in Death Valley National Park. photos
June 20 - Training hike from Manker Flat to Thunder Mountain in 3 hr 45 min. photos
June 12 - Only caught 1 small calico bass from Palos Verdes. story | photo
June 5 - Training hike from Lytle Creek up Devil's Backbone. photos
May 29 - Fished Palos Verdes and landed 6 calico bass. 2 over 2 lbs were kept. story | photos
May 22 - Training hike 11 hours up and down Indian Truck Trail to Main Divide Road and back. photos
May 15 - Caught a 5-lb calico bass from my favorite Palos Verdes bass rock. story | photos
May 9 - Steve G. and I training hike to Telegraph Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains. photos
April 24 - Seve G. and I hike Baldy Road to Thuner Mountain 8 hours up and down. photos
April 10 - Steve G. and I hiked Baldy Road to Thunder Mountain in only 5 hours. photo
April 3 - Hiked up Indian Truck Trail to Main Divide Road 11 hours up and down. photos
February 27 - There was no green bait available at Colorado Lagoon and therefore no opaleye fishing. Will try again after the nexdt rainfall in L.A.
February 20 - Hike Indian Truck Trail to the pine trees. Only took 4 hours up and then 2 hours down. photos
February 13 - First opaleye trip of the year. First fishing trip in new Jeep. report
February 7 - Tested new Jeep at Lytle Creek. All the high tech 4x4 gadgets on the Rubicon are awesome! Has 4H Auto for regular dirt roads. In 4L you can switch to Offroad Plus and push the Select-Speed Control to have the computer rock crawl for you at .5 mph. Also you can lock the rear differential or lock both differentials. photo
January 30 - 7-hour hike from my 'hood to the next 'hood north. photos
January 16 - 5 1/2-mile hike through the hood. photos
Training for three objectives this year:
January 9 - 5-mile hike through the 'hood. Last month I drove a loop out the back way and in the front way. I jotted down every half-mile so that when I hiked it, I could keep track of the time between each. photos
Check out Iain's photos from his Sierra hike 8/2020.
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2021 Resident California Sportfishing License Fees:
2021 - Sport Fishing License - $52.66
2021 - Second-Rod Sport Fishing Validation - $16.46
2021 - Sport Ocean Enhancement Validation - $5.97
Total - $75.09
