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Merry Christmas to you too Vinny… And everyone else…
Butch

You too Bill.. Maybe I’ll re-learn how to fish after the New Year..
Butch

Carpkiller wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:25 pm And like Butch, I use pill bottles for a daily ration...

I knew you were a smart man. ...

foulhook wrote: Sat Dec 27, 2025 5:54 am Is there away to fix dried up gulp baits?

Drop them in some Gulp juice?
Butch

You can purchase a Gulp pint tub (has big baits) for storage and a Gulp jar (has tiny baits) for fishing use, they last forever and won't leak. I have some Gulp screw top tubs that are like 10-20 years old.

Any bag that gets old, or leaks, the baits go straight into the tub for a soak. I ...

Very respectable perch.. And you beat the storm….
Butch

Way to go on getting your 1st… For a while my fishing buddies were calling me the Smelt King… Everywhere I fished I would catch them.. Got so I hated those things.. They can beat the skunk, and fight pretty good, but are stinky, slimy and seemed to swallow the hook thru that dinky mouth they have ...

This was my 1st car... The trunk was large enough to get 3 large guys into the drive-in or Lions Drag Strip...
Butch

A little bit of carbon monoxide in the trunk from a leaky exhaust never hurt anyone, right? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?


We were never accused of being too smart. ;) …. We did survive our idiocy though.. Even if my accomplices did not live long lives.. 3 of the 4 passed many years ...

Nice bass Vinny… Nothing much worthwhile this year for me….
Butch

Nice to get out with your son.. Also cool to “see” the structure… I only fish those beaches in the late spring (Memorial Day weekend), and usually find some decent structure… Maybe the spring storms sculpt the beach more than the early season storms..
Butch

Congrats on the 1st bone fish….
Butch

Nice SBB…. Congrats on the PB….
Butch

Perch killer wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:43 am Good for halibut bait !

Or leopard shark...
Butch

Nice.. These cool, crisp mornings are really beautiful, if a little cold…
Butch

Great report, pics and fish….
Butch

Sounds like a pretty good day.. Glad you were able to get those Mamas back in the water.. Those babies may wind up being your future 16”-17” drag pullers….
Butch

Pretty pics and nice calico….
Butch

Nice perch... There are fish that'll eat about any size bait.. Those perch look to have the breeding colors.. I wonder if those are territorial attacks on the LC?
Butch

Sounds like a fantastic day.. Thanks for the report…
Butch

I wasn't gonna post this, because of the louse fishing, but I do enjoy reading your reports, so, fair is fair... Met up with my buddy of 65 years at Bolsa Chica for some much needed beach time at about 6AM... Tide was falling like a rock, but the weather and conditions were great..I used freeze ...