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Steve Boyes caught this striper on Oct. 24 out of the Ca. Aqueduct, using a Gitz'it tube jig. It was 36-1/2" long and weighed 18 pounds.

Posted by SteveBoyes - Mon Oct 27, 2008 15:00:30 PDT

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Chinook Salmon From LaPush, Washington

The picture is of the following: Caught by my son, Tom Ingram II Bakersfield, ca age 44 July, 2008 LaPush, Wa Chinook Salmon (King), 49 lbs 14 oz, 49 1/2 inches "Peanut Butter" hoochie with herring strip behind a...

Posted by thomassingram - Mon Oct 20, 2008 15:31:10 PDT

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Butterfly makes special landing

While at the Banducci pumpkin patch Friday with my 1-year-old grandson, Micah, a butterfly flew past and then landed right on his head! He was startled and I was lucky enough to get the shot!

Posted by Contributor - Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:44:03 PDT

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To Our Regulars

We would like to publicly thank all of our regulars [ and you know who you are ] for sticking with us thru thick and thin these past fifteen years and...

Posted by Italian - Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:14:46 PDT

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Trout fest

My son, Austin Fallas, and I hit the Kern River on Friday the 10th at Sandy Flat Campground. We caught these three trout on Rappala Countdown lures.

Posted by DJ14770 - Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:45:20 PDT

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Resurrecting the ghosts of New River

Local history

We know that the Kern River has made several dramatic shifts in alignment over the past century and a half. I will mention only two of those shifts because they are relevant to the tale I’d like to share. In 1861-62, flooding from...

Posted by Contributor - Wed Oct 8, 2008 12:49:54 PDT

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Halloween on 20th Street

The Cousins (Griffin, Mimi, Lily and Hannah) take a picture with our biggest pumpkin this year. We finally harvested it after 4 months of growth. Unfortunately, it did not break our scale but at 247 lbs she is a beauty! The...

Posted by AmyHurst1 - Mon Oct 6, 2008 13:32:33 PDT

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Fish photo

Cory Marshburn caught this 29 inch, 6 pound Steelhead on the Mackenzie River, Eugene, Oregon, in June. Caught on a light fly rod rigged for trout. It was a great battle. Celebrating with dad.

Posted by seedman77 - Mon Sep 15, 2008 13:55:53 PDT

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Meet Chef Tomato Head

Mr. Elvis Murray, who is a resident at Kern City Retirement Community, plants various vegetables in the Kern City Community Garden. He grows okra, onions, black peas, mustard greens, cucumbers, and wonderful tomatoes. He shares all his...

Posted by Contributor - Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:29:52 PDT

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Local Figure's Historic Photo Collection to Display at BC

Arts & Entertainment

A special exhibit of 18 recently discovered historic photographs that were part of the Leo J. Pierucci collection will open Wednesday, September 17, in the Wylie and May Louise Jones Gallery at Bakersfield College. The...

Posted by amberchiang - Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:26:51 PDT

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Fishing in Alaska

On August 16th my husband Steve Weiss and his father Jim went on a birthday fishing trip to Alaska. They were there for 6 days and brought home over 250 pounds of fish including Coho salmon, halibut, ling cod, rock cod and yellow eye...

Posted by rachelleweiss - Fri Sep 12, 2008 13:58:38 PDT

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Giant Pumpkins!

Our two children Hannah and Griffin are sitting on top of one of our Atlantic Giant pumpkins (estimated weight is around 215 lbs). We started growing them in May and with lots of love and fertilizer we hope to have (at least) one...

Posted by AmyHurst1 - Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:50:01 PDT

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Help identify these historic local homes

Local history

Can you help identify these homes? Maybe you live in one, or one is in your neighborhood. The Kern County Museum is looking for addresses of these homes. Please email sawoodman@kern.org if you know the address of any of...

Posted by sawoodman - Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:35:58 PDT

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Author David Kulczyk at Russo Books on September 27th

Author's Corner

Author David Kulczyk will be signing and speaking about his book, California Justice - Shootouts, Lynchings and Assassinations in the Golden State (Word Dancer Press) at Russo Books (9000 Ming Ave) on September 27th . ...

