Saturday Surf Session

Original Photo by Wonderlane

These past couple of weekends have been FLAT.  I mean Lake Pacific versus The Pacific Ocean flat.  Rather than fighting the good fight for non-existent waves, I've been doing other things.

My girlfriend and I have hiked out at Shady Canyon two Saturdays in a row.  Last week Saturday the place was packed.  I've been there quite a few times and I don't know if I've ever seen that many cars in the parking lot.

We are no longer training for a trip to Montana.  That trip's time slot has come and gone.  We were never able to find adequate lodging.  That isn't to say that there weren't places to stay, but nothing that we were looking to rent.  Hopefully, that trip will materialize before the glaciers all melt completely in Glacier National Park.

A couple of Sundays ago I went mountain biking for the first time in a very long time.  I did The Fullerton Loop Trail out and back for a total of almost 20 miles.  The distance struck me as odd because I've done the out and back quite a few times and it was always over 20 before.  This time it was shy of 20 and I didn't do anything different in the route.  Like I said, kind of weird.  It was still a good ride and it felt great to get on the bike again.

Original Photo by Clayton Plummer

This weekend was Labor Day.  My girlfriend and I took the short trip down to her parent's place in The San Diego Area.  Her dad and I went fishing off of his Tayana 37 sail boat.  We sailed out of The Coronado Bay just out to Point Loma and stuck to the kelp beds out there.  We didn't have any luck until we moved away from the kelp and over to the other side of the sunken jetty.  There I hooked into a nice 20+ inch long Pacific Halibut.  I was using 40lb test braided line, a Warbait Slayer Head jig, and a plastic grub tail.  My set-up was more than powerful enough for the halibut.  I man-handled him to the boat no problem.  To give you an idea of size, the black thing (cleat) is about 6 to 8 inches long.  The fish is about 3 to 4 of those cleats long.

Pretty fun, great weekend.

Hopefully, the surf picks up a bit between now and when I pic up some new gear here in the next two months.  More on that in another blog!!

Until next time,
Clayton