Fishing show in Orange

Yesterday I paid a visit to the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Festival at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Wish I knew a few days ago that if you got a Diawa reel at the show the Diawa booth would match it with a Rod and Hat and Shirt free. Now you tell me. The seminars were cool. Calico fishing tips. White Seabass fishing tips. I had very attentive ears. Some great fishing tips. Some very knowledgeable folks to talk to in the booths too. Ran across radio talk show host Sergio Fainsztein of course. And also saw a fishing pal Bradley S. Schnair there with some of his newer lure designs. AND I loved that Ballast Point was there pouring some very tasty beer! If you know me you know I like beer while fishing or talking fishing. www.BallastPoint.com I really like the Yellowtail! This stuff rocks cool art of Fish on the outside and really tasty beers inside! Yes I had a good time. My fishy need sorta solved for now. Waiting for the bite to start and the water to clear before I start up the engines on Ramblin'.

We had a very fun MDRA fishing trip last night. Well done & Thank you Stan! Some photos are now in the photo album section of:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mdranglers/

Look for album... 2012-04-19 - BettyO Fishing trip (tip, sort the list of photo albums by "last modified") You can even add your own photos if you want.

I had fun. Met some new members. And tried out my new camera.

What do you think of this one? I love this stuff.

Fish Wish granted. It was a smooth night on the water. Tight Lines, Keith L.

MDRA Awards Dinner

I had the fun responcibility of being the MC on Saturday (Feb 18th 2012) at the MDRA Awards dinner.

AND got to give my best friend (in LA) a Angler of the Year award.

Cool Stuff.

I kinda like this stuff.

Keith

Fishing trip Jan 2012

My first Ramblin' fishing trip of Twenty Twelve.

Took a couple of MDRA guys out to run the boat and do a little fishing.

All in all it was a nice fishing day (Saturday. Jan 28th). Got to put my new fishing license to work. Will try to fish in all 12 months of "twenty twelve." Now if Only I could put a weight slip in to MDRA in each of the 12 months. That is much harder given the lack of fish biting yesterday.

Locally we had small craft advisories. Due to wind concerns. But that has to do with the entire Los Angeles weather pattern. Most has to do with blowing over trucks on the high mountain passes. If the conditions are right we could have bad weather in the bay or even a big Santa Ana cna bash Avalon Harbor.

This was not the case for yeasterday. Yes I checked the weather. So we went out on the Ramblin' and were rewared with fantastic conditions and views.

All the scared-d-cats are at the docks so we had very few boats on the water. The weather was great. The water was flat. Wind was nominal. I was in the south half of Santa Monica Bay. Not north up in Malibu under the steep canyons anyhow.

The one item we did need was a hot spot with biting fish! It was not a good day for catching. We did have a great blue sky day on the water. Few boats were out there. Nice dolphin and bait action. We fished from Malaga Cove to PV point and got nothing. Did have some excitement as a nice thresher shark that picked up one of my sardines on the drop and it gave us a terrific show. Even after it bit the line off it still broke the surface for wild slashing of that great big iridescent tail in the afternoon sunshine.

Fish Wish Granted... Good day on the water.

Keith L.

Happy new year 20 12

New years resolutions...

1
To call the new year twenty twelve. Not two thousand twelve.


2
I resolve to use both my right hand and left hand while brushing my teeth.
(train left hand and go easy on my top left gums)

3
...

Still working on the list. Suggestions?

Silly ones are welcome too. ( see # 1 & 2 above)

My son bashed his head open again while skate boarding. Again we get to visit the emergency room.

Quality family time.

Ha.

Trivia of the day - Noosphere

Maybe you or I can use this new word in Scrabble someday.

Word of the Day... noosphere

PRONUNCIATION... (NOH-uh-sfeer)

MEANING... noun: The sum of human knowledge, thought, and culture.

ETYMOLOGY: From French noösphere, from Greek noos (mind) + sphere. Earliest documented use: 1930.

USAGE:
"This avalanche of information is threatening to swallow us whole, to waste our days and to overwhelm our own thoughts. Essentially, it's the noosphere on steroids."

Frank Bures; Digitized to Distraction; National Post (Canada); Nov 15, 2008.

Ha. This leads credence to this sticker I saw...
the quote said... "The Internet makes you Stupid."


Less time on Facebook may save me from myself. Now to accomplish that. How to pull myself away from the tempting titillation of the noosphere?

I post about my dog. About the sunset. About stuff. Isn't my life's trivialities a riveting topic for everyone else? Oh boy that works for this blog too. How true is that.

Will make a post next about my New Years Resolutions. Will I include Facebooking less? Let's see.


More later.

Keith

First New Years Resolution

My first New Years Resolution...

I will try to say "Twenty Twelve" for the new year. 20 12 will be a very profitable year.

Keith

Merry Christmas and Looking forward to a very good 2012

I think this is the best Holiday Card for this season.

Hopping you all had a nice holiday filled with family and love. Now as we look at the new year we turn to 20 12 with aspirations for a very profitable year.

I think the new year is going to be very good. This video is a great summery of The City this holiday season. I can really relate to it. Luckily I stayed out of the heave traffic. But the shots of the fireworks on the beach was when I was in the MDR Boat parade. So I was up close and personal with them when that shot was taken. Extra cool.

Enjoy...

Snow Globe Los Angeles from All Cut Up Films on Vimeo.

Nice! Right?

Keith

Upcoming holiday notes...

GIVING THANKS
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

A few years ago we did a family trip to Florida for a Thanksgiving Holiday. Ended up at a sports bar in Datona Beach where they were having holiday dinner of a big turkey leg and all the fixin's for a rather affordable deal price. We all had a nice vacation and toured the new places.

What will this next Thanksgiving be...

I'll remember the important things and be Thankful for my life and the blessings around us.

I have a new Grand Niece.
I have a Son in College. ( Boise State )
I have a Son on the Water Polo team ( Venice H S )
- and likely the Baseball and basketball teams as well.
I have some good friends
I have a supportive family.
- Mom, Sisters, Brother etc.

Just a few of the things I'm Thankful for.

Keith