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Fish
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08.16.09Fish Finding
Creeks, Fish, Fishing, Fishing tackle, Hiking, Scientist, documenting nature (1)Last weekend we took the same Butano Canyon hike twice. The first time we brought along our redwood boat thinking we might sail it on the waterfall pond. However, Seth promptly forgot about the boat (don't tell Daniel Beard) when we stopped at the second bridge and looked down. The deep spot under the bridge was full of fish! Not just minnows but huge fish! Some were gray and one was a salmon orange. There were crawdads and some fingerlings just to round out the population. It was fascinating to watch them interact. There was so much infighting, and what ...
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08.12.09Seth’s First Fish
Creeks, Fish, Fishing, Fishing tackle (6)Seth caught his first fish today. A nice 10 inch long rainbow trout. After a summer of practicing casting I at least wanted Seth to know how it felt to have a “live one” on his line. We followed Poppi’s advice and baited our hook with bacon. And sure enough Poppi was right, once Seth reeled in a fish he was “hooked”. Seth didn’t seem to care that we released our trout. All he wanted to do was try it again. For all I know he is probably dreaming of fishing right now! Just to add to the sappiness of ...
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06.23.09paddlefishing
Fish, Fishing, Fishing tackle, Little Brothers, Summer (3)One of my favorite lessons as parent is that a child's unbridled curiosity is happier than the child on your agenda; early on I learned to kiss the schedule goodbye in his wake. So a fishing trip, no matter how hopeful, is just a trip to the water with poles and tacklebox in the background. The scene's wide open, this way. We took the whole family out again down at Moss Landing. Seti at the helm was restless and he bailed around sunset onto an island in the middle of nowhere on the scent of some crab. Beached flats of dried, matted ...
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