I pulled more lobster and made more Lobster Mac-N-Cheese but coated it with toasted crushed macadamia nuts!  Then I put lobster, crab, and halibut into fish cakes and added some remoulade sauce!



I also pan seared some squash just to get our veggies in and voila!  One hell of a paper plate ginner!

I ran back in the morning, but the same guy who saw me catch at my first spot yesterday was there again holding the area hostage... Grrrr

I ran to my next spot and there was another person holding that spot down.... Now it's time just go full Ninja...

I set up and hoped for something... anything... considering there's nowhere to hide around here and they all gang up on you soon as a rod is bent.

Within 15 minutes and my rod doubles over!  I was really hopeful it was going to be a big trout, but my strike indicator only goes "Up" when a Catfish hits for some reason. 

Sure enough!  At least a big one!



Next bite and my strike indicator drops so definitely a trout... and it was!



Then came my moment of pain.  One rod went off and it felt like a nice trout.  I was fighting it in when my other rod went off but I stuck to the rod in hand.  I get a nice trout in and run to my other rod and I KNOW it's a much bigger fish.  I saw it slashing at the surface, but that brought the pelicans and cormorants...  It was way too big to just muscle it in and I had it about 2-3 feet from the end of the net a few times, but the bird wasn't scared at all and kept cutting him off from beaching himself.

I saw the bird swipe at the trout's head (The fish was big as the bird by the way) and friggin clipped my line.  Thank god I don't have my BB gun with me or that bird would have been headless and the mad birders would have called the cops.

The parrots were tormenting me that a bird bested me from above...



Oh well... I kept Dave posted and things slowed down, but had one last flurry before I left with another cat and another trout.  Got my limits and had to head back to get on the horn with some more recruiters and get a few resumes out.  I want to go back this afternoon, but the wife says I need to take her out for dinner tonight since she's basically the bread winner in the house these days.



Oh well.  My shoulder is ruined and I hope this PRP shot helps.  I'm going to wait until the end of the year to get my surgery in and just keep my fingers crossed, I don't make my shoulder situation worse.

Thanks for reading!

I had a few interviews during the day but had a little bit of time in the morning to give the puddles a try.

I found my spot and was super happy that everyone was spread out and no one was on top of each other....



Then... "That Dude" pulled up right next to me and was casting right where I was.  Then he wanted to have all sorts of conversation, and I just kept the answers short and went back to the truck to watch the strike indicators.

Watching this guy cast over my lines was maddening and I should have just left, but I was only going to be here another hour and relocating seemed like more work than I needed to do.

Then I see my strike indicator slowly dropping and knew right away it was a trout!  The guy was already perplexed why I had my "Bobber" dangling from my line on my rod but I got it done with a frisky rainbow.  Definitely looked different so the more recent stocked fish from I am guessing.



Well, enough was enough and I headed back to have conversations with some recruiters.  As I got home, I got an email from a company that I was really hoping I was going to be hired at.  Good news it was down to two people.  Bad news it wasn't me.  ~sigh~

I finished my interviews with the recruiters and decided to head back down to see if the afternoon was any better than the morning.  Sure enough, the guy was right in the spot I was going to head back to so I decided to just try another lake instead.

I have to say it was wonderful!  To my surprise< i got bit fairly quickly and it turned out being a nice Hook-Jaw Steelhead!





Then about 30 minutes before closing I hooked another legit one!  Not as big, but a legit 3-4# triploid!



Not too shabby at all and a fine way to end the day.  It even took a little sting out of the job rejection and more trout for the smoker!



I might have to go back tomorrow since I may have stumbled onto something....

Quote from: Tim524 on January 28, 2026, 07:40:06 PM

Quote from: Latimeria on January 28, 2026, 07:30:04 PMRight on Tim. I was checking out old SNBF pictures and they were only little guys! Lol

Yeah, and playing in the water and rolling in the sand....Still got it in every vehicle I own     

  

Cool to hear you raised them well and they're being productive! Maybe we'll see a cow tuna on the deck of the cyclops conquered by the twins in due time.

Nice try, looks like a gorgeous day.

Quote from: Latimeria on January 28, 2026, 07:30:04 PMRight on Tim. I was checking out old SNBF pictures and they were only little guys! Lol

Yeah, and playing in the water and rolling in the sand....Still got it in every vehicle I own     

Right on Tim. I was checking out old SNBF pictures and they were only little guys! Lol

Quote from: sasquatch on January 28, 2026, 07:26:33 PMDamn. That made me feel even older. 😂

That's because you are. Lol

Damn. That made me feel even older. 😂

 Well, the kids are growing fast and making me old   Aaron will be 29 and is now a Journeyman Electrician for SDG&E working on all the Sub Stations and has one of the highest paying jobs in the company (Dangerous too) The Twins are going to be 20 and are working at Albertson's as they figure out what they want to do when they aren't fishing   Today Max signed up to get his Boater's Card and Myles is going to get his too, I told them a couple years ago it would be a good idea to have it and they actually listened to me     Is this a ploy to overtake The Cyclops   Time sure did fly by and I am approaching 60, seeing my kids grow to be responsible and productive is a good feeling and a proud moment as well     We are all looking forward to The Bat Fight and hanging with The San Diego Crew once again !  Hope everyone else is doing well too, this site seems to have slowed down a bit so I wanted to add some reading material    C-Ya