Tom's Big Fish

Well, Tom had a good day after we got back from Rodman Slough. He caught a 7.12 lb. on a minnow at the dock. !! Here's the proof.

The weather was great today around 60 deg and no wind which was pleasant for a change.

This is a nice fish and hope you enjoy seeing it as much as Tom enjoyed catching it. It is his biggest fish ever.





She was pretty, but he had to let her go!!

Think he's smiling enough. Big belly and guess she is full of eggs just waiting for the water to get warm. So far it's still in the low 50's so not good enough.

Well, that's it folks. Our camera had a dead battery earlier today so didn't get any pictures. We had a decent day with 11 fish for us and not sure but think Tom had about 4 or 5.

See you down the road. We leave here tomorrow.

Sandy

Fish Fry and Fishing

Well hello again everyone. It's Sunday March 30 and the fishing has been good the last few days. Here are a couple of fish that Terry got today up in Rodman Slough. He took Tom with him today since it was still too cold for me.

Tom also caught fish and in fact it was the most fish he has caught in one day on artificial lures. Here are a couple of his fish. In fact he lost the big one on the first try but got it back. Of course, he lost his "Beaver lure", when he lost it the first time so he tied another

one on and as you can see, he actually got them both back when he caught the fish below!! How fun is that!!

Here is a picture of Tom and Janice at the fish fry we had last night. We had 5 fish that Terry caught and that made 14 fillets which was plenty with hushpuppies, slaw, and potatoes with Butter cake and chocolate frosting for dessert!! Yum, yum.

Janice and Tom live in Washington and hopefully we will visit them in May when we go over there from Idaho at the end of the big fishing tournament in Coeur d'Alene.

Jim and Carol Day below caught several fish today as well, in the same slough where Terry and Tom were fishing. It was at the north end of Clearlake which was about 10 miles across water. The wind was blowing sooo bad when they finished, Terry called and Janice and I trailered the two boat trailers up to Lakeport to pick them up. That saved them a lot of bouncing on the way back to camp.

This was the fish fry last night and the weather was actually pretty good. It was lots of fun and we won't forget it or our friends.

Cheers were had by all. Terry's had enough photos on this site, so it was my turn to be in the picture!!

Hope you all enjoy our trip. We leave here on Tuesday heading north!!

Sandy

Clearlake Fishing and Scenery

Hello everyone from cold Clearlake.

Terry and Jim have resorted to minnow fishing in the bay where we are staying. This picture was taken on Wednesday afternoon. They didn't have a bite.

Yesterday Terry, Jim and Carol went out early and got 6 fish and then I went out with Terry around 10 am. I took this picture from where we were fishing around Long Tuley Point looking toward the town of Nice, CA. It was cold again around 50 deg and the water temp was 54 deg so the fishing was slooow.

The next picture is of the dock at our campground and trailer parking area. The red covered boat belongs to Jim and Carol who live in Crooked River. We have been down here together 3 different years now. They are also members of the same bass club we belong to in Central Oregon.

The weather is cold and cloudy as you can see from the picture, so I decided not to go fishing today. It feels pretty nice just sitting in the MH and reading, blogging, etc.

Terry went out this morning to the Soda Bay Hot Spring Island at the head of our bay here and minnow fished. This is one of the fish he brought in which weighed 4.8 lbs.

We are trying to have a fish fry tomorrow night so wanted some more fish. But since he caught 6 fish and 4 were pretty big, we decided to throw the 4 big ones back to spawn and kept the two smaller males.

We were hoping to catch crappie to eat, but it has been very slow for that bite as well. This is one of the fish that was in the sink below at the fish cleaning station here at the campground.

Well, he and Tom (another friend we have met from Washington) are out fishing again this afternoon and hopefully they will get some more small bass or crappie for the fish fry tomorrow night.

Hope you enjoy our pictures and will post more later.

Sandy

Can you tell he is a happy camper!!

Clearlake

Hello everyone, We are still here and fishing but the fishing hasn't been too good. Just two fist each of the last two days. I decided to lay off today and do some house chores, laundry, cooking , etc. Terry and our friends Jim and Carol Day are out fishing and hopefully will have some luck today. We are shooting for a fish fry on Friday night but right now we don't have any fish to fry!!

I'm not soo excited about driving up to Sunriver since the weather is still snowy and cold, but that is our plans and we need to get all of our doctor, dentist, hair cuts, etc. taken care of, plus taking care of the coach service stuff. I think we are going to get the coach front painted since it is looking a bit shabby.

Well, that's it from Clearlake today and hopefully will have some pictures to post. Here's a picture from the Sonoma Valley trip we took a couple of weeks ago.

Well I could of smiled since we were having a great day. This was outside of Rodney Strong winery one of our favorite wines.

Hope you all have a great day. Sandy and Terry

Clearlake Fishing

Hello Everyone. Well, we had a great Easter on the lake as you can see. We were actually fishing for crappie and Terry caught this 9.4 lb. bass on a 1/4 oz. Roadrunner. We were fishing around a marina dock and he said, "Oh, I think I have a bass!" Well, low and behold he did have a bass and it's the biggest one he has caught since we left Florida years ago. It was lots of fun and as you can see he had lots of fun, too.

