Here's a little piffle I published this week about local surf fishing spots in So Cal. Even if you live outside Kollyfornia it might be worth a quick read.
Meanwhile, over the past weekend I made a flash trip to Ensenada, Baja California and spent a morning on the water with my trusty fish-hunting Captain Jorge Villanueva. We ran into some nice bass, a whole lotta of log-sized barracuda and one nice yellowtail weighing in at about 15lbs. that we picked up while trolling a yellow/green Tady 45 lure.
Marc, you're having way too much luck (and too much fun). Must have something to do with that quake offshore. I am extremely envious.
Posted by: manowar | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 05:12 AM
I think we need an investigation. Marc claims that this picture was taken in Baja California in mid-June, but can he explain why he is dressed to stay warm--wearing a sweatshirt with a hood and hand pocket? Given his dress and the stiffness of the fish, some might suspect that he just came out of a cooler at the fish market with his latest "catch."
Posted by: Woody | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 07:01 AM
Woody,
Yeah, you're right. I blew the jpeg up in Photoshop and not only were the eyes cloudy, but the gills were pink! Not to mention the odor. (That is the..the fish's)
Posted by: manowar | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 07:54 AM
Marc,
Hey, that looks like San Pedro or Redondo Beach, these last few mornings!
Posted by: NeoDude | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 08:57 AM
For those not well-versed in Southern California weather let me simply state that during June it is often cloudy and chilly. We Southern Californians have to suffer through 800,000 weather reports bemoaning "June Gloom" every single year.
Posted by: Mavis Beacon | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 09:51 AM
Woody.. u have no idea what u've unmasked, Actualluy if you look very closely you will see tht the "fish" I am holdig is actually a titanium reporoduction. It is one of the four projectiles that was used on 9/11 to down the WTC (You can glimpse this if you take the CBS news footage and run it backward after ingesting four cannibas brownies). Further, the person wearing the red sweatshirt is actually an animatronic doll. The day this picture was taken I was actually in St. Johns serving as a body double for Brad Pitt!
Posted by: Marc Cooper | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 11:30 AM
If anybody's interested there's some pretty good discussion of "what next" re: Iraq going on right now in the liblogosphere. TMPCafe's foreign affairs table is a good place to start.
I'm listening to Tom Oliphant and Franken offering a very serious exchange of views on Iraq on the dreaded Air America right now. If one cares to pay attention, the kind of discourse Marc appeals for from war critics (without adding much himself, I might add) is going on loud and clear.
Posted by: reg | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 11:44 AM
MC: "...the 'fish' I am holding is actually a titanium reporoduction. It is one of the four projectiles...."
From this, I can see that you're an Art Bell fan! http://www.coasttocoastam.com/art/about.html ...or, instead of holding a stiff one you drank one. Works for me.
Posted by: Woody | Friday, June 17, 2005 at 11:19 PM
Marc these people are so far removed from nature it's almost painful to see. June on the Pacific is a cool month. That will change. Kudos on being a pioneering journalist and a fisherman. As a journalist/fish biologist I salute you. I dwell here: Grazing">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-grazing18jun18,0,445282.story?coll=la-home-headlines">Grazing
You should unleash the html God here. I mean it's 2005 for Christ's sake.
Posted by: Mark A. York | Saturday, June 18, 2005 at 05:53 PM
Marc, you should be as lucky as this guy who caught a fish as big as he is. http://tinyurl.com/bofqo
Posted by: Woody | Saturday, June 18, 2005 at 08:16 PM
Woody... LOL!
Posted by: | Saturday, June 18, 2005 at 10:13 PM