The BogaGrip for Oakies!
February 12, 2008
If you’re going to fit in with the “brush oakies” fishing up along the coast, where wild steelhead are loathed as much as squawfish (because you can’t bonk ‘em), don’t even think about leaving home without the most essential piece of equipment…
No, not your 15-foot leaders…
Or your 1-ounce cannon balls.
I’m not talking about that big ol’ box of beads, either (I heard that they’ve really been hitting the purple ones in the morning and then the guys have been switching to a red-over-2 chartreuse combo in the afternoons).
No, silly, the one thing you have to keep on you at all times is the “Oka-Grip,” which is perfect for schlepping around all those dead hatchery steelies. With an Oka-Grip, you’ll find that the forked stick or chain stringer may just be obsolete (perish the thought!).
Order yours today!!! (Gill ripping tool sold separately, operators are standing by)
Awesome!!!!
February 10, 2008
Okay, so I admit — this has absolutely nothing to do with fishing (though there is a paper fish on the chalkboard in the background if you look closely). It was just one of those things that I randomly stumbled onto that made me laugh until Gatorade was coming out of my nose.
Don’t feel obligated to watch all 9 minutes of this (it gets kinda addictive, though), but you’ve got to check it out — it’s just so rare that one gets the opportunity to watch a 7-year-old kid in Japan doing a cover of Green Day’s epic Jesus of Suburbia. High praise for the song selection — he had the cajones to go with the nearly 10-minute anthem from American Idiot rather than settle for an easy , three-chord, 2 1/2 minute song like When I Come Around!
He’s got Billy Joe down to a T and even has a Marshall amp!!!
Oh yea, be sure to check out the teacher grooving!
Fish Porn…is it wrong??
December 11, 2007
Hey, it’s none of my business what goes on between consenting adults. If the fish was a halfpounder, however….
Partial nudity, lots of gore and blood-thirsty vermin….JD’s small screen acting debut!
November 22, 2007
Watch for me closely…all the way to the end. Blink and you’ll miss it!
Sucker for a Kwikfish!
November 21, 2007
Here’s a little “bonus” catch from a recent salmon trip…
I’m not exactly sure what this suckerfish was thinking, but I’m guessing that his assault on my pink Kwikfish had something more to do with lust than hunger.
Hey Baby, How YOOOOU Doin’?
Wish I could say that this was an isolated incident, but I have, over the years, proved to be quite a proficient catcher of suckers on salmon and steelhead lures.
I’ve hooked more than a few while flat-lining plugs like Kwikfish and FlatFish for Chinook and several others on Wiggle Warts and Hot Shots intended for sea-run rainbows.
Perhaps the most embarrassing one occurred when, about 15 years ago, I walked up to a lineup of anglers who were all steelhead fishing — and not catching anything. They were all drifting bait, so I busted out a silver Little Cleo and immediately hooked a fish on my first cast.
Well, I guess one maybe should hold off on the trash talking — at least until you’re sure what you have on is actually a steelhead. I’m still not sure why that big orange, rubber-lipped turd with fins smacked that spoon, but he did. You can imagine the ration of grief I incurred when the assembled throng of anglers caught a glimpse of it…
Possum Death Spree…the video game!
November 1, 2007
You’ve seen the movie, now play the game….just click the Play it at Atom button below and be prepared to waste a half day shooting at blood thirsty vermin!
Anyone got a cracker?
October 19, 2007
Earl Wilhite proudly displays a snack-sized striper he caught while fishing with me on the Delta last week. We’re still not sure if the fish thought the spoon was food or a mate…
Not such a bright idea…
October 11, 2007
So, just exactly what happens when you mix a dead whale, a 1/2 ton of dynamite and a bunch of bystanders??
They’re baaaaaaack!
October 10, 2007
Those pesky, blood-thirsty possums with attitude are back to inflict mucho pain on the human race….
(This is second installment of my brother’s epic masterpiece of marsupial madness, Possum Death Spree. If you missed Episode 1, click on the Videos section of this website)
WARNING: This is not for weak stomachs, small kids or members of PETA.
Just Say No!
October 9, 2007
I saw this sign in the parking lot at the mouth of Willow Creek, Alaska — about an hour north of Anchorage…kinda says it all, doesn’t it?
It was posted by a company that will rent you a raft so you can get away from the crowds and the cluster f*%# at the mouth. I’m with them — if I want to fish shoulder-to-shoulder with 300 of my not-so-closest friends, I’m sure as hell not going to Alaska to do it. There are plenty of places at home for combat fishing…
