Tag: Grandpa

• The Pond and the Pacific

  The Pond I was invited to spend the night at a magnificent 200-acre property called Ranch Grande located about 20 miles north of Ojai, CA, so this week my wife and I took the owner up on his offer.  You can do a lot of things there like horseback riding, canoe, rowboat, or paddle boat […]

  John Darling – Author

  June 11, 2020

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  COVID-19, Grandpa, Mackerel, Ojai, Pacific Ocean, Rockfish, Ventura Pier

• 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 […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 23, 2019

  Bait, Bat Rays, Calico Bass, Carp, Catfish, fishing, fishing pole, Grandpa Duffy, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, Sharks, smelt, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf

  Calico Bass, Carp, Catfish, drift line, fishing pole, Grandpa, Mackerel, Perch, Rays, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf, wishing pole

• Advice from Grandpa: Patience is the best bait (this worked today)

  As a 5 to 7-year-old kid (which were the years I spent fishing with grandpa or just talking about fishing with him), I wanted to catch a fish every time my bait hit the water while not understanding how unrealistic that was.  Grandpa told me more than once that “patience is the best bait” meaning […]

  John Darling – Author

  August 31, 2019

  Grandpa Duffy, Mackerel, Ventura Pier, wishing pole

  fishing, Grandpa, Mackerel, sportfishing, Ventura, Ventura Pier, wishing pole