there were many great memories from the past few days, but a few stand out:

running across Eddie on the 1 commuting home as MDoka_Matt, Isao and I made our way through the upper bay area

watching Tractor Dan win one of the gaffs I made. F*** Yeah!

finally making it to Shueland, my first visit was the definition of FUN

certainly the orca drive by

...and then about a thousand tiny spots of hilarious joy as I got to camp with a couple of the best people  I know

thinking about all these is almost bringing tears to my sunburned and salt encrusted beady little eyes 

Thank you to Eric for creating this wonderful monster, to Matt and Isao for giving me the opportunity to attend, to Roger and Dennis for the hamachi and JD shots, and to all the great fisherfolk that I've missed seeing for the past few years.

I had fun 

this was quite the topic of enthusiastic conversation in the shelter cove campground

bravo Etienne, nicely done my friend 

I’ll bring a few extra for folks who don’t win one in the raffle
 

I'm on my second Wahl trimmer. The one I'm using was an upgrade, a set with a full size plug in unit and a smaller battery powered detail trimmer. The thing came with a bunch of guides and it's been a workhorse on my walrus bristles.

if there are other recs out there I'm curious about reviews.

paying attention...

I'm digging the clear stripes on that one Bulldog

I've done two hoop netting replacements using a replacement landing net. The big green ones they use on powerboats.
just have to match the hoop diameter and the net mouth then sew it on.

At least the report states that more species-specific data are needed for quillbacks. If I were a CA resident, I would strongly recommend  the requirement for descending devices to be onboard and ready to use when bottomfishing. Require all rockfish caught beyond 180 ft that are not retained to be dropped back to depth using a descending device. Incorporating mandatory use of descending devices would reduce the modeled discard mortality rates, and more accurately reflect reality.

This seems to be a very practical requirement that would be a much easier sell than "no fishing allowed"
I rarely fish that deep, but have descended a few sad rockies. I would totally be on board for something like this.