Time for shameless self promotion.
Yes. It's true. I won't deny it. I'm trying to figure out ways to earn a little extra cash... in light of my imminent lay off. Effective Dec. 27th. Sorry for that. But a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do.
Okay, here's the deal, as I indicated in an earlier post, I've been doing an inner city, intertidal foraging class for Forage SF. The first class went quite well--if you like turban snails, mussels, unidaria kelp, clingfish, and undersized cabezon. By which I mean to say, I was able to discuss enough things, and to procure enough creatures to make it a decent show and tell, and keep the paying customers happy.
In fact, I'm happy to say that a few folks from my first crew, have been checking in to the blog. Here's a comment from one of 'em, "Soolara," from 11/24.
"I was one of the naive few to benefit from your creative fiscal pursuits and must say you have won me over heart and soul - both to your good humor and incredible breadth of knowledge of all watery things but also to a far greater interest and understanding of what's going on in our bay and the sea life we consume..."
But even more importantly I came out of the last class with a new friend. Bill Heavy, a writer for Field and Stream, who's book: "If You Didn't Bring Jerky What Did I Just Eat?" Stands as one of the greatest (and funniest) tomes on the never ending struggle of man vs wilderness--or maybe just man vs himself!
Incredibly, Bill bagged these lunkers with the poke pole I gave him.
The class isn't really designed for the super hardcore SF Bay angler--my constituency--but at the same time, it's a pretty good way (if I say so myself) to get an overview of SF Bay fishing (history, species, regulations, native vs invasive, pollution, dangerous algal blooms etc) and coastal foraging. It's the perfect thing for someone who is just starting out, unfamiliar with the bay, or dabbling. I do not concern myself with catching anything other than resident benthic creatures. Turban snails, mussels, rock crabs, sea weeds, and one stop for MF eels (in a spot that no one in his right mind would ever eat one out of). It's not about that, anyway. It's mostly about me talking about the bay... what's edible what's not, what's in season, what's not, what's legal, what's not, etc. It also ends with a stroll through the wharf, where Lombard Of The Intertidal gives a (very) brief lecture about the history of fishing in SF Bay from indian times, to the present--with the commercial fishing fleet as a backdrop. Also paying particular attention to the idea of sustainability and where the different fish in your grocery store came from.
Right now I only have 5 sign ups for this month's class so I figured I'd promote it here and see if I can get a few more. Here, you can read all about at the Forage SF website.
That's all for today. Nothing happening yet in herring land. Although, like last year, anything i see will only be mentioned a week or two after I see it.
Kirk-out.
just saw a article in the new field and stream by bill heavey about you kirk.. pretty cool
Posted by: Dominic | 02/22/2012 at 06:01 PM