Tag Archives: Ken Fischer

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If you’re a fisherman in a kayak, fishing off The Sea Ranch, you’d probably prefer not to see a Great White Shark. Ken Fischer wrote, “Four of us were out fishing this past Saturday and Bruce Bonfils caught this big Lingcod, 35 inches and 23 pounds. We also had a visit from a Great White Shark of about seven feet in length who cruised by very close to a couple of our kayaks. A memorable morning!”

There is no photo of the shark, but I can show you Bruce's big catch - that's one happy fisherman!

Thanks to Ken for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

Still hot on the Mendonoma coast, though right at the water's edge, it is really nice. Big cool down coming according to the weather folks. This morning's sunrise was stellar! I took this from our deck in Anchor Bay.

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Ken and Martha Fischer were walking at Manchester State Beach when they approached this piece of driftwood. Ken said it looked like the Sphinx.

What do you see? It's fun finding shapes in nature. Here's a driftwood pig that Ed Connolly found.

And a driftwood heart that Craig Tooley used to wish friends a happy Valentine's day.

Thanks to Ken, Ed and Craig for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

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Ken and Martha Fischer wrote, “Here is a California Red-sided Gartersnake, a real handsome fellow! We encountered him, or her, while hiking near the Hot Spot on The Sea Ranch.”

A nonvenomous snake of the coast, these Gartersnakes are usually found near water, particularly the sag ponds of the San Andreas fault.

Thanks to Ken for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

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Ken Fischer saw this fire rainbow several weeks ago. He said it only lasted about two minutes.

Horizontal rainbow by Ken FischerFire rainbows are also called circumhorizontal arcs. These rainbows are caused by the refraction of the sun in ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

Here's a larger one, which was taken by last year by Connie King.

A Circumhorizontal Arc, aka a Fire Rainbow by Connie KingA beautiful phenomenon to behold!

Thanks to Ken and Connie for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

No rainbows today - there is nothing but oh-so-blue sky here on the coast. It already feels like the holiday has begun!

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Ken and Martha Fischer were surprised to see all these Moon Jellies washed up at the mouth of the Garcia River.

Moon Jellies washed up at the mouth of the Garcia River by Ken Fischer

Ken said there were thousands of them and surmised that huge surf had thrown them up onto land.

Moon Jellyfish, Aurelia, are found in most of the world’s oceans. They only live for a few months.

Here's a happier photo, one that Craig Tooley took of Bell Jellies off our Coast.

Bell Jellies JAN by Craig Tooley

This photo appears in my book, Mendonoma Sightings Throughout the Year. Craig is the featured photographer.

Thanks to Ken  and Craig for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is his website: www.ruffimage.com