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07/30/2008: "I'm Goin' Fishin' ..."

It always happens.

I have all winter to get myself prepared for the next SoCal marlin season. Plenty of time to rebuild tackle, rig lures, research new products, whatever. And yet, when I get the call for that first trip of the new season, I'm never ready. I still have line to wind onto reels, tackle to prepare, and a bunch of new toys I wanted to get but never got around to ordering.

The worst part, of course, is that I'm something of a lure whore. People seem to think I'm some kind of a player in the SoCal marlin game, so pretty much every week I get a box of samples from some lure manufacturer or another. Most I've never heard of, but occasionally it's from Roddy or Bart or one of the other primo lure makers. That's always a good day, but no matter who made them, they all get a fair trial. But that means I have to figure out which ones in this stack to take with me - and these are just the ones I rigged this month. I still have a whole bin to rig ...

But I don't care, because I'm goin' fishin' ... see you Monday!