Labor Day Special!!

I couldn't ask for a better day fishing!! This was one of my favorite days this summer!

Lori, Vicky and I went out on the bay and caught 33 fish in all! Among those 33 fish we had Vicky catching a big blue shrimp like the one I caught a few months ago but hers was bigger! She pulled it up not realizing she had something on her line and when it came out of the water she paused and asked what it was! I got all excited because when I caught mine I didn't have my camera and was unable to get a good picture of it! So the first thing I did was grab my camera to take a picture and the darn thing wriggled his way off the hook and got away! But also among today's 33 Lori caught the biggest sand bass I've seen so far!! He was a biggie!!

I didn't get any pics of my fish today except for this sculpin. He wasn't all that excited to be on the boat with us. They usually don't share our entusiasm!! But this is a pretty good picture of a sculpin, his dorsal fins are sharp and ready to attack and his face is all puffed up and ready to spit! They're entriguing fish, but ugly at the same time! Some of them really put up a good fight!

So, it was a great day on the bay, this was Vicky's second time going with Lori and me and this time she out did us on the fish! She didn't catch anything her first time out so this time we were all rooting for her and she came from behind and passed me up for the most! I got the first and Lori got the biggest so we all broke even.

I had the most for awhile then Vicky caught up with me then in the end she just passed me up!! We all had a great time!

Until next time............... Keep on reelin'!!

Kerry Burgers!

I must say that I have been blessed with a culinary talent! My mother and father were great cooks, and I learned from watching and working with them! The Food Cart, Rocky Dogs, should be a great success but time is our only problem. I want success now! I really believe that if we could get a corner drive thru or even a small restaraunt, we'd do great! I have had Kerry Burger specials twice this summer, and they are such a big hit that the guys at Home Depot ask me when I'm going to do it again! Today was the day! We had a good day and of the 22 burgers I grilled for the weekend, we have 6 left! I really wish I could get a good deal on a more permanent place! This trailer is great for what it is intended for, but let me just toot my own horn and say that I've out grown this kitchen and I'm ready to move up to something better!! It was so exciting the first weekend that my Kerry Burgers made their debut!! I also make some killer bbq ribs, and for some reason everyone who has had my chicken salad says it's the best and it doesn't stop there! I have never been one to take compliments very well, not that I am complimented very often, but since running this business, I have had more compliments on my cooking and it really makes me feel good!! I'm crossing my fingers and praying that one day my ship will come in and I won't be at the air port! Look at me! I'm tooting my own horn! Let's BBQ!

Friday August 22

Well, I'm a little late in posting last weeks fishing trip. But I guess it's better late than never! We went out a little deeper Friday. The kelp beds are about as far as I've taken the little boat so far and this time we went just a little past the kelp or at least further into it than we have before. I love this picture! I had to zoom in to get this and it looks like we were closer to the point than we really were! This is the edge of the earth.... Point Loma. I asked Buddy before we left if he wanted to go, and he's an adult so I respected his decision to jump in the truck and ride along! Well, here's the little adult changing his mind once we hit the water! Crenda did her best to console him and keep him on board and make him feel better! I don't think I should ask him next time. It may be a small language barrier! He hears, "Blah blah blah go for a ride blah blah blah..." He did finally settle down and enjoy the day as much as possible given that he couldn't really do anything about it without getting wet!! Here is the first fish of the day! Yup that's me! I got my three bucks too! This was a brown rockfish. Right after I pulled this one in, Crenda pulled one in and as she was pulling hers in Chris had to grab one as well. But I couldn't be out done so I went ahead and found another one just a few minutes later! It started out fun and productive. But.... Let's just say that we lost our spot and the fish didn't come after us! So, we left the big water and went back into the bay where we found another couple of good spots! We caught a pretty good variety all together. We got up to W and if you count that down it makes 23 fish in all! There were just four of us that day. Chris and I caught 7 each, Crenda caught 5 and Stacey was a late bloomer but she pulled in 4 within the last 1/2 hour!

