A&E

Forgiveness

October has to be the best month of the year. The low angle of the sun makes for comfortable radiant warmth and beautiful sunrises and sets. In addition, the fish and wildlife seem to sense that winter is coming and they tend to be very active, feeding at these polar times of the day.

The change of the seasons and your skin

Voters will be asked to pass judgement on 10 state propositions this November that range from funding eduction, to abolishing the death penalty to labeling food.

It’s time to plant!

For the last 20 or so years I have visited the Lower Klamath River as regularly as the salmon themselves. Each fall, during the month of September, I would take the boat and the camper up to a crowded campground. Bathrooms were typically less than clean and invariably there would be the raucous party right next door. I would launch the boat in the dark along with 50 or more other boats and make my way up stream while waiting in lineups to fish along the way. The scar of both tribal commercial and subsistence netting was visible the entire way. Several years back my wife declined to accompany me citing these and other detractions.

Educating parents key to healthier food choices for young athletes

Albacore Tuna fanatics are really chomping at the bit right now. It is that time of year when warm, blue, 58.5 degree water comes in close enough for sport boats to target these great eating fish. Typically anything inside of 50 miles is considered close but when the water gets into seven miles off of Carmel like it did last weekend, then there is some serious access for most boaters. Scores of five to 15 tuna per rod were reported with fish to 35 pounds. Wow! These fish really put up a great fight and, as already mentioned, are tremendous table fair.