Salmon Fishing in Bodega Bay

Anglers are out trolling for salmon in Bodega Bay.  I counted thirty three fishing boats at 8:00 p.m. A fellow beach walking friend told me that he and his wife counted over seventy (70) fishing boats off Bodega Head on Sunday!

Doran Beach, Bodega Bay

I'm not a fisherman (fisherwoman?) but the USAfishing website appears to be a reliable source for up to date fishing information from Alaska all the way down to Baja (two of my favorite places).

Doran Beach, Bodega Bay

According to the USAfishing website: "The salmon bite is still hit and miss with some private boats whacking 3 or 4 quick limits and others struggling to find a fish per rod." 

Doran Beach, Bodega Bay

Our Bodega Bay mornings have been warm and calm with winds picking up in the early afternoon continuing into early evening then settling down by nightfall. Not much fog here in Bodega Bay and the moon is waxing Gibbous at 63% of full. We'll have a full moon on July 3rd. These windless mornings have my friend Tom out and about with his cameras . . .

Fog lifting in Tomales Bay ~ Tom Reynolds, photographer

  
Come visit our fabulous, fun, Bodega Bay Farmers Market (featured in Michelle Anna Jordon's column in the Press Democrat) every Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Bodega Bay Community Center!!

Bringin' home the greens . . .

Make it a beautiful stay in Bodega Bay! 


xxoo

Sounds of Hope . . .

Asante Children's Choir is back in Sonoma County! They will be singing and performing at the Bodega Bay Church on Bay View Street in Bodega Bay, this Sunday, November 20th at 10:00 am.  Don't miss this opportunity to watch and listen to this amazing group of children from East Africa. Make a day of it, come out to watch Asante and then out to Bodega Head for whale watching!

  

 

From their Facebook page:

Music genre:  African/Christian/Cultural/Rap Hometown: East Africa

Biography

The East African region has overcome incredible challenges to be where it is today. Now 24 children are traveling the world telling this story.The Asante Children’s choir is made up 24 very talented children ages 9-12 . Most of the children in the choir are orphans. Some come from homes devastated by HIV/AIDS. The choir presentations are a great source of healing and encouragement for the children. The children perform in churches, schools, and other public places raising awareness about the issues that Africa faces today and giving thanks for the great steps that have been made.

Current Location

East Africa

Website	http://asantechoir.org

 

Asante Children's choir at Doran Beach 2010 ~ photos by Darris Nelson

Pastor Pat with Asante children

Enjoy the music, the energy, the beauty of hope and love . . . come to Bodega Bay Church on Sunday, November 20th and celebrate life with the Asante Children's Choir!

Click here to get directions to Bodega Bay Church 

xxoo

Our Beautiful Bodega Bay . . .

Kick butt kite-boarder . . .

This guy was so much fun to watch! He went all-out - flying down the beach faster than I could shoot! He was obviously having a blast as evidenced by his hootin' and hollerin' . . . I should've shot a video but I got so caught-up in watching him I was just enjoying the moment and not thinking about much else. . .
 

Great informational messages about alternatives to plastic and rethinking plastic waste . . .

 

 

No More Plastic!

 

 

Beach trash ~

Beach trash ~ cheap plastic toy & bait container . . .

The Nurdle hurdle . . .

Plastic 'Nurdles' ~ photo credit: onemoregeneration.org

What's a Nurdle?

by Charles Moore, Founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, onboard the Esperanza

Plastic is now everywhere. When locating plastics anywhere in the environment, scientists have little difficulty fulfilling the age-old saying, "Seek, and ye shall find."

But where do plastics come from? Most plastics are made from the natural gas portion of our petroleum resources. The gasses, like ethylene, are purified and turned into plastic by the use of polymer catalysts, which link ethylene molecules together to make polyethylene. Polyethylene plastics make water bottles, clothing fabric, and Tupperware as well as thousands of other products. So how does the polymer get to the processor who makes the goods for the consumer. The answer is “nurdles.” Over 250 billion pounds of nurdles are shipped around the world to plastic processing factories every year. Nurdles are plastic resin pellets that represent the most economical way to ship large quantities of a solid material, that is, in a pelletized form.

The pellets come in rail tank cars, and at 20-25,000 per pound, there are about a billion of them in each tanker. So many have escaped over the last half century during the transfer from rail car to factory by vacuum hoses, washing during rainstorms from rail sidings to the sea, that nurdles now represent about 10% of the litter counted on beaches worldwide.

In surface trawls for plastic particles aboard the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza, nurdles have been found in every trawl. The plastic industry itself is the biggest single source of plastic particles in the environment.

 More beach trash ~

Kite boarder at sunset . . .

Bodega Bay International Film Festival . . .

Thank you to Kathlene at Bodega Bay Life for posting a press release about the upcoming Bodega Bay Film Festival. 

The Festival will be held at the Bodega Marine Lab over Memorial Day weekend, May 28th and 29th. Tickets start at $20 and there are only 100 seats per screening so don't hesitate to order as I'm sure they'll sell out fast. The films will be presented in High Definition, fully digital format. I'll be posting a review of our experience.

I've hiked Bodega Head more times than I can remember and have always wished I could walk Horseshoe Cove. Horseshoe Cove is a marine sanctuary and research area for the Bodega Marine Laboratory. UC Davis Bodega Marine Reserve's 362 acres surrounds the research and educational facility know as the Bodega Marine Laboratory.

Click here for Bodega Marine Laboratory Web Cam

If you want a beautiful hike with panoramic ocean views and superior whale watching opportunities, head to Bodega Head. You can hike from the Head to the Bodega Marine Lab and take a tour on Friday's from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information call (707) 875-2211.