Took a ride up 88 and fished for no joy. Launched at Silver....nada. Went to Red Lake, I caught two tiny (8") cutthroat planters from shore. Cody caught nada otw. West Carson, nada. Caples on the way home from shore...not a bite. But a great day. Grilling up some fish n steaks, hitting Tyler Island for night fishing, then to Bodega to catch minus tide at daylight to dig clams. Can't end on a skunk for the little man! #itsbangtime

Well, I let my girlfriend move in. Not because I am in love, not because I could use the help with rent, all that is true. This gal can cook! She has not cooked much wild game other than frying steaks and frying fish. She decided the other day to cook something for me, she said she would just reach into the freezer and pull something out.....

Wild turkey drumsticks.....

I come home and seen them thawed out, and I thought, "you swing for the fence!" I have cooked them twice, and have not had a good meal out of them yet. BUT, I kept my mouth shut, and she went to work in the kitchen, and I was banished to my hobby table.

The smell was amazing, and two hours later...we had rubber. BUT, it was TASTY rubber!! So, like me, she cannot leave a bad mark on the record, so she redeemed herself last night with a long, slow braising of wild turkey leg quarters.

#itsbangtime

What are you guys using for batteries and chargers?

Can't say that I have been fishing on Halloween before, but has anyone caught some crazy fish on Halloween before? #elnino

My favorite way to make rock fish, other than tacos! Easy recipe, lots of variety, change it up! Easy cleanup and great to get the kids involved with too!
http://itsbangtime.com/baked-fish-stir-fry/

Launched in the dark and headed to the turning basin trolling lots of stuff with my boy. Nada. Headed to Cemex dock aka crappie row. Wind started blowing with the sunrise, and made drifting medium minnows really tough in between the pilings. (I have written permission to be there, before some dock nazi replies it is a no fish zone)
Cody got a huge takedown on his light tackle rod, line is peeling off, and I knew he had a big kitty! Caught a lot of big cats there over the years with Gabe on medium minnows going for crappie.
Cody gets it to the yak after his best sleigh ride to date, and fouls it with the net, and the biggest catfish he has ever hooked into, is gone. If you look close at the pic, you can see a tear on his cheek! Lol.
We picked up a few shaker stripers on our way back. Saw a couple salmon roll by the locks, lots of people tossing spinners but didnt see any hooked up. Too early I think for salmon there.

A few years ago, I posted a hookup and took a bunch of you out gold panning. Guitarzan took a bunch of pictures of my gold dust refining process, and I finally compiled it all into a short how-to article. Pretty simple, and you probably have everything you need already at your house!
Every fall, I love to go hunt, but hunting dies off around lunch time. So I like to go and do some prospecting, and just save the gold that I get. Once I have enough, and it only takes a few trips to gather enough, I do this with the fine gold so that it is easier to handle and sell/use.
http://itsbangtime.com/gold-dust/

Cody caught a halibut a while ago, and that night we made this recipe. I like doing this with halibut once in a while, it is extremely easy, and perty darn good! Never tried it with stripers, so we tried a little off the one he caught that day too. Striper is just too flaky for this recipe. Cabezon are great this way, and I want to try leopard shark and monkeyface eel cooked like this. You swear you are eating lobster!

http://itsbangtime.com/7-up-fish-nuggets-poor-mans-lobster/