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Underwater video of fishing

This video was taken near Long Rock off of Crescent City, CA. We were fishing from our Klamath 16 Explorer in August 2017. We attached a Crosstour Action camera to our line, about 10 feet up from our Big Hammer … Continue reading

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Otters

This is a great video of a family of otters in a tide pool near the Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City, CA. We stumbled on these otters while touring the lighthouse.

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Crabbing in Crescent City

This is from the summer of 2018 off of North Beach near Crescent City, CA in 30-35 feet of water. We attached a $30 crosstour action camera to the main line attached to the crab ring looking down. For bait, … Continue reading

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Yellowfin fishing near Hurricane Bank

Billy Santiago gaffs small yellowfin tuna caught by Captain Steve.

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Catching salmon while mooching off Crescent City

Fishing for king salmon off of Crescent City, CA from our 14 foot Livingston.  After catching one trolling, continued trolling for 3 hours without a bite.  Due to the warm water conditions and seeing fish deep on the sonar we … Continue reading

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How NOT to catch a salmon!

Accidentally breaking a rod while catching a salmon can be rather interesting.  Off Crescent City, CA mooching for King Salmon.  Warm water conditions put the salmon down deep so we had to mooch.

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Captain Steve shows off variety of Crescent City fishing

Crescent City offers great fishing with equally great variety.  Over the course of a couple of days we caught halibut, salmon, and a number of different types of rock fish. Typical Crescent City King Salmon caught trolling a few miles … Continue reading

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Crescent City Pacific Halibut

Uncle Joe gets lucky fishing on board the John Galt off Crescent City, CA and bags a pacific halibut.  Caught on a 6” Big Hammer swim bait. Captain Steve (aka the Grumpy Fisherman) poses with the halibut that he netted … Continue reading

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DIY Kayak Stability Device

Ever fall out of your kayak and get dragged halfway to nowhere when trying to land the fish of a lifetime?  Then worry no more, with Grandpa Grumpy Fish’s DIY Kayak Stability Device (“KSD” for short, patent pending), you’ll stay … Continue reading

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DIY Mobile Kayak Storage

A cart/mounts to store kayaks on and easily move them around when needed.

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