Chuck Espiritu

SF Chronicle......Section D7 "Outdoors"......

You have seen the incredible picture of Chuck-with-giant-sturgeon...yes???

Judd

Nice! See it here...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2009/01/08/SPI51540N2.DTL&o=0&type=living

  HollyWood Baby.....   

Nice monster on the yak! Is that the same pic as in WON? I haven't seen it but my dad was telling me about this morning. Sounds like the same one.

I can't look at stuff like that at work.  I gets me all worked up.

Nice fish!

 That was probably one of ChuckE's shortest fishing days! He paddles out to the fleet and hooks up after maybe 20-30 minutes.
 Notice how he fishes while "bluetooth enabled" for those on the spot fishing reports!

That's great! Now we can start posting our Chuck sightings and NCKA fishing days on the famous people sightings thread! Excellent work!

Not to be forgotten - that's a great photo Sean on that SFGate link. 

Thanks guys... but I give all the credit to Sean for taking that photo.  He's damn good with a camera and been my good luck charm for those epic moments.

I was surprised by calls from relatives and long lost friends who saw the same photo.  A co-worker just showed me that pic in Chronicle.  It almost took up a half a page.  Wow.... I don't know what to say. 

Pretty cool!!!

And Fishin-Jay defends ChuckE against the hypocritical (and anonymous) critics...

That is an outstanding picture!    Way to land the monster and big props to SBD for taking a terrific picture.

I bet Hobie was pretty bummed that you were riding the competition.

Michael

Haha! Somebody at work asked me if I saw the photo of a guy in a kayak with a huge sturgeon. And I was like Will Farrel in Elf:  “I KNOW HIM!!!”
Solid work by chuckE and SBD.

And I was like Will Farrel in Elf:  “I KNOW HIM!!!”

     Great scene, thanks for laugh PK.

Michael

For every great pic I have had the privledge of snapping for ChuckE, he has ALWAYS returned the favor.  We always seem to have our best days when we fish together.  We'd share how emotional we can get over THE fish, but its just too private/embarrassing