NoShitThereIWas 0 #1 October 11, 2003 So it is like THE MOST beautiful Saturday here in Northern California. Finally a weekend with a break and no midterm or huge project due the next day or two. I had been planning on jumping this weekend for the last 2 months since it has been that long since I've made a jump. OK here comes the whining ... So then on Wednesday my instructor mentions in lab der der der ... the Fish Sampling trip on Saturday ... I had to get up at 5:30 AM to Fish Sample in Geyserville for my Ichthyology class instead of skydiving. WIll I ever make it to the DZ? Fish sampling was pretty fun and we did catch some pretty neat fish but all work and no play makes Jen someone who needs to get to a Drop Zone and fast. Where is everyone going to be tomorrow? Maybe tomorrow I can finally get there (sigh)Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #2 October 12, 2003 Hey Jennie-O, Got any good fish stories??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #3 October 16, 2003 Well, I can tell you about my most recent trip ... So we go out on this adventure. We are in search of as many freshwater species of fish we can find ... Our Mission: Head up to wine country near Sonoma to the Russian River. Catch, sort, identify, count and re-release as many species as we could get our hands on. We had our net (huge) and our boat (that we all hiked down a huge hill and back up again). Just to give you an idea of how huge this net was, it required about 20 of us to pull it in. It was like a big hukilau. It was a little hairy when we realized on one attempt to bring in a catch that we caught two big boulders from the bottom substrate . Some of us had to get more wet than others and some of us had to do more work than others. All in all, our group of three brought home the biggest bacon. We cast our net and had the biggest payoff. Mostly we dragged in lots of Hardheads and Pike Minnow (at about 1:1), some Small Mouth Bass, some big ass Suckers, some freshwater crawdads ... It was a pretty fun trip over all. Next weekend will be better. We are taking out a R/V out of Moss Landing. We'll be dragging some huge nets, mostly Otter Trawls and Isaac's Kid Midwater Trawls at different depths. These are the coolest trips cause like Forest says, Life is like a box of chocolates ... you just never know what you are gonna get. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #4 October 16, 2003 QuoteOur Mission: Head up to wine country near Sonoma to the Russian River. Catch, sort, identify, count and re-release as many species as we could get our hands on. I can't imagine what y'all drank up there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