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Buddy wasn't really that impressed either!

Along the mix, Crenda caught a Halibut, I believe it was the only one caught that day. >> So, she got the 3 bucks for the biggest! We did see a guy pull in a huge Sand Shark! I really wish I had my camera handy as we pulled up along side him to watch him pull it in! He was BIG!! He threw it back before I could grab the camera. <<> As they get bigger the belly is whiter and the blotches seem to be on more on the upper part. We'll be taking tomorrow off from fishing but I may get a bonus day next week! Lori and the neighbors, Vicky and Pam, are possibly going to go out with me. That will be fun! Our neighbors are the best! We really have a good time with them, and so far Vicky is the only one who has gone on the boat. Pam says she'll go, so we'll see if she changes her mind by then. I am also hoping my friend Mark will be able to join us. He needs some time out on the water. He likes it almost as much as me!! Untill next time............ keep on reelin'!

time out

Sometimes I wish I had a bigger boat and an easier routine in getting it up and running and then cleaning up at the end of the day. Then I just get over it when it comes to my next trip out! I don't remember the last time I logged in but I'm sure it's been a couple of weeks. Last week I took the day off from fishing and just had some Kerry n Buddy time. The week before we were about to lose a day fishing due to appointments and child time. But Leslie had an idea that we decided would be fun. We went on a twilight fishing trip on a big boat that we didn't have to load or clean! It was just about 3 or 4 hours up to La Jolla. It wasn't as much fun as we had hoped, but it was on the water and we got our lines wet and had some fun anyway. I am charging my camera so I can get some pictures of some big game tomorrow! Lori, Crenda, Stacey, and I went to Catalina this past weekend for a day and had a really good time. I never realized that they had Marlin up there! I'm thinking that maybe I can float my little boat over there and do some fishing!! Wouldn't that make a good story?! "Lost girl from San Diego catches 200 pound Marlin on 17 foot boat using 10 pound test and a medium action rod!! " Ok, I'll be back with some good pictures and a good story tomorrow I hope. Good night for now.

Two Days Off!!

Day one of my two day vacation was fun! I took Christopher, Leslie and her two boys, Matt and Luke, to Mission Bay and we inflated the "Trilogy Tube". This is a three seater innertube that we towed behind the boat. Matt and Luke are 11 and 9 or there abouts and I promised them when I got the boat that I would take them tubing this summer. So, sticking with my promise, I told Leslie to pack 'em up and let's go! They had fun! The best part was when one of the boys actually said, "I thought we came out to fish, not tube." That's when I whipped that boat around and took it out to the Ocean! It was a beautiful day out there, but the fish didn't want anything to do with our sunshine! Christopher is the only one that caught on this day, it was a nice sand bass.

The first picture is of Leslie and the boys enjoying the fast ride on the tube. The second picture is of Leslie and Matt at the end of the day just enjoying the float as they try to land a fish.

On Day Two of my little retreat I was able to take Crenda, Stacey and an old family friend, Debbie Grant (Now Stevens) out to our regular spot at Shelter Island.

Debbie has known me longer than my own cousins have! That's kinda weird when you think of it! She was a girlfriend of my oldest brother, Jeff. She had a horse named Pepper and when I told her that I still remembered Pepper she was quite surprised!

So, this trip was special! Kinda like having a family member on board! She talked about how she and Jeff used to go snorkel down at Mission Bay and they would find starfish that were bigger than you could imagine! She said that one time she was sitting up on the shoreline and Jeff and another friend were snorkeling when Jeff came up with his eyes as big as saucers and said that they had come across the biggest starfish they had ever seen! He said it was so big that they had to swim back to see what it was! Then she said that they were able to pry it from it's spot and they took it to our house and put it on our roof to dry!

She said that it was about 4 or 5 feet in diameter. She said that the bay was a lot cleaner then and that it was a lot more exciting! More fish and sealife than there is now! I guess with all the people who go diving and don't really respect what they see and they just tear it up..... ah hemm! Debbie and Jeff!! I'm sure there would be a lot more starfish if it wasn't for them!!

