Alright alright alright. A lot of you already know who I am, but for those who don't, I've been on the Fishing Stage since August of 2019. I was born and raised in northern Indiana in the woods and corn fields just outside of South Bend. Yes I am a Irish football fan. Left there in 1968 to join the Navy and I've never been back except for short visits. Mrs Spirit and I settled in San Diego in 1976 and I retired from the Navy a Chief Electronics Technician in 1989. Took a job with Hewlett Packard in 1998 and we moved to central California and here we be. I retired for good from that job last year in September. I have fished all over California, fresh and salt. I get over to the coast about a half dozen or so times a year to fish for surf perch and eat oysters on Tomales Bay. I do not fish for bass unless I go with a bass fisherman. I target trout almost exclusively. I used to do a lot of fishing for catfish. I have not caught a trout since December of 2019. I'm familiar with most of the lakes in the Sacramento area and the mountains to our west and east. If you want information on any if these, give me a buzz.