Species: Longear Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) Location: Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Texas Date: August 14, 2018 These fish are so awesome that I already wrote a story saying how awesome they are. But since you’re here, you might as well look as all of the phenotypes of this gorgeous fish I’ve caught. Read the original story by…
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Species: Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) Location: Brookings-Harbor Marina, OR Date: September 10, 2009 Rashomon Effect 3-of-6: My Mind All through the night, I dreamed of catching fish. My unconscious mind raced through the possibilities the dark waters of the ocean holds, stopping only briefly to rest in between visions. As the marathon of dreams flew my waking mind,…
Read moreHook #6: Highs & Lows
Klamath River, OR Trip Date: October 3, 2012 Alfred Lord Tennyson once said: “Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” Well, Tennyson was obviously a fisherman, because anyone who has fished enough understands just how painful fishing can be. It doesn’t stop at painful. In fact, at times, it can be…
Read moreHook #5: 100-Fish Day
Big Butte Creek, Little Butte Creek, Medco Pond, Willow Lake, OR Trip Date: August 5, 2011 “A good plan implemented today, is better than the perfect plan implemented tomorrow.” General George S. Patton’s words should be taken to heart in our daily lives, but are especially true when it comes to fishing. Research and reading are incredibly important, but…
Read moreHook #3: Ethics
Seal Beach Pier, Seal Beach, CA Trip Date: June 9-13, 2008 The Jetty The night before graduation, I decided to scrap the speech I’d written weeks in advance and start a new one. I finished it around midnight, and it is, to this day, the best speech I’ve ever written. While my delivery was a…
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