PIF 2012

who would have thought a bunch of A Hulls could host such a great event 

Good fishing, good food, good people...

Awesome time at my first NCKA event! Thanks to Yakhopper for the loaner yak and Morgan for the loaner gear 
Got my first yak fish on my first drop..a dab! back the lil guy goes.
Second fish came while workin my white iron for RF/seabass - a small salmon! Legal by a few inches...woo! Handed it off at the potluck and someone grilled it with bananas n stuff. Delish!
All over an awesome day..weather was beautiful 
 
-Dan

Lots of paid fishing captains didn't look so good yesterday in front of the customers AND ITS ALL OUR FAULT.. CONGRATULATIONS..lots of trophy fish caught ..

I have to admit I take special pride in out fishing a PB, especially when its a real expensive big boat.  They may have speed, range and comfort, but they couldn't control their drift and trooch like a yak can.

I am not hating on PB's, more just loving the yak.

Sounds like yet another quality event.
I was jealous the entire weekend, but still had fun with the family at Ocean Cove.
Looking forward to making up for it at Albion.

On behalf of Chelsey and myself, I would like to thank everybody that made this day possible.  We had such a great time, especially during the party barge!  Thank you all for a memorable day!

On behalf of Chelsey and myself, I would like to thank everybody that made this day possible.  We had such a great time, especially during the party barge!  Thank you all for a memorable day!

Really enjoyed meeting you and Chelsey and hope she gives Team in Training a try!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

My doctor at Stanford  suggested that I join a cancer support group that they offer to all their cancer patients...I smiled and politely declined. I told her my support group is better then anyone else could ever have and wish for.

THANK YOU NCKA 

 
 So True Mooch, so True...

Best Medicine  one can have....   



Pretty Awesome Everyone...

Great job Jim and to Everyone who makes PIF such a success!!!

Brought the Family in on Friday with hopes of an early crash at the Monterey Bay Lodge and out on the Yaks to the fishing grounds by 6am...   we did not get sleep ...  lots of drama all around us at the Monterey Bay Lodge kept us up all night long.... 

get to MBK pretty early as we were already up... rig up 4 kayaks for fishing the Big Blue... and you guys who think it's a bit of work to get only your stuff going... try 4... I'm busier than a centipede at a toe counting contest...

I'm never concerned about the landlord or anything else when I'm out there, but when I have my family on the Big Blue... it's different and I'm stressed...  wife decides not to go out as the plan was to leave our dog in the car, but yesterday was a bit warmer an that was not going to work... so, de-rig one yak, lock it up and get the boys on the water...

going out, bit concerned as the fog line is right outside the harbor, I have GPS, compass, but I have not fished over that way ( Red Can ) and know how disorienting it is when your in fog soup and can not see land... too much to take on with the boys .... so we hung at the fog line for a hour... nothing so I decide we will go a little inland to pick up some rockfish... I see Kuba is a little bummed as I'm rigging up some rockfish jigs...

 " I want to catch a Salmon...."  Kuba says...   wow... Got to Honor that determination....

 were right even with the kelp ... I figure it can't be too far out to the red can, so we'll just start that way and see what happens...

The Fog Lifts!!!,  Red Can and the fleet in full view... Awesome...

sure enough, half hour into it... Kuba is hooked up!!!   I came in to net the fish, but position was not on my side... and even though I have a huge net, it basically got caught up on everything on my yak...    finally get into position, blind sweep as it runs under my yak and it's in the net!!!!

Big Jim is right there with a Go Pro, and as much as I want to see it, my netting skills may get me banned from the site.... 

So stoked Kuba got on a Salmon... he really wanted it and got it.... Very Proud of him... 

Noah did great too and that would have been the ultimate if he hooked up, but I could tell he had fun anyway...

It's a ton of work setting this stuff up for the family, but nothing like it when ya see your family hook up, especially with such a kool fish...

Big Thanks to GB2 for all the advice, would not have happened without the paint by numbers set he put out there for us...

Sorry I could not stay for the PIF party, family was done, so was I, and we had to get back that evening for another family event... I know I talked to a few people there, and if I forgot your name or seemed quite scattered... don't take offense.. I was running on fumes and don't remember much as it was...

 Great Job Everyone and thanks to all for what ya all do...

Pretty Awesome Indeed....

So cool to see Kuba hang in there with that fish and to see you net it...finally!   

I put the footage of the final net job in my vid on page 1 of this thread Don, I will work on croping/editing all the footage of the fight for you...I stayed a little too far away to get great footage cuz I was afraid the salmon would run and I didn't want to get in the way!!

Your boy did great and so did you...really glad I was there to see it!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

So cool to see Kuba hang in there with that fish and to see you net it...finally!   

I put the footage of the final net job in my vid on page 1 of this thread Don, I will work on croping/editing all the footage of the fight for you...I stayed a little too far away to get great footage cuz I was afraid the salmon would run and I didn't want to get in the way!!

Your boy did great and so did you...really glad I was there to see it!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Thanks Jim,

That's so Kool ya got it on the Go Pro,  really looking forward to it, and don't worry too much about how silly I look on it... I always lose it when the family are on fish.... 

The go pro shots are pretty cool. I was hoping someone got a shot of me fighting my fish but didnt see anyone. Lol

Being my first NCKA event I must say how much I enjoyed hanging with the crew on and off the water!  It's truly an awesome group that is out there for a common goal.  I also had a wonderful time deploying nice herring and anchovies to the salmon ... I'm sure they enjoyed it.

To those who donated and those who participated ... Thank you!

I'm already looking forward to pif 2013.  I should have a much larger item to donate by next year!  Thanks again for all those I had a chance to paddle with.

Big Jim, that's a hell of a handshake!   

I had a great time, I will not miss this event again.
This was my first time in a NCKA foodfest, You guys can cook!
Now I have to think of something good to bring to Albion, great to meet and talk to so many people with a good heart. Thanks again.

Scubaluis

not much else to add, but I LOVE NCKA!  so glad I could make it again!
Events like this show the heart and soul of the worlds most amazing community, the love we all have for each other (and the amazing food!)
Though I won an amazingly sweet drysuit, hanging out with my NCKA family made the weekend so awesome!  and I know that when Henry gets here next month, he will already have an amazing NCKA family and support group to help show him how the good life is lived!

Thanks A Hulls and everyone else!! 

Good times, good people, good food, good fishing, and most of all, a good cause. What a great job by all and a great event. Thanks everyone!