Merry Christmas from Gilbert, Danielle, and Silas Cash.

Uncle Cory came over and took pictures for our first family Christmas card. The first one is the one we used. The second is just adorable! :)

Silas loves to Sing.

Allergic Reactions!!!!!!

The last twelve years are all making sense now. Found out why I feel like poo all the time. Had an allergy test for food and inhalants. And most recently, bees. MSG is next, followed by cosmetics, stuff like shampoo, soap, etc. The good news is that out of the 88 foods I was tested for, I only tested positive for 80. And out of the 30 something inhalants, I tested positive for all except two. The nurses said it was the worst they'd ever seen. They also said that a reaction would show to be the size of a mosquito bite. But as you can see, I had some the size of silver dollars. So, I guess I just need to live in a bubble. I need to go on a special diet in a couple of weeks to eliminate some of the food I'm allergic to. I start getting allergy shots in March for inhalants and bees. Pray that the shots will work. I am allergic to so many things that my body might not take it. Until then, I have to carry an epi-pen everywhere I go. Great!

Last Tournament - Mission Bay, San Diego

Well, it was the last tournament at Mission Bay. The weather was horrible like usual, 55 degrees, rain and water temperatures in the 60's. I managed to catch a handful of bass, but of course like usual, they were either a quarter inch or a half inch too short. Only had one fish in my live well at the end of the tournament. It's funny how the person next to you always catches the bigger fish, when they are in the same spot using the same thing. But this tournament season comes to a close, here are some pictures from my pre-fishing Mission Bay and Tournament Day. God knows what he has planned for me for next year, don't know if I'll fish with Okuma guys or just fish on another team. Whatever happens, it will be fun.

Here's a halibut I caught on the troll.

Here is a barracuda, also caught on the troll with a fire tiger Berkley Frenzy.

This is a sculpin I caught on tournament day on a drop shot rig with a jerk shad. It was the biggest sculpin I have ever caught, but of course, it didn't count for anything. It seems like I catch everything but bass on tournament day.

New pictures from Newport tourmanent.

This is my boat the Green Marauder. There were so many boats there it is a race to get to your spot. There was 110 people on the water, but only ten fish caught. It was the worst day at newport I ever had. But it's always fun to be in the heat of the competition. Mission Bay is next. It will be the last tournament of the year.

This is my buddies Joe's boat. It is the orange one.

Silverwood stryper part 2

Decided to fish Silverwood Friday morning, November 2nd. Took Christian, and Hondo with me. Got to the lake a little after six, the sun was just coming up. The prior week we had Nick with us and at the end of our fishing day Nick had two, Christian had one and Hondo had one fish, so the trash talk began. I would just like to say that I taught Nick Kingman all he needs to know about fishing. And though I lost by 1 fish the prior weekend, I challenged them to a fish off today. Nick never showed up, Hondo caught one, and all Christian caught was the pleasure of watching me reel up my three fish. Better luck next time boys. The teacher always wins.

Here is a picture of Christian asking God to bless him with a fish. God did not hear his prayers that day.


Christian looking at me and Hondo's fish. He saw the camera come out and he ran away. But I still got the picture!

I always have a good time fishing with my guys. We love to trash talk. But I love them all so very much. Thanks guys for the great tme, we'll do it again soon.

Another day at Newport.

You catch a lot of strange things in the ocean. On this day it was an octopus, a bat ray, and a bad headache.
Me trying to knock the octopus off my yak.

Well it goes down like this... the tournament was postponed till November 10 because of the fires, but I still got out on the water to do some pre fishing. Met up with my buddy Joe at 3:30 am and was on the water by 6:00 am. Right away I had 4 sand bass. That day was so weird, I got sick halfway through the day. Caught a bat ray that almost capsized me, luckily it broke off, but the best part was the octupus that fell for a plastic swimbait. I tried to knock him off with my paddle but he stuck to my boat and crawled to the bottom of the boat. Pretty scary... good thing it finally came off. Well, with all the stuff going on with tournament fishing I'm thinking about leaving Okuma and trying to go after other sponsors with Joe to start our own team next year. It's been fun with those guys but I think it might be time to move on. Keep it in prayer.