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I've lived here 52 years and I just learned...

Kern Dog said:
That is one more thing that digs at me.....When you lose a parent, you lose a valuable resource for many things.
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Both are gone now. Dad left in 98 when he was 77 but mom was way too young being only 38.
 
Leaves a hole in your heart, I get that! It's just me and my brother now. I'm 65 and he's 72.
 
BDF6 said:
Used to be EXCELLENT fishing out there before the preserve was created. & Yes, those islands are a regular stop for great white sharks.
One trip out there ages ago the sea was like glass, not a ripple/no drift whatsoever.
We'd drop our rock cod jigs & bring up 5 fatties at a time.
4 drops & limited on those.
Then switched to 6-8oz leadhead jigs with green/black grubs & hauled up limits of ling.
Didn't lose much tackle at all that trip, usually very windy & hung up a lot.
Saw dolphins, orca (big dolphins) & whales several times.
Never saw a great white though.
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Besides islands out there did you know there are undersea mountains as well? Pioneer and Gumdrop are a couple.
We used to do the same thing, before all the MPA's and MLPA's kicked us out of the best fishing areas. My favorite was running out to Pioneer/Gumdrop for Albacore then swinging back by the Farallons for some nice Lings. We would have one guy back the boat in close to the rocks and he would babysit the throttle keeping us out of the rocks while the other 2 or 3 of us would fish the rocks with jigs-those were good times.
 
Dad (80 in October) always talked about Cape May NJ and how South Cape May use to be as well as an island with trolley service off the beach.
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And now take BART from Fremont to the City. $41 Million. These people are nuts. Taxpayers. In the shorts.
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Hey-O said:
Leaves a hole in your heart, I get that! It's just me and my brother now. I'm 65 and he's 72.
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I'm heading for 71 soon and my sister is going to be 75 within a few days of me. We're 6 days apart as far as birthdays go. Problem is that she still treats me as her stooopid younger brother......I know crap and she knows it all so we still do not speak to each other very much and here lately, we don't speak to each other at all. :(
 
Cranky said:
I'm heading for 71 soon and my sister is going to be 75 within a few days of me. We're 6 days apart as far as birthdays go. Problem is that she still treats me as her stooopid younger brother......I know crap and she knows it all so we still do not speak to each other very much and here lately, we don't speak to each other at all. :(
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Kind of sad really, but don’t know all of the dynamics. And non of my business.
 
440 4 speed said:
Kind of sad really, but don’t know all of the dynamics. And non of my business.
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Yup, it's sad for sure.....but I tried to connect with her for a LOT of years but she is still trying to mother the hell out of me so.....I'm done. Just at this point, I'm good with being happy where I am and not deal with her anymore. Kinda like fishing in that with some, you can reel them in and but some you can't. Also, I don't mind telling my story. Could probably write a book on it lol
 
It's where ever the earth under the crust is unhappy. Look at the Hawaiian Islands. You have an unhappy volcano and the earth's crust just keeps sliding along above it. Boop, boop, boop, boop. Now you get a chain of islands. Someday San Francisco will be erased by the San Andreas fault. Could be tomorrow it could be 100,000 years from now. The earth doesn't care about SF.

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way to stay on topic... :lol:

BDF6 said:
Used to be EXCELLENT fishing out there before the preserve was created. & Yes, those islands are a regular stop for great white sharks.
One trip out there ages ago the sea was like glass, not a ripple/no drift whatsoever.
We'd drop our rock cod jigs & bring up 5 fatties at a time.
4 drops & limited on those.
Then switched to 6-8oz leadhead jigs with green/black grubs & hauled up limits of ling.
Didn't lose much tackle at all that trip, usually very windy & hung up a lot.
Saw dolphins, orca (big dolphins) & whales several times.
Never saw a great white though.
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Yep I use to go out there on a vessel called
the Eddy Bob 60ft steel hull fishing boat, great people
every year sometime twice a year, from the late 70s to early 90s
1st started when I worked for EdCo Construction,
Ed S., he was friends with the boat owners
then later, I took my Granddad, my dad & stepdad,
convinced my sisters, nieces, nephews...
Even Lisa to come a couple of times...
(long ways out better have your sea legs/Dramamine (stomach), most get really sick)
It was 'sort of a tradition' for a long time
great lingcod, canary, snapper, striped bass, lots of rockfish species,
pacific flounder, yellow jacks, sharks (big & lil') & even Salmon fishing
pulled up a few crabs every so often sometimes, in calmer seas
when the bait stayed on the bottom for a time...
(probably some I forgot too)
Eyes (fish) bugging out was weird, pulling them up quickly...

Going thru the IIRC called the 'Potato patch' right outside the bay,
past the Golden Gate Bridge
was sketchy at times, rough 'son of a b----'

It's amazing what people don't know about places they live
 
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Cranky said:
I'm heading for 71 soon and my sister is going to be 75 within a few days of me. We're 6 days apart as far as birthdays go. Problem is that she still treats me as her stooopid younger brother......I know crap and she knows it all so we still do not speak to each other very much and here lately, we don't speak to each other at all. :(
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I have an older brother that I have no use for and I have a younger sister that I keep at arm’s length. A very long arm. As the old saying goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family.
 
Richard Cranium said:
I have an older brother that I have no use for and I have a younger sister that I keep at arm’s length. A very long arm. As the old saying goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family.
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And you can pick your nose, but not your friends nose, is the rest of the saying in some places.
 
Richard Cranium said:
I have an older brother that I have no use for and I have a younger sister that I keep at arm’s length. A very long arm. As the old saying goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family.
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We have family like that too. Gotta love geographic separation.
 
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