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There are six excellent options for trout fishing just minutes from most of
southern The one thing in common for five of these six lakes is that you don’t need a state fishing license and there is a charge to fish in them. It is a nominal fee once you consider that the owners of the lakes have to: stock the fish, promote the lake, pay for staff, and keep up with all of the maintenance. Full Story |
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Welcome to Fish Taco Chronicles Shawn Arnold is publisher of the off beat outdoor quarterly magazine Fish Taco Chronicles. Shawn share's his fishing and traveling experiences that range from local Southern California spots to exotic locations such as Costa Rica and Mexico. Shawn's attitude is: "You might catch more fish than him - but you won't have more fun!" Shawn Blog :
Fish Taco Chronicles has a second package for only $15 that includes all of
the above PLUS a Fish Taco Chronicles T-Shirt,Coupons from Irvine Lake and Santa
Ana River Lakes, $1 Off Coupon from Hot Sauce,a $10 Gift Certificate from Big
Fish Tackle (minimum $15 order) and more. This is about a $75 Value for ONLY
$15. At this time FTC is also working with 5 or 6 other companies to add to the
packages. Finally--new Blog Stuff
October 5 Blog Pretty good eh?? the time between my last two prior blogs was more than a year--this one is less than a month. Lets face it--I don't have that much interesting to say but....I have had people email me about the last one. In the last blog I asked readers to give an opinion on my story in the Fall Fish Taco Chronicles about A Day In the Life. I had Brent White of Washington email me--and I must admit I thought it would be bad--as he started off with--About your story in the last Fish Taco about the Alaska captain. Well you asked for an opinion and opinions are like a-holes--everyone has one and most stink. Right about there I thought I was in trouble but Brent went on to say...." I thought your story was right on the mark. I know some charter guys in Alaska and no one realizes how hard they work and if there is a bad day fishing then all of a sudden they are bad captains. I read the last issue cover to cover with my son and he loves listening to me read to him about fishing" Well thank-you Brent!! Tomorrow morning bright and early there is the Albackore Surf Slam--which is a surf fishing tournament that Fish Taco Chronicles is a sponsor of. I have to be there (Huntington beach) at 5 am to put up my banner, get about 150 magazines available to participants and then go on the Ronnie Kovach radio show for about 3 minutes. Of those 3 minutes Ronnie usually talks for about 2 of them--which is probably a good thing. They have had two of these tournaments in the last year and each one had over 300 participants which is awesome for a surf fishing tournament. The first one was great fishing the second was windy with big swells and to put it bluntly--the fishing Sucked. Hopefully the wind will hold down on Saturday morning. If you are at the tourney look me up and say hi. I will be the real tired looking guy. This will be the first year in about 8 that I will not be going to the eastern sierra to fish in October. Major withdrawals. If you have a chance to go up there in October do it. The crowds are light, the colors in the leaves are beautiful and the fishing is usually good. Visit the Bishop Chamber of Commerce web site for info if you want to go up there and I will help in any way I can. Tight lines. Shawn September 6, 2007. More than a year later after my last blog--a new one. I know you all have been waiting for my revelations. Well first thing first--if you read the last blog about Africa you know about my wife's lost luggage. She did get it back a few months later with all the good electronics missing and the suitcase ripped to shreds. It would not have passed those old commercials with the gorilla throwing the luggage around. British Airways did send $1500 in compensation so we really don't have much room to complain. As for this summer--went to Alaska 2 times-once by my lonesome to fish, fish, fish and once with Linda to fish a little and be a tourist a lot. My trip solo to Sitka went great. Caught some nice Kings, a nice lingcod, big yelloweye but the halibut fishing was way slower than normal. Had to settle for small ones which tasted great on the Bar-b-que all summer long. I put a story in the latest print copy of Fish Taco Chronicles about my trip called A DAY IN THE LIFE. It was more about my buddy Mike Keating and his operation than about fishing. I hope people like it. If you read it please let me know your thoughts.Even if you thought it sucked..I am always open for constructive criticism. Well maybe not always open........ The trip with Linda was awsome as well. We went to Homer which I had never been to before. Great little city. Caught some nice halibut on a 1/2 day boat then came in and we took a 45 minute boat ride to a small village called Halibut Cove and had a gourmet dinner. They have one restraint in town and two art galleries. You arrive via boat at 6 and either have a 6-7:30 seating for dinner or a 7:30 to 9. The other hour and a half you can walk the village to the art galleries or just check out the beautiful scenery. The boat leaves around 9:15 pm and you get home about 10 as they stop and look for animals on the way in. When you get in at 10 or so you still have about 2-3 hours of light. crazy!! Went bear viewing at Brooks National Park--and it was awesome. After an hour float plane ride you land at Brooks National Park. Once there you get a 20 minute bear safety class and then you are on your own. Lots of bears all over the place and some were oh so close. Your heart beats a few beats faster walking around there. We saw people fishing in the river and the rule of thumb is if you have a salmon and a bear starts coming at you , let the fish go. Cut the line if you want. And if a bear gets within 50 yards it is time to pull up stakes and move.. This will be my dream trip in a few years. I wrote in the Fall FISH TACO CHRONICLES that I promised to do a better job with the bog--after a year that is not hard to do--I appreciate those that emailed me asking to update. Hope you enjoyed..more to come soon Questions?? Comments?? email me at sarnold@fishtacochronicles.com Website Hosting and Design by 976-TUNA.com Links
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Almost
as good as the awesome deals at the 976-TUNA booth is the great deal at the Fish
Taco Chronicles booth. The popular quarterly magazine is giving those paying $10
for a years subscription a $10 OFF Coupon on a 3/4 day boat at Dana Wharf. So if
you ever plan on fishing a 3/4 boat at Dana Wharf you get the coupon and
basically get the subscription for FREE. That is not all though. Your $10 also
gets you a package of Big Hammer Lures, a package of Power Bait Atomic Tubes
from Berkeley, a Fish Taco Chronicles Sticker, a package of Mustad Hooks or
Mustad Sabaki Rig, $2 Off coupon from Hesperia Lake, Free kids meal at
Chili's and a 10% any order from Big Blue Fisheries in Alaska. All for only $10.
