A picture of Jeanie and BJ Neff

[lara4228]

lol I don't do fb. What do ya like to fish for mostly?

[KennyMac]

Lara...Locally I fish the islands (Catalina, San Clemente, Santa Barbara, etc) for big Yellowtail, White Sea Bass, Halibut, and Calico Bass.
My biggest local Yellowtail is 47 lbs, my biggest White Sea Bass is 51 lbs, my biggest Halibut is 38 lbs, and my biggest Calico Bass is 12 lbs.

What I really like to do is whats called "Long Range" fishing for big Yellowfin Tuna.....what do I mean by Long Range?
Thats where I go on fishings trips for 10 to 14 days straight....we never get off the boat for those 2 weeks.
I catch the boat in San Diego.... (almost always the Shogun)...the boat is 92ft long, and 30ft wide and has airconditioned staterooms, a gourmet chef, full entertainment systems, a library, etc....it's kinda like a mini cruise ship for fishermen (and women).
One of my favorite places to fish at is Hurricane Bank (actually called Shimada SeaMount on marine maps).....it takes four straight days of travel just to get there, (1,000 miles southwest of San Diego, and outside of the Revillagejedos islands)...
It is one of the best places on on the planet to catch BIG Yellowfin Tuna....how big?....almost 400 lbs.
On one trip I caught 15 Yellowfin that were all over 185 lbs all the way up to 262 lbs....
I have film footage of me hooking and catching a 250 lb'r (and getting it to gaff) in 25 minutes....
And you have to realize that we don't use fighting chairs, and we dont use harnesses, and we don't back the boat down on the fish.
It's called "West Coast Stand-UP Fishing", and we have taken it to an art form in regards to catching big fish and getting them to gaff in a phenomenally short amount of time....I'll look around for one of the video's that we shot and send it to you....we shoot video every day during the trips, then edit them and add musical scores and credits....then at the end of the trip, every angler on the boat gets a complete video record of their trip (we make sure every single angler is on film).

Sorry for rambling, but I can talk fishing 35 hours a day 16 days a week....if you know what I mean.


and like Dizzy Dean said...."If you can do it...it ain't bragging".

[lineop3]

Here are a couple of pics. first pic is of me at my Annual work party, second one if my hubby and one of his catches and the third one if of my daughter's Grade 8 Graduation and then my 2 step children Barett and Taima, (and my 2 poochies)

You are beautiful my sister and you have a beautiful family.

Aisha

[liveandievarieties]

No kidding, I gotta admit- we're all a pretty damn good looking group!

[lara4228]

Aisha, thank you for that wonderful compliment. I take lots of pride in my family.

[lara4228]

No kidding, I gotta admit- we're all a pretty damn good looking group!

Wait a minute? You're not in my family?

[DoubleYou]

Now wait a minute, are you two related???

[lara4228]

I"ll let Chris answer that one ;)

[liveandievarieties]

Only our minds- and related may not be the correct terminology- perhaps "shared brain"

Lara and I chat on the phone regularly, we've found that even though nearly an entire continent separates us, we see things exactly the same, kinda freaky!

[lara4228]

Yes indeed Chris. You are right. 2 different bodies, 2 different countries. 2 different ***es. 1 mind. Amazing isn't it?

[KennyMac]

Finally got this new computer figured out, so now I can post pictures.....hopefully.

I think you will have to click on the pictures......

(On a side note....the picture of my tattoo's was taken 2 months before I broke my back).

[SuddenAdoration]

Wow... This thread is back, it was nice to go through it again.. Glad you got the computer problem worked out.

Karah

[liveandievarieties]

Huh, I thought I'd posted to this thread, must have been another. Here we are at Christmas:

[thecentcollector]

Good lookin family there Chris... I'd have a full shot of mine, but between a 2 year-old and a 4 year-old, it's hard to keep everyone in the same place at the same time, lol.

[liveandievarieties]

Thanks Andrew! You have no idea how tough- In getting this photo, we had pouts, tears, stone cold stares, took over a dozen tries. Finally I said "this is the last one!". Set the camera, raced over, tickled the girls just as the shutter opened and Poof! It was perfect- but not with out a ton of tries.