Posted by CaliforniaJustice - Mon Sep 8, 2008 11:05:07 PDT

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Gourds aplenty

My name is AnnaMarie Boss. Most folks call me Annie. I like to grow decorative gourds of all shapes and sizes. I also like to grow pumpkins, This is some of my harvest.

Posted by Contributor - Tue Sep 2, 2008 17:40:24 PDT

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Buddha Hand fruit

This unusual produce is called "Buddha Hand." It is a citrus and is used to enhance flavor for cooking.

Posted by aluang168 - Tue Sep 2, 2008 16:44:43 PDT

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Great Fishing

Posted by chrisanddon - Tue Sep 2, 2008 09:54:55 PDT

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Out-of-control zucchini

Here is one of my out of control zucchini which remained undetected under the bushy leaves until my son noticed it and picked it for me. It will be used to make loads of muffins!

Posted by Contributor - Mon Aug 25, 2008 13:24:47 PDT

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Vancouver Vacation

Travel

A beach, where there was water just 6 hours ago. This photo was taken by Tom & Debbie Teofilo of Kernville, while vacationing this summer at the Tigh-Na-Mara Resort, Craig Bay Beach, Vancouver Island, Canada....

Anonymous user - Mon Aug 11, 2008 13:45:07 PDT

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Germany

Cochem, Germany: A great wine town on the Mosel river.

Anonymous user - Mon Aug 11, 2008 13:44:09 PDT

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Truck explosion on 99

A refrigerated truck traveling southbound on Highway 99 exploded at about 3:30 this afternoon. Employees of Jennings Transfer and Storage grabbed garden hoses and raced to help the truck driver. Firefighters were...

Posted by Buffysynwtk - Wed Aug 6, 2008 10:31:54 PDT

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Sights in San Diego

These pictures were taken aboard the Ranger 85 during my fishing trip on July 20.

Posted by cableman13 - Sun Aug 3, 2008 14:44:05 PDT

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Blue Butterflies at Vacation Bible School

"Blue Butterflies" (left to right) Briana Weathers, Faith Thoms, Savanna Turk, Megan Bigalk and Natalie Gilbert take a snack break during Grace Lutheran's "Rainforest Adventure" Vacation Bible School in Ridgecrest....

Posted by Contributor - Mon Jul 21, 2008 13:30:16 PDT

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Photographing Fireworks and Lightning

Fireworks With the Fourth of July weekend now over, I thought I’d share some of my better fireworks and lightning photos, along with some tips on how to get these types of results. A camera phone or point-and-shoot camera...

Posted by saguarowestphotography - Mon Jul 7, 2008 15:43:29 PDT

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Young Catfisherman

Logan King and Joel Turpin of Bakersfield had their hands full with a large catch of catfish from Lake Isabella on Friday, June 27, 2008. They caught over 20 catfish using shad and fishing from the shore on the west side of the...

Posted by jlking85 - Mon Jul 7, 2008 15:09:42 PDT

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Fireworks at Bakersfield Speedway

I took this shot from my front yard of the fireworks display at Bakersfield Speedway Saturday night. Spectacular display put on by the Speedway owners.

Posted by Contributor - Mon Jul 7, 2008 14:14:00 PDT

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Danny's big catch

These stripers weighing 25 lbs and15 lbs were caught in the aqueduct on red worms by Danny Garland. Danny is from Maryland, but lives in Bakersfield.

Posted by flowerchild1969 - Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:32:08 PDT

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Historic aircraft photos

Local history

These photos of the Collings Foundation's historic WWII aircraft were taken by Ron Close. at the Santa Rosa airport recently. The aircraft are on their annual tour of the U.S. The four engined Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" is...

Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:26:26 PDT

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Vacation in Belize, Central America

May 2008, my husband and I got to visit Heaven on Earth. It is the most beautiful tropical place that I have ever seen. The place I am speaking of is Belize, Central America, and we stayed on one of the...

Posted by BeccaHedge - Tue Jun 10, 2008 13:21:31 PDT

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Wilson Arch, near Moab, Utah - Road Trip!

Posted by pamhenderson - Mon Jun 2, 2008 14:19:09 PDT

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Stem in a rose

I saw this in the rose hedge outside the employee's entrance this morning. A stem was growing right out of the center of this rose! I've never seen such a thing before. I had to take a photo.

