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Travelling to Whitstable

December 15th, 2011 · No Comments

Whitstable is on the north coast of Kent, and near to Canterbury.It encourages a great tour leaving the nearby community but also has sufficiently to entertain the visitor to have a weekend. Whitstable is recognized for its seafood; of course if you plan involve going on a saturday and sunday long visit around Whitstable, you [...]

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Tags: Fishing · Sailing · Vacation & Travel

Irvine Lake big-fish explosion topped by massive 20-4 rainbow, biggest of the season so far

January 19th, 2011 · No Comments

Here's this week's Irvine Lake fishing report, written by veteran angler Steve Carson: The action on big trout exploded this week at Irvine Lake, reported Jimmy Getty at the Pro Shop. "We had a monster 20-4 rainbow weighed in; it’s our biggest trout of the season so far,"  Getty enthused. "It was caught at Boat [...]

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Tags: Fishing · Sports

Irvine Lake at max water level; first stocking of 14- to 20-pound trophy rainbows go in

January 12th, 2011 · No Comments

Here’s this week’s Irvine Lake fishing report, written by veteran angler Steve Carson: The water level at Irvine Lake is still as full as it can get, reported Jimmy Getty at the Pro Shop. “The spillway is still trickling over, but will run strongly again anytime it rains.” observed Getty. “Expect the water level to [...]

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Tags: Fishing · Sports · Vacation & Travel

Trout plants for Southern California and Eastern Sierra

December 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Barring adverse weather, water or road conditions, the following is a list of Southern California and Eastern Sierra waters, listed by county, that will be stocked with rainbow trout throughout the week of Dec. 27 by the Department of Fish and Game: VENTURA: None. SANTA BARBARA: None. ORANGE: Centennial Regional Park lake, Laguna Lake, Mile [...]

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Tags: Fishing · Sports

Salmon Need Our Help

October 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Although salmon are remarkably adaptive, they still are not able to overcome the strains mankind has put upon them. Non-sustainable fishing practices and loss of spawning habitat have both contributed to steep declines within the salmon population – so much so that the commercial salmon fishing industry in California and Oregon were forced to cancel [...]

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Tags: Fishing · Our Environment

Chris Lane Lands Bassmaster Southern Open

January 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Although his final day got off to a bad start even before he got to the lake, Chris Lane hooked 41lbs, 2oz over 3 days to win his second BASS tournament on Lake Okeechobee this week. Seems his brother and fellow competitor, Bobby Lane, backed his boat trailer into Chris’ truck nearly ripping the driver’s [...]

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Virtual Fishing

February 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Natsume has announced that their Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream is set to launch for the Wii in May. According to their website: Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream offers beautiful, picturesque fishing locales, from calm, tranquil lakes to the beaches of tropical paradises. You’ll feel like you’re really in nature as you listen to the gentle lapping [...]

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Fishing for Salmon from a Sea Kayak in Alaska

September 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Alaska’s Inside Passage is cold and nutrient rich, providing a terrific habitat for salmon. Exploring by sea kayak leaves little room for rods and reels so why not try using a hand line? Perfect for the small storage areas of a sea kayak, hand lines aren’t delicate and take up little room. Unlike rods and [...]

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Tags: Fishing · Vacation & Travel

Rare Albino Catfish Caught

September 19th, 2008 · No Comments

We recently told you about the rare albino dolphin spotted off the coast of Southern California, now we found a story about a rare albino catfish caught by a guy up in New York! According to The Times Herald Record, Dale Gillis of Middletown reeled in the rarely seen fish which was completely white with [...]

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Toy Rod Lands Record Catch

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

File this under the ‘you gotta be kidding me’ column… A 3 yr old girl in North Carolina asked her grandfather to hold her Barbie fishing pole so she could go to the bathroom… in the few minutes she was gone he landed a state record breaking, 21 lb channel catfish on the toy rod! [...]

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