Harry and Ted, that is quite an excellent adventure. very well told. glad you guys are okay. but yeah, it's not too big of a surprise really, 

Btw Mooch, you will see an ab diver died on that same spot sept 15 1984. omar conger. page 92 of ralph's book. shallow water. very similar sized shark.

Also, sharks are seen at waddel, but in general us surfers are in shallower water than any kayak. it's a big wave that breaks in 20 feet of water. a wave generally breaks in water that is 1.5 times its height (more or less), so you'd need a 14 foot swell to break in 20 feet of water.

scott, line is cheap, what were you thinking? 

nice striped-trout.

cool post scott.

apparently the magnets usually work by generating an 'eddy current' via some serious electro-magnetic voodoo and it operates on non-ferrous metals, just need a conducting metal (repetetively redundant,  ). the bearings should be independent of the magnetic brake unless avet decided to do something very different than everybody else.

http://www.100megspop3.com/oldvalkyry/pennmag.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_current_brake

Kinda funny but I never got stuck in baja either in the same truck.  But towing a trailer is when it seems to get buried. I could have aired down, but it wouldn't have helped this time, we were to the frame in sugar sand.  I bought the truck when I had a long commute, now my commute is 4 miles, and many days I just ride my bike.  I would love to have a 4wd...someday!

hey, if you do get stuck in baja, just wait for the sentra to come by!

I remember being camped somewhere in the middle of nowhere down there, a guy walks up to me, asks if I have a 'bomba', I was like hmmm, what the heck is that, he wants a bomb!?!? Well, a bomba is a bicycle pump...  and sure enough I actually had one (although it would have taken three days to pump up one of my 75r15 all-terrain TAs by hand..) ! I give it to him and he walks off into the sunset through the desert. 3 hours later, a sentra loaded down with 4 guys comes by in the dark and they drop off the pump and drive off into the night

well with a trailer you are a 6x4 so kinda sounds like you are due for a 4x4, . 

seems like you are due a new 4x4, .

J

I'm with Allen on this clean water and salt is hard to beat. I've experimented with jalapenos, wasabi, curry powder etc etc and I think the sea salt is the best. You can always add other flavors later when you open the can.

Right now your goal should be to eat as much of it as possible both raw and seared while you work on canning/smoking the rest. I like to keep the loins on a plate in the fridge with saran wrap over them but not too tight. This way they stay dry and firmer than sitting in their own moisture in a Ziplock bag. It seems to help them keep longer in the fridge.

Try coating a loin in fresh coarse ground salt and pepper and then rolling it in sesame seeds before searing it for about a minute in a smoking hot cast iron pan. Not a minute per side but a minute or less total for all sides. Slice thin with your best knife and serve it with wasabi and soy. Trust me you won't have any complaints!

-Eliot

you can just roll it in prepared rice seasoning mixture which is nori, sesame seeds, salt and sugar...

J

Thank you very much for sharing fishshim on the battery upgrade. I have been
doing some research myself on how to cut back on battery weight. Although I love
the many days of fishing without charging the battery in between, it is just to
heavy to be carrying around. It is the Cabelas 12v 8amp.

Thanks again,
Jedmo

I use that cabalas battery. it is a tank, but it's pretty cool to fish all summer on one charge, 

But one of these days I will upgrade to something fancy like the shim's beauty.

Quote from: fishbutt21 on July 27, 2009, 01:47:26 PM

I own many dexter russells but this one is by far my favorite fillet knife


http://www.crkt.com/bigeddy_.html

I bought this knife a while back and it was great until I needed to sharpen it. The combo 40 degree on one side and flat on the other makes re-sharpening a pain. 
I've been considering a Forschner or a Dexter Russell...

If you take your DR and bend it so that it is cambered, it does the same thing as the fancy assymetrical one..

you put a bend in it so that when you put the sideways pressure on when skinning it bends it back to flat..

J