He had another one last night fishing off of the dock and missed a couple this morning. We are getting ready to go out today so hopefully, we will get some more.

Well, we will keep you up to date.

We went out again today and I caught two fish on swim baits but the camera battery was dead so couldn't get a picture. We had a great view of the lake from where we were too, but couldn't get that either. Maybe tomorrow.

Sandy

Clearlake California

Hello everyone - It's cold here in Clearlake this morning and don't think I'll be fishing today unless it warms up a lot this pm.

This hawk was along Kelsey creek the other day while we were looking for fish. Kelsey creek is very clear and you can see the fish as you go up the creek. When we got up to the farthest most part that we could travel, we saw a large school of hitch (fish that bass like to eat) and right in the middle of the school is a big bass just tooling along with them. Then on the way out we heard the owl and then saw him fly to this tree. The sun was mostly in my way so couldn't get a really good shot of him in the tree and of course, while I had the camera out, he just sat there and didn't fly off.

It is a chilly 40 deg this am. Burrrrr. We are having sunny weather but cold. It was a whopping high yesterday of 58 deg so expecting about the same today. To say the least, I didn't go fishing out there in the wind and cold, but the fishing fanatic did. He had a couple of bass in the 4-5 lb. range.

We haven't tried crappie fishing yet, but hear it is very slow as well. The water temp is around the mid 50's to 57 right now so it beginning to warm up some so hopefully the fishing will improve before we leave here on the 31st.

Will try to get some pictures posted of the fishing soon. We only have pictures so for of an owl, a hawk, and a couple of ducks. There are lots of birds here and will get some other pictures later.

Well, until I have more to write I will go and feed the man.

Del Rio Texas

Lake Amistad, Del Rio, Texas pictures.

Windy Day at Lake Amistad TX

Lots of garage space with these houses - rv and boat.
Lots of space for rv (4) doors.

We went to Lake Amistad in Del Rio on the 2nd of February for three days. It was very interesting to see the houses there with their drive thru garages for their cars and boats. This has become a haven for bass fishermen. These are just some of the houses that we saw there.

Notice they built the rv garage first now they are working on the house!!

Nice bass etched in wall of rv garage.

drive thru garage (two right doors are both drive thru).

The houses have lake views. This lake is huge!! We only fished a small portion of it and did not venture into the Mexico waters since you need a Mexican license for that area. We went to the border station, but didn't go into Mexico since we didn't have our passports in the car at the moment.

Mexican border crossing at Lake Amistad.


We plan on going back there but not sure when. Maybe this fall sometime in between rallies and fishing tournaments.

See you around the corner some day!! Terry and Sandy

We ate at Byron Velvick's restaurant (mexican) and he was actually there taking care of business.

The campground was nothing to write home about, but it was adequate and they let you park you boat at the campsite which was nice. Some places don't allow you to park on the grass.

California Travels

Hello Friends and Family,

Casa Grande Potluck

We have had a great time so far in California. We started out from Stockton, TX, on February 6, with a rollin' Beaver rally. If you don't know what a "Beaver rally" is, it is a group of fellow travelers who own Beaver motorhomes. We traveled from Stockton to Las Cruces, NM, the first day which was approximately 300 miles.

Las Cruces Mountains

We stayed in Las Cruces two days and just did some sightseeing while in the area. Then we traveled to Casa Grande, AZ for one night and had a final potluck dinner with all our travel companions.

Gene and Terry in Casa Grande

From there we visited Tom and Barb at their spot in Surprise, AZ. We had a nice visit and dinner with them and some of their old friends.

We left there to go to the CAT Rally (Caterpillar) in Hemet, CA. We had a great time and did a tour of Cat's Solar Turbine Plant. We also had a day of golf and ate lots of great food. We were there for 5 days and then headed out in another rollin' rally to the Beaver Lead-In Rally in Chula Vista, CA (south of San Diego).

We visited the U.S.S. Midway which is docked in San Diego harbor. It was very interesting and we were there for 5 hours. Then we went to a great place on the harbor for dinner. We had a great time visiting with all our Beaver friends and the rally had lots of great entertainment.

We were at the FMCA in Pomona from the 22nd until the 29th.

We then headed to Paso Robles for three days to relax and enjoy Terry's birthday before heading up to the Delta for some fishing.

Terry yakking on the way to Hearst Castle.

View of the ocean (Morro Bay)

Winery with Beaver logo - we got wine glasses.

Paso Robles is inland from San Simeon about 30 miles and has about 170 wineries in the area so we decided to have a nice brunch at a French restaurant for Terry's birthday and then go to some wineries for tasting. We had a great time. The next day we went to Hearst Castle for the Experience Tour. (They have four tours you can take to different parts of the house). We toured the pool, guest house, and main residence. The place is spectacular.

Hearst Castle and Pool

Guest House

Morro Bay and Sunset on march 3rd.

Well, this is it so far and I will get more pictures while we are in Clearlake and post those later. Hope you enjoy this blog.

Terry, Sandy, Thunder and Puddles