Fish n Chill Mendo 11/27,28,29

Another great hookup. We were all on a Smallie mission, but it was not to be, only a few were rewarded with the target, but we all got into some fish.
I landed a fat 14.5 inch LMB in front of " BAMCAMP". First fish of the day was giant Crappie mike caught on the troll, Ill post that one in a bit, I have to get a frame from a movie... Hours later I caught a 20 inch Striper at Barn cove, I was using the Baitrunner reel, it was a gas to let him take lots of line before throwing the gears to him.
Nights and mornings were friggin cold, ice on the yaks. On the first night I ran into one of the posts around the lot, no advil/sleep for me Itlooks worse than it was, even tho its a bit swelly still.
I gave da Mooch a watercolor I did to remind him of the Bean...
Mooches dog is the cutest! He did great on this first camping trip, when I first saw him I was thinking, A little princess in the woods, how cute, but he turned out to be a champion camping dog, swimming, growling at the coons. And bouys...
FAC water.
And a house fire on the ridge a mile away, everything went up, even the fuel tanks went, bummer.

OUCH!

Here's Mike's slab, and Adam is all about the release...

Looks like a great trip

Ha Ive got the same wound from A faceplant @ Ocean Cove Campground on the rocks!!! Stupid Beer! Hurt like hell, in fact couldnt catch my breath for a cool minute.Looks like you guys had A blast....Moochs dog better grow A thicker coat!

Dang, I'm sorry I couldn't get down there.  Looks like you guys had a blast.

I got hung up in this MLPA package deadline (due today).  And I got my truck hugely stuck on Friday.

Holy Crap Ben. That looks like it hurt big time. Shit! Nice hook up sorry I missed it. Craig WTG on the release Adam

The trip started with bizarre NCKA synchronicity...  I was truckin' north in the dark, just south of Petaluma when my phone rings and it's Adam asking where I am...  he's just leaving Petaluma after checking for minnows...  so we meet up in Santa Rosa and as we're rolling north I see Mooch pull up next to me in a Saturn...  at the same instant Mickfish calls to see what's shakin....  So I'm following Adam, talking to Mike, looking at Mooch...  completely unplanned and too funny.

tbc

It was gret to kick it with you cats for a few hours yesterday. Nothin' shakin' for me after you guys left. I was off the water at 5:00PM.

i got three days of back up here @ work, so i'll try and get some pics up at lunch.

another true NCKA hookup!!   

No bites on the puppy huh? I heard they were $ for stripers...
Beautiful group report guys! Thanks!

really cool report
sorry about the leg Ben-the watercolor is f***ing fantastic tho!

Mooch-you got a dog-really?
.....file it under "required alaska equipment" I suppose?

thanks for the pics & tales you guys!

it was a strange morning, running into each other on the road up, but when we found minnows at Mendo Store, the strange feeling subsided and was replaced with JOY!
We were able to get the spots that get reserved a year in advance, so that was nice. Lotsa room&shade!
We hit the water as ASAP and Kylo was the first in the hatch. Soon he wanted to know what the shinny floor was made of.(see pic 2)

pic1~Kylo the lil'boy, soon to be a lil'MAN.

pic2~ curiosity wet the dog

pic3~ once upon a time, in front of BAM Camp!

What can I say - another great gathering with quality folks!!!

I brought my sister's dog = Kylo. He is a Pomeranian half Chihuahua pooch (almost a year old) that has never been camping. According to da boyz, Kylo passed with flying colors

Here's Kylo chillin at the campsite...and making friends