This is Kuwata's house, sucka!

Steve and I went up to Kuwata's place to fish out on the lake he lives by. It was ridiculous, it was like a fishing show. Together we probably caught about 35-40 bass ranging from the very small to the very large. Caught a couple pickerel, and even the sunnies were like piranas today, getting caught on lures almost as big as them. Overall it was a great time. The weather held up until we left, the fishing was fast and furious, and I got to hang out with the guys outside of work. After a summer of salt water fishing doing some fresh water was a nice switch.

BAM! I started off drawing first blood!

But Steve had to show me up with a MONSTER BASS! 

Caught me a couple little brothers of Steve's fish.

Kuwata caught a bunch of fish too, but every time I tried to snap a pic the fish was already back in the water. The dude is too fast!

Could have used him as bait.

Obviously this fish I caught is much bigger than the one Steve caught. Just compare their sizes. (Kuwata included in image as scale reference ;-) )
All fish caught were released and swam off to be caught by his kids at a later date.

And someone asked me what types of lures I use when I go salt water fishing. This is my current arsenal. I really only use like five of these. But aren't they pretty?

Fishing

These are a couple of pics from last week when I went out fishing with Steve and Kuwata at the reef in CT. Got there EARLY, 4am!! Saw the sun rise but did not see any fish. On the walk back saw this crazy jelly fish. I thought these guys only lived in the tropics.



Here's a video of the jelly fish:

the jungle

Jane is rearranging the apartment and it was time to move the vine I've been growing over the last three years. Take a look at the size of the pot in relation to the amount of vine material. Crazy! The vines were getting so long it was making the plant unhealthy, so, I'll be chopping it up into bits this week and starting a new.

My first striper!

Went to Rhode Island for a weeks vacation. Did a bit of fishing and caught my first, and second, striper. The second one was a keeper and so I took that bad boy home and carved him up good. Tasty! Here are some pics.

4th of July in Cabot, VT

First here is a totally unrelated pic I took the other night. The phoenix vs. the mantis!

Now here are the Vermont pics. Had a great weekend heading up to visit with Jane's parents and bro. We stayed at Injun Joe's cottages (yes, that's really the name, evidence is below). I should say we slept at the cottages, we spent most of our time around their house, on the lake or at the site of Jules' future house. Had a great time with Matt and Alex. Unfortunately Aaron and Amy couldn't make it. Maybe next time.

Our little home away from home.

Matt was ready to eat this guy right then! But he forgot his spices.


Jane was happy to finally RELAX!!!!
Jules chillin' by the dock.

Jane and I at a very special place.

Man, I love this chick. She's so cool.

Watched the fireworks over the lake. Those are islands in the mid-ground. You'll see one of them again later.

Went fishing at 5:30am. Took the kayak out just as the fog came in. Did you ever read The Mist by Stephen King? Well, I did, and this freaked me out! It was so thick at one point I couldn't see the shore and only knew which way i was headed because I could hear the birds in the trees. Spooky!
This is one of those islands.

The puppies. Lola, Ollie and Vader. Can you guess which one is special? And by special I mean retarded.



That's it for now. 

Trying out my new waders and boots

You know you're a dedicated fisherman when you spend your hard earned dough on some waders! Went fishing with Steve at Pennfield Reef Friday after work. Stayed late, and once high tide had gone out we walked out about 1/2 a mile over the reef into the ocean. CRAZY! Steve caught a couple blue's and a nice stripper, I only caught this one blue. But as long as I caught something I'm happy.

Camping at the lake on top of the world

Aaron, Adam, Amy and I went camping for the weekend. Here are a few pics. Not many as I was relaxing. It was a good ol' time!