If you look at the California Constitution Article 1 Section 25 it says fishing is a right, which means they can't charge for a license cause it's a right....right? Hmmm....who do I call?

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 1  DECLARATION OF RIGHTS


Section 25.  The people shall have the right to fish upon and from
the public lands of the State and in the waters thereof, excepting
upon lands set aside for fish hatcheries, and no land owned by the
State shall ever be sold or transferred without reserving in the
people the absolute right to fish thereupon; and no law shall ever be
passed making it a crime for the people to enter upon the public
lands within this State for the purpose of fishing in any water
containing fish that have been planted therein by the State;
provided, that the legislature may by statute, provide for the season
when and the conditions under which the different species of fish
may be taken.

I've got an extra campsite for Friday and Saturday night. Send me a PM if you want it.

Dan

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Later

I packed my yak on top of my truck last night and headed up to the Klamath River this morning at 4 AM. It's about a 220 mile run and I got on the water at about 7:40 am.

I didn't make it too far from where I launched before I started seeing salmon jumping. I cast once, twice, three times is a charm.......I'm ON! I fought the salmon for about 15 minutes and she got tired, so into the net she went. I was shaking with adrenalin. She went 33" and was nice and fat.

After about 10 minutes of trying to burn off the overload of adrenalin, I was able to record it on my card and start with the phone calls!

About 45 minutes later I was on again, but this fight was tougher. it went up and down stream, then up and down again. It made one last long run up stream and then the line got real loose. I though NO!....it came unbuttoned!...I started reeling fast, and to my surprise, it was still on. It made a fast run under my yak and down stream, but I wasn't able to get the line around the front of my yak. It pulled and pulled and then slack again. I thought....NO! unbuttoned???........Yep........Damn it!

Oh well, it still ended up being a great banzai trip, even with the $120.00 diesel bill.

If you have time.......I wouldn't wait!

CHEERS!

Ok,

I recently found something new (to me) on Google Maps. Go to http://maps.google.com/ and zoom into an area close to where you want to look. Next click on the "Street View" tab in the window. It will give you a street level view of the area. The only areas that are covered right now are the ones outlined in blue.

Apparently they have someone driving around in a vehicle with a gps antenna and a 360 degree camera on top of the vehicle.

It's kind of cool and scarry at the same time.

CHEERS!

Does anyone have a Navionics Gold West Coast SD card? I was looking for a little feedback on weather they are worth the $180.00 they charge for them.

CHEERS!

On Thursday morning I decided to hit Lake Mendo for some smallmouth action. I parked my truck next to this Toyota truck with a boat trailer, but no boat.

I spent the day fishing a caught a couple bass. I left my yak at the South boat ramp and went to retrieve my truck (the one I just washed on Wednesday). I hopped in and started backing up. I saw that I had cleared the Toyota and started my turn to point the front of my truck up hill. All of a sudden I hear a CRASH! I stopped and pulled forward. I went back to look and saw that I had turned too early and smashed into the trailer hooked to the Toyota.

I must confess that I yelled the "F" word fairly loud, as my truck is a 2005 Dodge diesel with only 18000 miles and in perfect condition (not any more). I saw that I clipped the left rear of the trailer and broke the crap out of the tail light lens.  I took out one of my business cards and wrote a note and placed it on the window of the Toyota and waited for the owner to call me.

Well, it's been a couple of days and no call. I was checking the site today and saw that I had a message in my message box. I opened it and saw that I had rammed Juan's trailer.  Wow! Now I really feel like an idiot!

SORRY AGAIN Juan!

To add insult to injury, I just happen to to be a driving instructor for my department and harp on the guys that backing is where they are most likely to have an accident. I guess do as i say, not as I do.

Let the beatings begin!

CHEERS!