Our first encounter with a 14-foot male white
shark complete with "shredded" dorsal fin and several deep bite
marks on his head happened at 7.00am. He came in fast from the left,
our first sight was of his mangled dorsal fin slicing through the
surface toward our hang baits...
I had been reading the reports on the various websites with great interest this week, as I do every week to decide where and what to fish for. For a couple of days mid-week it looked like Malibu was the hot bite on Thresher sharks...
Joy, growth, rejuvenation, support, laughter -- these were the words that floated from our mouths and
hovered over our rafts as we drifted down the last few miles of our San Juan River Women’s Retreat...
“The Swell”
is a one million acre treasure chest of distinctive geologic features,
archaeological sites and truly wild wilderness. The significance
of its jewels has resulted in at least a dozen attempts to designate
“The Swell” as a national park, national wilderness
and/or national natural landmark over the last 68 years.
It was my first time out on a tuna trip.
I heard stories of the hustle and bustle and overall mayhem
of getting into a tuna “boil” and wanted to see
what the hub bub was all about. After rounding up some friends
we chartered a boat out of San Diego for some albacore action...