Mooch....I love you Bro!

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Gonna miss you bro!

One of the many Lake Mendo trips, this was the first one after his diagnosis, i would have beed devastated, he was the same...
So here he is explaining to Juan\ Mako 1, his hand signal, as usual leaves us laughing in tears...

Its Mooch for, "What the f***k everrrrrrr"

The striper pole tent....

The 'Home made Lupia" chef...


Busted!!!

When I joined NCKA these are the guys who I learned how to fish from.

11/30/05 pigeon point

big rollers, no wind, no chop, ran wide open all day. launched out of hmb with joel
 

 

 
and ran straight to honey hole #1 at pescadero for a slow pick. had to move around alot to find fish, opted to head south, wound up off the lighthouse,
 

 
jeez, will ya look at that water! hey eli, thanks for the hat!
 
worked our way back and decided to try pescadero honey hole #2. it was loaded!!!!!!! if i would have gone from pescadero honey hole #1 straight to pescadero honey hole #2, we would have been done in an hour instead of 6. go figure.
 
so we ended up with a nice pair of rockfish limits, 2 underlings and one 33 inch keeper that i guesstimate at 12-14 pounds. bill, thanks for the swim baits! i was casting with your 7 inch light green swim bait and was picked up by a 16 inch ling cod. then my 33 incher grabbed on and hitchhiked all the way back to my kitchen sink! those 7 inch baits fit perfectly on doug mooney's 4 ounce shad heads.
 

 
it was a beautiful day on the water and a nice way to end ling cod season.

Joel lost his battle with cancer but it never took his spirit. He fought it to the very end. He never gave up and that gave him time to say good bye to all who loved him. A precious last gift from a man who gave so much to others.

Del Valle fish n chill, grubbin down, NCKA style

With Jim at the little red barn.

More Mooch....

There are many things which Joel left us to remember him. One of them is the "man dog". There were arguments in the past who came up with the name first but I think we can credit Joel with the name and the requirements to be considered a "man dog". I can only remember that the dog had to be much larger than the bun but Joel had other requirements. BTW, thanks for starting this Ben.

Scott

Mooch Strong for real

why are thee so many of these?