Fishing at Oxnard, CA!

So this is my 3rd attempt at fishing. I was so excited to go fish at a real natural spot rather at a man made lake. Plus, I had never caught a fish the real way. So Johnny and I took a road trip up Oxnard, which is about 2 hours up the coast from Downtown LA. Now look at the sweet stuff I caught.

This is the first thing I caught with my fishing line, not with a crab net. It was beautiful and I couldn't wait to eat it. And boy was it good.

I also caught some little dudes like this Flounder, which I threw back into the ocean.

Soon the Mackrel started to bite around 7pm.

They were coming in like crazy. All the men at the pier were hooting and hollering every time they got something. It felt great because I was one of the only girls there and I was reeling them in like a man. I caught more, and more, and more. On this line I got 4 Mackerels. I was soooo happy.

A homemade tackel from Johnny's box. Isn't it cute? We used dead fish as bait.

There was one guy who fished and the end of the pier and caught this shark. He didn't have a strong line, so he couldn't reel it in on his own. He had to tire the bastard out back to shore. It was at least 4 feet.

After our catch, we went to the lunch tables and started cooking our food right there. That is as fresh as it gets. I brought a hot pot, and Johnny brought the sauces. 

What we drank. 

Yum, green onions, soy sauce, and other ingredients.

The chef enjoying his creation. T'was a good day.

Unlucky Pleco

Happy Memorial Day Everybody! 

Thank you to all the war heros that fought for my country. I hope everybody had an awesome 3 day weekend!

I'm so happy I get a day off of work. Working full time sucks! To celebrate Memorial day, my friend and I went to a park near by and fished. I finally got some rechargeable batteries and put my good camera to use. Enjoy!

Preparing the rods. The fishes at this lake love them some white bread and tortillas.

I'm a professional when it comes to catching that green stuff (Algae?)

Wooo! Beginners luck! In my first cast, I caught this little pleco by accident, it was caught in between my line. The last time I fished, I woke up at 5 in the morning and fished till noon and caught NOTHING. While we were fish-less, these 7 year olds next to us barely came and caught like 7 right away! As you can tell I had a bad experience, but catching this buddy by accident made me feel real good about fishing.

The next 3 hours blew chunks. All we caught was more green stuff and a neck tan. Shouldn't have had my hopes up.  I swear the fishes in the lake were taunting me, I kept seeing them jump out of the water. 

Eventually, we called it quits and Johnny started being immature. 

Then there was this lady who looked like her dog...

...and a grown man flying this kite. Super cute.