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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Tag Archives: Fish
50 Pound White Seabass
Summertime means white seabass slayin’ fish taco time. A 50 pound whitey shot in the Pacific wilderness.
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Fish, Fishing, Freediving, Nature, Ocean, Skindiving, Spearfishing, White Seabass
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Trout
I came across this trout the other day in a thin trickle of a backcountry crick. I’d estimate him to be about to eight inches long. He was keenly keeping to the shadowed portion of a tiny pool and every … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara County
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Tagged Creeks, Fish, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Trout, Wilderness
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Great White Shark at Rincon
Spat out of the Santa Barbara Channel, a small Great White shark washed up on the backside of Rincon Point and Bates Beach in July.
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Beach, Fish, Great White, Ocean, Rincon, Santa Barbara Channel, Shark, Snapshots
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Backcountry View from Figueroa Mountain Peak
View from Figueroa Peak looking toward San Rafael Wilderness. (click to images to enlarge)
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