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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