Archive for the ‘Fishing’ Category

  • Albacore I

    Albacore I

    Fishing for tuna is characterized by highs and lows. The 8 hour-long ride out to the fishing grounds is definitely a low. The throwing up is a low. The coffin-sized bunk that smells like rotting feet is definitely a low. But when a 30 lb. albacore hits your sardine at 25 mph, that is a […]

  • Mammoth Lakes

    Mammoth Lakes

    The second of several summer trips to Mammoth.  We forced Steve onto the Reds Meadow shuttle and he threw up in into his new backpack (hangover).  It was great.

  • John Muir Trail

    John Muir Trail

    The John Muir Trail, 220 miles of fun.  Need to add some more here.

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  • Mammoth Lakes

    Mammoth Lakes

    The first of several annual summer trips to Mammoth.  The new sport of stand-up glissading and the hot-n-gooey incident made this a memorable trip.

  • Golden Trout Wilderness

    Golden Trout Wilderness

    This backpacking trip to Click’s Creek was supposed to be a training exercise in preparation for the John Muir Trail. That it might have been, but we remember it best as the time we convinced Lopez to eat a lizard.

  • Cuyamaca

    Cuyamaca

    Cuyamaca is a favorite fishing hole of ours. It is easy to get to, typically uncrowded, and full of fish. If you’re hungry you can go for rainbow trout, which are excellent smoked. Crappie make tasty fish tacos, but can be slightly aggravating to fillet. Bullhead are worthless, but they are tough little suckers.

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  • Lost Lake #1

    Lost Lake #1

    The adventure begins, our first group backpacking trip to Lost Lake in Sequoia National Park.  This memorable trip inspired the genesis of this website, in fact.

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