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Some Fishy-Sounding Baseball Teams

April 28, 2014 By JD 7 Comments

Bluefish BaseballBeing both an angler and a baseball player, I love when my two worlds overlap. Between the Minor Leagues, small colleges and traveling teams, there are some cool fish-based baseball teams out there. Sure, MLB has the Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays (yawn!), but the lesser known teams like the Bridgeport Bluefish above are way more interesting. Here are some other fun fish teams…

Blue Wahoos
Back in 2012, the Carolina Mudcats, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds moved from Zebulon, North Carolina to Pensacola, FL. You gotta love ’em — their team gift store is called the “bait shop!”

RedfishThe Charlotte County Redfish are an Independent Minor League Baseball team in the South Coast League. Founded in 2007, the Redfish are one of the founding teams of the SCL. The Redfish play their home games at Charlotte County Stadium in Port Charlotte, FL.

SacramentoSteelheads1The Independent League Sacramento Steelheads played a couple seasons in Sacramento and then a year or two as the “Solano Steelheads” before folding. The biggest story to come out of the franchise was when former National League most valuable player (played with the Giants) Kevin Mitchell, who was playing at the time for the Sonoma County Crushers, punched the owner of the Steelheads in the face after an on-field brawl in Vacaville.

Fighting FishThe River Falls Fighting Fish are, as near as I can tell, an adult rec league or semi-pro team in Saint Paul, Minnesota. All apologies to the Fish if I’m wrong about that…

Kingfish BaseballWisconsin’s Kenosha Kingfish play in the independent Northwoods League.

LakeshoreChinooksAlso in Wisconsin (based in Mequon)are the Lakeshore Chinooks, who play in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The Chinooks play their home games at Kapco Park on the campus of Concordia University Wisconsin.

Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityPalm Beach Atlantic Sailfish are an NCAA Division 2 baseball team out of Florida.

BlowfishBaseballThe award for the the least fishy-looking logo goes to the Columbia Blowfish, which is a proud member of the Coastal Plain League, the nation’s hottest summer collegiate baseball league. Celebrating its 15th season in 2011, the CPL features 15 teams playing in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. The CPL gives college players the chance to refine their skills with the use of wooden bats.

carp logoThe Hiroshima Toyo Carp is a professional baseball team in Japan’s Central League. The team has not been in serious contention since their last championship in 1991. They remain the only team in the league to have never been above third place since the year 2000.

Filed Under: Cool Photos Tagged With: baseball, carp, chinook, fishing, redfish, sailfish, Steelhead

Ana Maria Gura: The Goddess of Carp Fishing!

March 17, 2014 By JD 5 Comments

She’s a world record carp angler, carp fishing magazine cover girl, spokesmodel for carp bait and can tie a hair boilie rig like no other…she’s Ana Maria Gura, Italy’s Carp Goddess…
She's a world record carp angler, carp fishing magazine cover girl, spokesmodel for carp bait and she can tie a hair boilie rig like no other…she's Ana Maria Gura, Italy's Carp Goddess...
 Ana Maria Gura
Carp fishing looks like so much more fun that I had originally thought! :) To see more of Ana, check out her Facebook Page.

Filed Under: Cool Photos, Pure Entertainment Tagged With: ana maria guara, carp, italy, world record

Surfacing History: Drought reveals flooded Gold Rush town of Mormon Island

January 2, 2014 By JD 2 Comments

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The old road to Mormon Island has been hidden far beneath the surface of Folsom Lake but the driest winter since the 1970’s has left it…and remains of the town…high and dry.

I took a hike Weds far down into what used to be Folsom Lake to see for myself what is left of the town.

Mormon Island was strategically located near the confluence of the North & South Forks of the America River and, at one time was a busing gold mining town with a population close to 3,000 people. Here’s a picture from www.myfolsom.com…

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By the 1950’s, when the town was close to being inundated by the rising waters of Folsom Lake, there we just a handful of residents left.

Today, there’s still some evidence scattered in the dry lake bottom that a town once stood there…

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The trip to Mormon Island was extremely interesting. But, honestly, I’d rather look at the town about 100 feet down on my Lowrance graph!

Filed Under: Cool Photos Tagged With: amercan river, drougt, Folsom lake, gold rush

My greatest fishing moment…ever!

August 19, 2013 By JD 14 Comments

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Took my kid out one afternoon last week on the Sacramento River, where he caught his first-ever salmon.

He fought the fish all by himself and the only thing I did was hold the back of his life jacket so he didn’t get yanked over the side.

So freaking awesome!!!! :)

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Filed Under: Cool Photos Tagged With: chinook, kid, sacramento river, Salmon

The 5 Biggest Bass Ever Caught

May 14, 2013 By JD 15 Comments

It’s the most highly-coveted record in fishing… the world record largemouth bass. Break the world’s mark and fame and fortune will be yours. Here’s a list of the top 5 biggest largemouth bass every caught…

1: The Beast from the East (22.311 Pounds)

World Record Largemouth
Caught in 2009 by Manabu Kurita in Japan’s Lake Biwa, this beast, by weight, is heavier than the long standing record set by George Perry in 1932. However, since Kurita’s fish only weighed just slightly over an ounce more than Perry’s, by rule the IGFA declared it a two-way tie for the heaviest bass ever landed.
Click here to read more…

Filed Under: Angling Records, Best of FishwithJD, Cool Photos Tagged With: Bass, bob crupi, castaic lake, dixon lake, dottie, largemouth bass, spring lake, world record

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