Tag: fishing pole
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Neither wind, dense fog, churning seas, or screaming maniacs…
…will stay this fisherman from making his rounds. And that is what I was up against yesterday when I paid a visit to Stearns Wharf. I didn’t think I’d be able to get out to the ocean this week because of prior commitments but when a full day suddenly opened up yesterday, I decided to […]
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Drift Lining
My time to get out to the pier, the wharf, the shore, and a planned boat excursion, is going to be limited for a while due to prior commitments so I thought I’d explain what I mean when I mentioned in many of my posts that I fish with a drift line. The concept is […]
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Stearns Wharf III: Big Mac Attack!
After my amazing day yesterday, I decided to visit Stearns Wharf again to see if the fishing is really is as good as it has been the last two times I was there. I can now say that it is since this time I caught 33 Mackerel in 4 hours. When I arrived at the […]
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Today I was ready for anything…
I have been having some issues with the line on my Wishing Pole which I keep on the ocean’s bottom hoping to lure in a big fish. The line on my new reel was the 35-year-old line that I had on my old reel. It was getting fragile and I did not have enough of […]
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Memory: Encanto Park, Phoenix, AZ
I was born in Flint, Michigan. It was there that my grandfather taught me how to fish, but when I was seven years old, my father decided to move the family to Phoenix, AZ. I don’t really know why because he fled the scene, his wife, and three young kids shortly after the move. I […]