Posted by jbaldwin - Tue May 27, 2008 17:02:37 PDT

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Lake Ming fire

This was a fire on Monday @ 2 p.m. at the west end of Lake Ming that started down by the river. Was taken by Woody Sadler off his back deck in Choctaw Valley.

Posted by citizenjournalist - Tue May 13, 2008 09:29:56 PDT

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West Rotary Cioppino Feed

Community Events

Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri May 9, 2008 16:58:47 PDT

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Big Fish Photo with Happy Fisherman

Outdoors

Rich Arner of Bakersfield landed this 15 lb steelhead on the Situk River Alaska 4/26/08. He was fly fishing with an 8 wt fly rod on an aeropuff egg pattern. 661-589-0446

Anonymous user - Mon May 5, 2008 11:06:21 PDT

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Catfish

Anonymous user - Mon May 5, 2008 10:29:13 PDT

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Clinica Sierra Vista & Police Activities League "Launch Your Boats"

News

Clinica Sierra Vista's Male Involvement Program in collaboration with the Police Activities League (PAL), conducted a five month program called "Young Men Navigating Through Life." The program which stressed responsibility...

Posted by RobynFargo - Fri May 2, 2008 19:52:57 PDT

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2008 Warbirds Air Show at Minter Field 2008

Posted by matarango - Wed Apr 30, 2008 13:29:47 PDT

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Mine porta-potty

Last week I visited the Eastern Kern County mining town of Randsburg and found this interesting relic of mining days of the past. The tunnels in some of those mines were miles long.

Posted by citizenjournalist - Tue Apr 29, 2008 15:46:24 PDT

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! WE LOVE YOU MOMMY! LOVE ALWAYS! STEFFIE, SHERIE, AND BREE

Anonymous user - Thu Apr 24, 2008 15:22:42 PDT

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Isle of Ponza

Travel

My Best Shot: Isle of Ponza - I shot this scene while hydrofoiling into the Isle of Ponza harbor. Ponza is a five-mile long volcanic rock island in the Mediterranean sea some 30 miles off the coast of Naples,...

Anonymous user - Thu Apr 24, 2008 15:16:04 PDT

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Beautiful sunrise

This photo of a sunrise south of Gorman was taken with a cell phone. Text your cell phone pictures to mobile@bakersfield.com.

Posted by mobile - Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:23:24 PDT

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Nature's beauty

David Clarke texted in these photos to mobile@bakersfield.com. If you have photos from your cell phone to share, text them to us and we'll post them to the Web site and consider them for printing in The Bakersfield Californian. Be sure...

Posted by mobile - Tue Apr 8, 2008 16:18:51 PDT

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Faith Lighthouse Church

I had been going by this church for months waiting for the best time to get this shot. Saturday the sky was just right and the light perfect. As an amateur photographer, opportunities like this are nice. Faith...

Posted by kessdoug - Tue Apr 1, 2008 09:08:36 PDT

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My Son's Heaven in Bakersfield

Posted by JulieJordanS - Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:34:18 PDT

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Your Easter Pics

Happy Easter from everyone who is texting in their cell phone photos from the weekend celebrations. If you have have a mobile photo to send, e-mail it to mobile@bakersfield.com. Become a mobile photographer. Become a MoPho!

Posted by citizenjournalist - Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:14:08 PDT

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AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION

Sports

ASA Celebrates 75th Anniversary The Amateur Softball Association, the national governing body for softball in the U.S., is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2008. Founded in 1933, the ASA has become one of the nation's largest...

Posted by reddad2 - Fri Mar 21, 2008 16:44:22 PDT

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See it, shoot it, send it!

Become a MoPho! We're talking "mobile photographer" here — snap a picture with your cell phone or other mobile device and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com. We'll feature your photos in our gallery here at...

Posted by citizenjournalist - Thu Mar 20, 2008 09:00:59 PDT

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St. Pat's mobile photos!

Thank you everyone for sending in your cell phone pictures of St. Patrick's Day around Bakersfield! Here is Tim Atkinson, decked out in green. Click "Larger View" to see more. And send more! As you party it up around town,...

Posted by citizenjournalist - Wed Mar 19, 2008 07:54:55 PDT

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Common Sparrows in my back yard

Posted by r44time - Wed Mar 19, 2008 07:47:46 PDT

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