Six Pictures That Add up to 31!

I have the privilege of being blessed with a day off on each and every one of my birthdays. I was born on Veteran's day so I must first off say thank you to all the veterans out there for your service to our amazing country, especially for any veterans who take the time to read this blog!

So this monday was my birthday but I celebrated for the entire weekend. Here are some pictures that speak about one of the best birthdays I have ever had.

1. I came to work on friday to find these on my desk! One of my Co workers and her husband gifted me this vest and Fly reel! Feels good to know people know you this well! I have to drop a few lbs to fit into the vest so I have some work to do before next small stream trout season. Maybe I will try it out later this month next year on dry creek! LOL

2. I had a dinner with one of my best friends and his wife on saturday after spending most of the day edging and mowing my lawn. My Godess of a wife made me a chocolate cake with Chocolate frosting. She knows what I like!!








3. Sunday morning bright and early we were off to the Niner Game! We got there early and got to see the players warming up and going to the locker room. Yes, we were this close to the man, the myth the legend: Patrick Willis!! 









4. We had great seats to a bad loss! How in the world are you going to lose 10-9 to Carolina? Something needs to be done with our offense but that’s another post all together. Either way I had a terrific time with my wife at the Niner Game!

5. We walked around San Francisco Sunday morning but finished the day at Texas Roadhouse! I love that restaurant! And since it was my birthday I had to ride the bull! I was just praying I wasn’t going to break that sucker!

6.Last but not least, a panoramic shot of Candlestick Park. I realize this will be my last time at Candlestick, probably ever. I’m going to miss that old park but on to bigger and better things!

Well that’s in for my 31st birthday! Not sure what’s next considering my fishing schedule usually slows down around this time. I will however try a bit longer for a salmon, sturgeon and steelhead!! Wish me luck on catching at least one of those before this year is over.

Life is Lived and Not Lost, Even in Defeat!

Two days of defeat. First there was fishing, then the superbowl. Defeated in both but man, there is nothing else I would rather be doing. I love the two sports so every moment was fantastic!

Saturday I met up with a new buddy that I met on fish sniffer. We went out to fish for striper and sturgeon at the deep water channel. When we got there some drunk guys warned us about a ship having gone through earlier in the day and the tide being low. On a side note, I knew next to nothing about tides before this Saturday. My buddy showed me an app about how the tides work and how they affect fish behavior. Apparently low tide affects fish in a negative way and sure enough we didn’t even get a bite. We threw out eel/sardine, eel, shad combos for sturgeon and sardines and mudsuckers for striper. We went home empty handed but I got to know my buddy a bit more and camaraderie is a big part of fishing.

Then Sunday came. The Superbowl! Even bigger than that is the fact I am a Niner fan and have been forever. And the fact that it had been 18 years since we had made a bowl run and this would have made us 6 for 6! Well for anybody not living under a rock, you know the Niners lost which sucked for lack of a better way of putting it. But I got to watch a Niner superbowl with my gorgeous wife, friends and my nephew sat through his first entire football game and actually enjoyed it! 

So as I said, this weekend was marked by defeat in the two things that I love: Fishing and football. I will take a defeat in both of those areas over not having them in my life at all. You can’t catch fish EVERYTIME you go and You can’t win all the games you play. But as long as you keep enjoying the things that you love, life is good! We’ll get them next time!

49ers, NFC Champs and in the Superbowl!!

 know this has NOTHING to do with fishing (aside from the fact that Patrick Willis and Randy Moss go fishing together!) but I had to mention i because I'm super proud of the 49ers!

I consider myself a 49er Faithful since I have followed them ever since I was a kid. Today, the 49ers Won the NFC Championship and Made it into the Superbowl for the first time in 18 years!

They will be playing (and hopefully beating) the Baltimore Ravens, a team that I enjoy watching but still hope the Niners destroy! Well anyway, Proud to be a Niner Faithful today!!