here is a link to article written about fishing in San Diego Bay. this is a area were i grew up and it my first fishing it on a yak and the last time I was able to fish on it before the chemo took me down. the good news is the Doctor gave me the OK to hit the gym so I can get healthy enough to get back on the yak and fish

Steve/chef

http://thelog.com/news/newsview.asp?c=205639

Hello to All..........

First Off i am for taking so long post in the genera thread on how I doing...well it seems like a long time to me ti has not even been  a month since they took out that dam demon baby  in my head. I Have been posting here and there and been watching the board. I would have to its been hard seeing all those great fishing reports and accounts of the derby's i have been missing but on the other hand it been great reading them as well.....i feel like i ave been their .
i am sure a lot of you have been wondering how I am doing everyday I am getting stronger..I will rise I will rise I will rise
I am  not out of the woods yet and doctor's are still deciding what next for me . my spirits remain high and my positive attitude is getting stronger everyday just know that in a couple more weeks i will able to get back out on my Yak and go fish . so I owe a lot to this to all of you who have supports me thought this with your positive energies....i find it very hard to explane how it made me feel but i can tell you this I would not been able to do it with out all friends support! so here it goes.....thank you for so much from the bottom of my heart...you all have made a difference in my life that i will remember till the end of time.

Jade Pirate...aka chef

nice spelling wierdo...oh god now I am writing anf taliking to myslef....lol

welll I will going to andrew molera or limeklin all depends on what the wine is doing in the morning

chef

I will be heading to Big Sur sat.24 ....most likey going out of willow!! just letting you fellow yak fisher know!!
steve

plan being in the water no later than 630 am!!

hitting san carlos bopat ramp about 5 am........the bay will be outragous! comany welome

steve


fish on!

headed off of moss at 545 to clam classy conditions headed north with all the boats. water look good for salmon. good bait mark right outside of mouth   @ 200 feet put down the trolling rig. getting excited because i was seeing a couple of salmon jumping some nerve's bait...but no hits. made it to the boats about 6.5 miles out to north east.a Pb told me i was a freak....i reply by saying have you seen Mr.whitey . I talk with a few but only herd of one king and a few silver salmon.on the way back I was bring in my gear and right at the serface a salmon came check me out but would not take it oh well i will try again. the wind was clam all morning tell 1145...then it came in by 1 it was victory at sea. i was averaging 5.5 miles hour coming in with the wind and incoming tide at times getting p to7miles per hour .

I saw flock of birds go by that lasted 10 minutes their is a picture...they look like terns but dark color and bigger Little great fliers fun to watch

this was on wed.14th

looking out my window this morning and it's blowing hard already

well headed down and was join by Eric...we fished limekiln. the weather turn out real nice. the wind finally came up around 1:30
fishing was great!!! catching was a little slow. but some real nice fish.. Eric had the hot rod for size as well quantity!! here are pic's

sorry for the late post but...I had a crazy day yesterday...and when i got home on sat. rush to store make fish tacos...the off to poker but i lost their two

Steve