I don't know a thing about golf, these were my Dads, he had them custom made probably back in the 90s. As I understand if they were custom made for him when he was in his 70s they would be for someone who was jst starting out or just didn't have a very powerful swing.  He was 6ft even.

Come with folding cart, balls, tees and few other thigns like that.  Even size 12 golf shoes,

In Martinez

I eat a fair amount of potatos, especially fried, but like to precook to cut down on time. I used to wrap them in plastic wrap and toss'em in the nuker to cook them, then chop and fry to brown for that caramelized goodness.

A few years ago news came out that nuking in plasticware wasn't such a good idea and I have enough chemistry in my background to know that they were right so I started trying to nuke stuff in glassware. 

I had a hard time finding glassware just the right size for one potato so I started dropping one into a coffee cup and covering it with a little pyrex saucer. Then of course one day the saucer fell off the cup, bounced out of the nuker, broke on the counter and splashed broken glass all over the kitchen.

Crap, so I just continued with nuking that one without the top. Hmm, it worked just as fast as without a lid.

Since then to nuke a potato, I just drop it into an appropriate sized coffee cup (no lid) and set it for about 2/3 the time you'd expect and it works great. Quickest and cleanest way I've found to precook them taters.

A few years ago DFW changed the regs on sturgeon, went to a single barbless hook, banned snares, changed the slot to 40" to 60" (from 46 to 66) and changed the measurement from total length to fork length.

With the shape of a sturgeons tail a 66" tail length fish is gonna be pretty much the same size as a 60" fork length. And pretty much the  same for the lower end 46 total length vs 40 fork length.  The reg change didn't much change the size of the fish in the slot, just the slot numbers and how you measure the fish.

I looked back in AOTY history and it looks like the 3.75 pt/in didn't change with the reg.

So for arguments sake let's say I caught a top of the slot 60" fork length fish my point total would be 225.  But (same fish) under the old reg would be about 66" (total length) and yield 247.5 points.

Seems to me the pt/in should have been adjusted when the reg changed. 

At this point in time everybody IS EQUAL so my 60"sturgeon will equal the same number of points as your 60" sturgeon,

BUT for historical continuity that fish is pretty much equal to a 66" total length fish but now yields less points just because the measurement method changed (not the actual size of the fish).

With all that said, did I miss something, am I mistaken and am I the only one that cares?

And NO at this time I do not have a sturgeon to enter.

Under the old regs the max pts for a sturgeon would have been 247.5 now it's 225. My suggestion for historical continuity would be the change the pts/in from 3.75 to 4.125 (or so) so that the max points available from the top of the slot fish is the same as it used to be.

I thought about suggesting total length for AOTY sturgeon entries but that gets away from the DFW regs and that's just a can of worms.

Ran across this in YouTube, covers allot of territory on picking a yak especially early on in the learning curve,

Next time some asks which yak should I get? 

Every so often I see a question about which lube to use for everything from outboard gearboxes to trailer bearings, to reel lube.

I worked in the oil industry for 40 years and back in the late 70s worked with a bunch of old lubricant research chemists.  They explained that marine grade lubricants contain an additive that has an affinity for metallic surfaces that actually excludes water from being able to reach the metal. All this happens on a molecular level.

Back then I worked in the lab where we tested the marine oils and from that experience I can tell you it works. The test consisted of taking a polished steel shaft and immersing it into a mixture of oil and a small amount of salt water. The oil was warmed and the shaft was rotated for 3 days.

After 3 days the shaft was removed and "read". If the oil had the right amount of additive the shaft would still be shiny and clean with maybe a speck or 2 of rust.  On oils where the additive wasn't there the shaft would basically come out looking like a turd.

Oh yea,,,,,,we used to call it "blue grease" sound familiar?

Last year there was some commentary about the Woodside campground not reopening this year leaving only Gerstle Cove campground.

Bummer, Woodside is so much nicer place to camp than Gerstle Cove, I called up there in the fall but couldn't get any info.

Good News though,   Today I got this in my email,

Salt Point State Park 
(Sonoma County)   
Saturday, Mar 26, 10am-3pm
Help prepare the Woodside Campground for opening by clearing leaf and tree debris, and repairing picnic tables, storage lockers, and fire rings. Kids 12 and up welcome with a legal guardian. Free tent camping in a group-setting on 3/25 and 3/26.
 
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We would greatly appreciate your help at an upcoming workday. Please visit http://calparks.org/help/park-champions to register and see a complete calendar of upcoming events.
Sincerely,

Phoebe Oelheim
California State Parks Foundation

I don't fish much lately but when I do I fish on the anchor allot, sturgeon, striper, shark, even catfish.

On those outings I feel like the most hazardous time is when I pull the anchor in deep water with a fair current.

The way I do it the line is in my hands and I end up pulling the yak broadside upstream against the current and many times the wind waves as well.

Once the anchor comes off the bottom it's all good but until then in a strong current it's a little rocky.

I've thought about some of the river anchor setups where it comes in and out right off the stern but with QRAS in mind and long rodes it just doesn't seem like a better idea for the anchoring I do.

Any advice or comments?

My hands are cold from November to May,  even went to the doc about it, he says nothing I can do about it, my body is just over sensitive to limiting blood flow to extremities in cold weather.

Anyhow I found an old pac of MYCOAL/Grabber hand warmers, says Validity Date 1999.

They are activated by just air and these were 16 yrs old at least. So I opened one just check, figured even in their plastic pac they'd be shot by now, but no,  still works,

Another item to carry for sturgeon fishing.