DaParson's Fishing Adventures

I know this is a fishing blog - and I did find this recipe on 2coolfishing.com - but after making this for several people - they all have wanted the recipe - so here it is. Sopaipilla cheesecake Ingredients: 2 rolls of pillsbury crescent rolls (room temp) 2 (8oz) pkg. cream cheese (room temp) 1 c. sugar tsp. vanilla 1 stick butter (melted) sugar and cinnamon Spray or grease 9 x 12 inch pan. Spread one can of crescent rolls in pan. Blend cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla together. Spread over crescents. Top with other can of crescents. Pour melted butter over top. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake @ 350* for 30 minutes.

Here is a video that describes how we make our leaders for bottom fishing for big fish at the Jetties.

It was a blustery windy day early Wednesday when we arrived at the North Jetty. The water was about 67-68 degrees - it had warmed after the Strong Norther we had during Easter. The wind was more from the West - pehaps West North West at about 15 when we arrived. It settled down to just a whisper later in the morning. We ventured out to the end of the North Jetty and found a strong outgoing tide. Even though it is really early for a balloon line, I set one out with a shad dangling temptingly underneath it at about 6 foot. It had not takers for the hour or so it was out. We fished crab and cut shad on the bottom with limited success, so we shifted to the outside of the North Jetty - close to Shrimp Boat - trying to see if we could catch some whiting or sand trout for cut bait. We only had hard heads on the smaller lines with dead shrimp. We then shifted back out to the inside of the Jetty to a bit more shallower depth and again found limited success on both the crab and shad. Later...