Preparing for Laughlin...

Heading out to Laughlin tomorrow...hopefully we'll tie into some river monsters...

Gonna try these new 3/8oz Warbait Swim Jigs...

 Weapons loaded...

Wish us Luck!!!

Morning Sesh...

Took the "Water Dog" out on the local pond again and found a slower pick on the Bass today...only managed half a dozen biters for 5 hours. They are definitely in the Summer-to-Fall transition and are still eating the 6-inch Erhler's Edge hot tip on the dropshot. The fish today were holding tight to the submerged scattered brush piles. The lack of presence of the Threadfin Shad has these bass keyed on other forage...mainly Bluegill, Baby Bass, and Crawfish. Also got a couple fish on Blue Crawler today as well...

Pics of our outing...typical specimen

 Mario wrangling an average fish for today

 Loaded up and ready to roll home...

Outro!!!

Chewed...

Organized the Annual DCH Lexus of Oxnard charter aboard the "Island Spirit" last weekend out of Ventura Sportfishing.

Had a decent pick on the Barracuda and Sand Bass off the Ventura Flats...they bit a variety of lures that day.

Hats off to the crew aboard the "Island Spirit". Greg,Jesse,Johnny,Jake,Alvin,and Kathy deserve a big round of applause.


My custom "Frozen Chovy" Waxwing works needless to say...the Cuda would not leave it alone!

 Charlie used the factory Black/Chrome pattern with equal success today as well...

 The grumpy Sandbass loved the Warbait Slayer Swimjig hopped on the bottom. The Scrambled/Big Hammer Bay Smelt combo was the hot ticket.

 The only other plastic bait that worked today...Pearl's Ghost Grunion...one of my new favorite colors as of late.

 My work bench...

The "Freelance" out of Davey's Locker and "Calico Hunter 3" out of Ventura are the next scheduled trips...the adventure rolls on...cheers from your Captian

Modified Waxwing Jigs...

Got bored and decided to buy a couple Bone colored Waxwings to modify.

Since Shimano offers their Waxwing in only a few select colors, I wanted to paint a couple of them West Coast baitfish patterns.

I wanted a Smelt color...a Sardine color...and an Anchovy color...check em out!

 Modeled after Big Hammer's "Bay Smelt" color...

This one is modeled after Pearl's "Frozen Chovy"...

My Sardine pattern is next...

Independence Day Weekend Fun...

Kicked off the weekend righteously with a morning session at Casitas that saw 14 Largemouth bagged by my Compa's Horse,Chawls,and Mels and I...all on the D/S Oxblood Roboworms...MONEY

Then detailed my other Boat for the annual Sespe Creek Carshow in Fillmore,Ca on the 4th...she's an all original 1962 Lincoln Continental Sedan...and true to the words of Durrough, "Cream on the inside, Cream on the outside..."

Old School nolstalgia...

What a weekend...the weather was warm...the fish were on the chew...the Beers were flowing...cruising in style...life is good...and it's great to be an American! Happy 4th Folks!

New weapons...

New Warbaits Slayer Heads in Firecracker,Flagship,Camo,and Limited Radio Silence colors...

Also visited Performance Tackle in Los Alamitos and Mahi tackle in Huntington Beach and picked up a sack full of plastics...All Pearls...in the Surf Smelt, Ghost Grunion,Ghost Smelt, Green Dine, Herring, Pearl Smelt, and Frozen Anchovy colors...

While there, I had to add a few more Shimano Waxwing Jigs to my arsenal...118 Jr.'s in Mint,Sandeel, and Bunker...

My Sled...the "Pero Aquatico"

My partner in crime...19ft 8in of pure blistering speed. This 2007 Champion 200 Elite is powered by Mercury's 225 HP Optimax ProXS Outboard...time to blast off!