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.

Pre-fishing Newport Harbor

Getting ready for the next tournament at Newport on October 27th. Been pre-fishing with the guys on the team. Here are some pictures of the week where I actually did fairly well. It rained cats and dogs in the morning, but I managed to land a few spotties and some sand bass. Hopefully I can get my limit for the tournament at a decent time. Weigh in is at 1:00.

Here is a nice spotted bay bass I caught on a spinner bait. Five of these on the 27th and I'll be in good shape.

The escape artist.

Had to break down the crib recently and readjust the height, so that the boogerface won't fall out. This picture is when he realizes that he's a lot lower to the ground. We need to keep him from escaping.

The goofy smirk.

Our son has been doing new things lately. This week is not the crawl or the giggle, it's this goofy smirk that we have caught on camera. It almost seems like he has a mouthful of sour patch kids.

Happy Halloween!

Silas the Sea Monster!

The boogerface is on the move!

Our baby boy started crawling last week. The chase has begun!

The fishing yak.

Just want to show you guys my kayak. I have been fishing the plastic navy tournament trail the next tournament is on the 15th in dana point. Wish me luck. Well my yak is 14ft long and is very fast on the water it has 8 pole holders and 2 scotty pole holders. It has a fish finder and a 4.7 gallon bait tank. This kayak has great storage. If you want to fish and catch a lot of fish and have very little money then this is the way to go. It's out of control!

What does it mean to be a fan?

Silas and his first game.


What does it mean to be a fan? The question is always on my mind. Well, a fan is always willing to do what most won't do. Such as... check the score on your phone even though it may cost you an arm and a leg, listen to the game on the radio when you have no reception, trying to make out what the announcer is saying over the static and mexican music. or watching pitch by pitch on the computer with just a stick man and a ten second delay. A true fan can only love one team and devote his sport life to it. He does this by wearing his teams colors (red). A true fan goes to the game not to socialize, but to work... mentally. Not to stuff himself with food and spend the whole time in a line or play with beach balls. A true fan does not do the wave because he knows that every play is so important. A true fan is always willing to admit when a player is not doing well. For instance, let's take Garett Anderson. Great player, but he is a lazy man! If you ever want to see a true walk to first, then watch Garett. A regular fan will say he is great because of a home run he saw on the ESPN news, but a true fan will bring out the worst. This is a psychological thing true fans do to connect with the players to get them motivated. It's like the FORCE in Star Wars. A true fan walks around with a headset during the season and brings that headset to the game. True fans will stay to the last minute, whether the score is 10 to 1 or 0 to 15. A true fan, if married, will have to sleep on the couch sometimes because of the things he chooses to put first. And last, you know you're a true fan when you have nothing left in you and it's the bottom of the tenth and you're on your knees on beer-infested ground with peanut shells imbedded in your skin begging God to give you that base hit so you can sleep well tonight. This is a true fan. One who invests his time not in stock or wealth, but in a team. That's why a true fan can say things like "WE won last night " or "WE have a game today". Putting themselves in the team because without fans there would not be a team. There would be no rally, there would be no true fans. Why do we do it? Well, why do people invest in stock? Why do people add to ther homes or go to school to be a doctor? They do this to invest. To invest in the future, so that one day they will look back on all that hard work and say, "It is finished". As a fan we to invest our time, our money, we take the risk of getting beat up at a Dodger game and trying to convert a Yankee fan. Yes we invest to see our team do it's best and when the game is over and the victory is won can you say "I AM A TRUE FAN".

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Albacore Fishing, Fisherman's Landing aboard the TRACER...

Our Silas

Our Silas is most beautiful! Thought you'd like to see!

The hot spot at Silverwood Lake

Ok here it is, the hot spot at silverwood lake only for my good friends. This is the map of the northeast end of the lake, the official spot is called the Rock Quarry. At this spot you could catch 15 to 20 fish a day. You will need 6lb test, size 4 hook and you will need to bait your hook with a 1/4 pece of anchovy you will need to fish this on a fly line with a slow drift in about 30 to 60 feet of water depending on the temp of the water. There are other key facts, but I wont give those up just yet. There's a back road at the dam to get to this spot. It's a rough drive, but it's well worth it.

Most fish are in the 2 to 3 lb range, a bait running rig is key to the catch.