A month or so past, my 83 year old father in law came to California (from Phoenix, AZ) for a 2-week visit. During that time, he learned all about my fishing ventures and he went with me to the Ventura Pier one day to…
Category: Bristol rod, fishing, Grand Canyon, Kalamazoo Tackle Company, Lures, sportfishingTags: Bristol rod, fishing, Grand Canyon, Jitterbug lure, Kalamazoo Sportsman Reel, Phoenix
As I mentioned in my last Memory posting (Encanto Park) after I found a good job, bought a car, and could afford to travel, I began to fish in many of the lakes around and outside of the Phoenix area. Lake Pleasant was one…
Category: Canyon Lake, Carp, ENcanto Park, fishing, Perch, Roosevelt Lake, Saguaro LakeTags: Carp, Crappie, Perch, Phoenix, Striped Bass
When I moved from Phoenix, AZ to Santa Barbara, CA in 1979, Stearn’s Wharf was not open to the public. It was closed due to a huge fire that roared through it in 1973. It finally reopened in 1981 but by that time, the…
Category: Bait, Calico Bass, fishing, Goleta Pier, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf, Ventura PierTags: Calico Bass, fishing, Phoenix, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Ventura Pier
I was born in Flint, Michigan. It was there that my grandfather taught me how to fish, but when I was seven years old, my father decided to move the family to Phoenix, AZ. I don’t really know why because he fled the scene,…
Category: fishing, fishing pole, Grandpa DuffyTags: Bass, Carp, ENcanto Park, fishing, fishing pole, Pacific Ocean, Perch, Phoenix, Sunfish
