Tag: Phoenix

• Fishing Old School…

  A month or so past, my 83 year old father in law came to California (from Phoenix, AZ) for a 2-week visit. During that time, he learned all about my fishing ventures and he went with me to the Ventura Pier one day to relax in the cooler Ventura climate while I fished. It was […]

  John Darling – Author

  October 31, 2019

  Bristol rod, fishing, Grand Canyon, Kalamazoo Tackle Company, Lures, sportfishing

  Bristol rod, fishing, Grand Canyon, Jitterbug lure, Kalamazoo Sportsman Reel, Phoenix

• Memory: Canyon Lake

  As I mentioned in my last Memory posting (Encanto Park) after I found a good job, bought a car, and could afford to travel, I began to fish in many of the lakes around and outside of the Phoenix area.  Lake Pleasant was one of the newer lakes and the closest to where I lived.  […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 16, 2019

  Canyon Lake, Carp, ENcanto Park, fishing, Perch, Roosevelt Lake, Saguaro Lake

  Carp, Crappie, Perch, Phoenix, Striped Bass

• Stearn’s Wharf I: What a MORNING!

  When I moved from Phoenix, AZ to Santa Barbara, CA in 1979, Stearn’s Wharf was not open to the public.  It was closed due to a huge fire that roared through it in 1973.  It finally reopened in 1981 but by that time, the Goleta Pier was my fishing spot of choice so I never […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 3, 2019

  Bait, Calico Bass, fishing, Goleta Pier, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf, Ventura Pier

  Calico Bass, fishing, Phoenix, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Ventura Pier

• 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 […]

  John Darling – Author

  August 20, 2019

  fishing, fishing pole, Grandpa Duffy

  Bass, Carp, ENcanto Park, fishing, fishing pole, Pacific Ocean, Perch, Phoenix, Sunfish