So...... The fishing wasn't Great on Friday, but we did ok. Nobody got skunked and Debbie was able to see her first Lizard fish. As a matter of fact, it was the last fish caught and it was a biggie! She caught a 23 inch halibut earlier, so she got the big fish prize this time.

Stacey got the most and Crenda caught the first. I got gas money, so I did ok!

The Lizard fish we have seen out there have been anywhere from a couple of inches to maybe a foot or so in length. They are usually fairly skinny and they literally look like a lizard in the head area and even their skin has a scaly look to it, but it's actually smooth. They have sharp little teeth and white bellies and they can get FAT! The one Debbie pulled up was the fattest I've seen so far. It was about two to three inches in diameter and at least twelve inches long. We asked Debbie when we first went out if she had ever heard of a lizard fish and she said no, so I wondered if maybe it was something that she knew by a different name. But when she pulled it up she was quite surprised and said that she had never seen anything like it.

We caught up to L that day so the L fish happened to be a lizard and you don't have to think very hard to figure out what she named it! Lee Zard!

We'll have to do that again. She was a wealth of information! She has been out on many boats and has a ton of stories to tell and it's fun to reminisce with someone who remembers my family.

So.......... Until next time...... Happy Blogging

Looking forward to feeling better!

I mentioned in my last post that I have been feeling a little Blah lately, but I am now looking forward to a better blog this week! I have one friend who has actually known me longer than my own cousins have! My oldest brother, Jeff, had a girlfriend named Debbie Grant way back before my cousins moved here and she was a part of our family back then and I've never forgotten her. When I started working at Viejas I actually ran into her one night as I was clocking in and she was clocking out. We would see each other occasionally and chat and catch up a little and now she is one of my happy customers at the wagon! Over the years she has been through a lot and has learned a lot and she is looking forward to teaching me what she knows about fishing and boats! I'm quite excited to have a day on the water with her this week! So, I will hopefully have some exciting photo's and a good fish story to tell by the end of the week! On top of being able to spend a day with her I get a bonus day off this week!! That is probably equally as exciting at this point!! So...... Keep a lookout for the fish story of the week! I think I'll make both days off fishing days, just to be sure and get a good story!! Still a little in blahzville, but looking forward to the train ride out!!

Friday July 25

This is my other boat! Can you see the helicopter on the back?!

Ok...... The truth is that this is my dream boat! We had a couple of theories why this big beauty was just hanging out in the bay, and the one we decided to agree on was that it probably belonged to a celebrity that was in town for the Comicon weekend here in San Diego. Word was that Paris Hilton was in town and she even made her way to El Cajon to eat at Applebee's right down the street. And I missed it! Oh Well!! Anyway. We really liked this boat and I actually forgot to take pictures of the fish we had caught up until this point and when I took this picture my battery died on the camera! So this next picture was taken from my cell phone.

This is Christopher's baby sculpin. They are some pretty ugly fish and can sting you with their prickly backs but from what I understand they make good fish taco's! This little guy was just about 8 inches tho, I think a taco could eat him!!

So, in our alphabet game, we name our fish alphabetically and this helps us keep track of how many we catch and we come up with some pretty cleaver names!! Makes fishing fun! Well, fishing already is fun, but this is just another added bonus.

We caught up to Y, so that is 25 fish and 22 of them were bass. Pretty good day. We had a couple of 2 pounders and I got the big fish prize because mine was 2 1/2 lb. Chris got 9, so he got the most and that earned him 3 bucks from the crew. Stacey caught the first so she got 3 bucks from the crew and I got the biggest, so really Crenda's the only one that had to pay all three of us and not get any in return!

I've been in a funk all week and haven't really been feeling very social, so it was really because Crenda and Stacey forced me into fishing that I even went. I'm still not feeling very social so today's blog is pretty blahggy. Maybe next week will be better.

Until then............. Happy Blogging