2023
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| 2/4 | Best opaleye day since 2020. Bite started immediately upon arrival and lasted for over 2 hours at Palos Verdes. |
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| 2/18 | Wook and I fished Palos Vedes, where I landed two opaleye over three pounds. |
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| 4/8 | First Palos Verdes calico bass run of the season netted 2, with 4 other hits. |
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| 4/22 | Breakwall Wook caught all the calico bass today using bright colored sparkly curly tail jigs. |
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| 6/10 | Wook and I fished Diamond Valley Lake with perfect overcast conditions but had no hits. |
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| 8/3 | Fished 8 days in the John Muir Wilderness but did not hook any big brown trout. |
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| 8/26 | Tried for calico bass at Palos Verdes but there was too much kelp to be able to cast. |
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11/23 - Traveled to Portland OR to visit my sisters for Thanksgiving. photos
8/26 - Fished Palos Verdes for calico bass but there was too much kelp story photo
8/23 - 4x4 trip to Toroweap lookout at Grand Canyon National Park photos
8/3 - 10-day backpack into the John Muir Wilderness resulted in no big brown trout story photos
6/23 - 4x4 / hike Inyo and White Mountains photos and videos
6/10 - Fished Diamond Valley Lake but didn't catch any story photo
6/2 - Training Hike VIII BORING! Tried trails in the San Gabriel Mountains but all were closed to entry due to fires and wet winter photos
5/27 - Training Hike VII 15 miles up and down Indian Truck Trail to Main Divide road in 11.5 hours, no pain no strain. Felt great!! photo
5/20 - Training Hike VI. Hadn't hiked for 3 weeks. Last week went to Gabrielino Trail but it was closed due to fire damage. Today's hike hurt my legs and feet pret good. photos
4/29 - Training Hike V 14 miles up and down Indian Truck Trail 13 hours 50 minutes photos
4/22 - Calico bass fishing at Palos Verdes. Breakwall Wook caught all the fish report
4/15 - Training Hike IV 12 minles up and down Indian Truck Trail. Was 45 minutes ahead of Hike III going up, which is good news. photos
4/8 - First calico bass run of the season to Palos Verdes netted 2, with 4 other hits report
4/1 - Training Hike III 10 miles up and down Indian Truck Trail photos
3/29 - Diamond Valley Lake will fill soon report
3/25 - Training Hike II 8 miles up and down Indian Truck Trail. Feet hurt for only the last mile down instead of agony the last 3 miles 2 weeks ago. photos
3/18 - Tried for opaleye but the algae bait at Colorado Lagoon was bloomed out and no good.
3/12 - First training hike of the year up and down Indian Truck Trail 7 miles. Got blisters on both feet behind the toes and on the bottom of the heels. First blisters in over 20 years of hiking. Same boots last 2 years. photos
03/04 - Had perfect bait, swell and high tide but only had a couple hits from little opaleye. Thinking the lowering barometer halted the bite photo
02/18 - Caught 2 opaleye over 3 pounds at Palos Verdes story | photos
02/03 - Pretty good day at Palos Verdes for opaleye ending up with 5 story
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Training for three objectives this year:
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2023 Resident California Sportfishing License Fees:
Sport Fishing License - $58.58
Second-Rod Sport Fishing Validation - $18.36
Sport Ocean Enhancement Validation - $8.74
Total - $83.68