I’m mortal, guilt got the better of me and I spent the better part of the weekend baking for neighbors and well wishers. Certain occasions require even the staunchest fisherman to succumb, I figured additional “brownie points” could be banked for later.
For the 60% of you that have to travel in the next couple [...]

The Fishing Jones blog had a much better treatment of the whole PETA issue with his comical Penn & Teller YouTube find. It’s worthy of a look-see, as Penn makes mighty short work of the lunatic fringe, including some factoids that most of us only hoped were true..
I’ll make my apologies for the sporadic posting this [...]

Sure our numbers are dwindling, but us fellows that are left are doing our part for the economy. While we don’t spend much on sweaters knotted daintily around our neck or “tennis” bracelets, we spend a helluva lot of money where it counts..
If you take the entire Skiing industry, with the pricey equipment, exotic [...]

There are times when I wonder, I suppose it’s proof that I still have a spark of optimism left, at this late stage I assumed it’d been stomped out of me. Surfing in the Arizona desert gives me pause, but so does adding cream and sugar to black coffee…
“…another ambitious project is in the [...]

Cooperation the key to financial reward? Makes sense for any other industry other than fishing, as getting two fishermen to agree on anything is an exercise in futility.
Nevertheless, the Science journal has published research from Australia that suggests a cooperative system can increase the financial reward and lessen pressure on troubled fisheries.
“We believe these [...]

The debate continues about Global Warming, whether it’s a gradual warming of the Earth’s crust due to natural cyclic reasons, or whether cow farts and muscle cars are the root of all evil.
Like most of you, i’ll let the intelligentsia debate the issue, and when someone has a plan to fix it, we’ll do our [...]

Yes, it’s a hauntingly beautiful song that does Ray Charles homage, but I was thinking more the drought angle, if you think the Georgia-Florida-Alabama spat over water was interesting, California may eclipse it fairly quickly.
For the last month we’ve watched thousands of Southern California mansions vanish in a puff of smoke; these are the same [...]

I love genius when I see it, and as I see so little in my work I have to live vicariously through others. This time it’s the Daytripper blog as he surfaces the obligatory Christmas list to friends and family - not really a list, but it’s the one thing he could really use …you [...]

There’s nothing like dining at the Chevron Mini Mart, it’s as recognizable a buffet any fast food restaurant, yet has a “three star” rating; one for restrooms, another for gas, and the last for the freeway onramp. Who are we to quibble, Daniel Boone?

There are times when I think fishermen are the only folks allowed to abuse their spouse systematically without fear of legal action.
This morning I approached my gal while she was finishing up the ironing of her work outfit. I gestured at the iron, “Is that hot?” She got that dreamy emotional look, the one that men [...]