Elk 08, GuitarZan is The Man!!!

[Mooch]

E-Day -2: We also met Amphibian and his friend (sorry, forgot your name) at the Albion launch and he scored a nice Verm.....

[FisHunter]

..it's like camping in a dirt lot, with a creek...don't waste your $25.oo!

I made a real gourmet meal on thur-nite....pan fried HOT-links, sliced and drowned in HoneyBakedBeans w/frenchbread.  Mooch wanted the recipe after we polished it off.....then the PartyAnimal took over him. Soon Randle(bigfoot) and son(lil'foot) were pulling into camp for the night. When packing up and pulling out we find out Bryce/Zeelander and BrianS were crashed a few spots away.

pic1~ A never ending party boy

pic2&3~ Z&Brian....(they did sleep separately)

[Mooch]

E-Day -2: The Albion natives waiting for scraps...

E-Day +1: The Mexican Free Dive Team fixing some yum-yum carne asada...(Angel,Art and Liz)

[Mooch]

Justin the super hero spearo led the fish printing class and created some really cool prints ( a few were donated to the raffle as well)

[FisHunter]

..Mooch said he dosen't like spicey foods&beans because of the after-effects that hit him later....now I understand why.  

pic1~ why Mooch dosen't eat beans or spicey foods.   what did he think he was gonna be eating when travling with a "Certifiable Beaner"

pic2~ Friday morning before heading down to Elk.

pic3~ sights before hitting the Elk area along hwy1.

[Hat Trick]

that was a great weekend.  i arrived at 9am on friday, i was greated with sunny skies and calm seas.  i quickly geared up and hit the water.  the coastline was absolutely stunning and the fishing was good for blues and blacks.  around 2 pm i rolled my yak back up the hill to set camp and start partying! so much fun to sit in camp and watch and wait as friends arrive with their toys strapped to the roof of their vehicles.   sat morning i launched early, my stomach quickly noticed that i drank way too much tequila the night before and that the ocean was much rougher than friday!  i felt some gurgles for a while, but when the sun came over the hill i felt much better.  the fishing was great.  i caught blues, blacks, verms, chinas, gophers, olives and a cabezon, but NO  lings for me.  the wind picked up, and by noon i tied up in the kelp beds, and did a little flippin', black bass style.  i pulled some big blues up on a rubber squid, it was pretty fun.  then back up the hill for pre dinner snacks; kegs of beer, tequila, fried fish, smoked fish, pork butt, tacos, lumpias etc.  dinner was great and the raffle was fun.  an added bonus was the clear night sky, i saw billioooons and billioooons of stars.
thanks to white family for holding this event!

[Mooch]

Another one of Justins creations....(next year, I hope to participate)

[FisHunter]

....camp was just starting to show life as people were pulling in and going out to hit it a day early. I unloaded/loaded up for the trek down to shore.

pic1~ Hamming it up for the cameras...those kids!

pic2~Joe/ bluefin17 and Ty/ lilfoot about to do the walk down.

pic3~ the ocean was alot nicer on friday.

[FisHunter]

pic1~ halfway down the trail, you're almost there.

pic2~ going to the north end of the beach is always fun, pulling theyak through the soft-loose sand is real SWEET!

pic3~ as you can see...friday was the easy, no wind&small swell day

[FisHunter]

...hit Nose Rock with Joe and Ty right of the bat and was rewarded with a nice CP&R'd 28' Ling on a BigGitZit.

pics1, 2 & 3~ To;Scott/Greatbass2.... My first underwater shots of a Ling he requested a year ago.

[Mooch]

great pics adam 

[ChuckE]

Another GREAT Elk Derby.  Thanks to the Whites, Erik, the many prize sponsors, potluck contributors, and many others who helped out in one way or another. 

A big CONGRATS to Ben on a well deserved win.  Congrats to Levi and Allen who drove a long way to participate and were rewarded with 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Chuck

pic1 -- A Hobie Adventure turned dune buggy to help haul gear up the hill.  If only it had a motor.

pic2 -- Mooch OTW with his catch.

pic3 -- Tin with a interesting copper.  Looks like it survived a previous spear gun shot.

[FisHunter]

great pics adam 

thanks brudah!...how bout that one of your ass on fire?

....and another UWS

pic1~ he was released with only a hurt upper lip and now FAMOUS on the WorldWideWeb.

pic2~ Kingfisher Chris, finding them blues&blacks

pic3~ Joe/bluefin17 had a big one on early...then it opened up & let go.

[Frankfishing]

Ben, congrads! Was my plan this year to stick close to you. From the looks of some of the photo's it looks like you stuck to your plan and it worked out. I,m thinking that it could have not happened to a nicer person.
Missed you folks this weekend but I must say that you were in my thoughts all weekend. Great going Whites and way to put on a great party. Frankfishing

[FisHunter]

....paddled&jigged from 8am to 4pm...a solid 8hr job on the water Friday. The wind picked up for an hour or two, I was paddling back to the barn, when all of a sudden, it stopped! I then heard JDyak on the radio, say he was headed out, I stayed out until my Ass&Hamstrings were numb&sore. I ended up with 2-lings@28"&25"(both C&R'd)...2-Vermillons@19" and many assorted RF that made it back down, a few made it to the ChuckE fryer too.

pic1~ EricB. taking it all in.

pic2~ Chris P. kingfisher settin hook into something off the big rock

pic3~ what it looked like when I came back in at four...green and calm!