Hello All,

Set you calendar to September 7th! Sign up at https://www.montereybaykayaks.com/kayak-fishing-tours.html. Just like last year all proceeds will benefit Kayak Fishing For Beginners. Last years proceeds already went to help some awesome kids, a few veterans, and a disabled person get into the sport safely by helping them with safety gear and some fishing equipment.

As we get closer to the event I will post the sponsors. There are more than last year! Also, I added an hr to the event so there is more fish time

Hope to see you all out there

As a reminder that its not just getting to 50 fathoms. It is fishing seward of the 50 fathom RCA (Rockfish Conservation Area) boundary line. I have attached the maps of the line below as they are difficult to find.

Since they no longer sell prowlers and we just sold our last 2 today, I have 2 Prowler hatch kits going for 20$ each. Just come on into the shop and grab them

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes
$40 per person. Entry fees are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Entry fee includes 4 KFFB raffle tickets for giveaways from our awesome sponsors.
Additional raffle tickets available on day of event to benefit Kay Fishing For Beginners Non Profit.
​Must provide your own kayak or reserve one in advance of event.
Capacity 150 anglers. Reservation required. Day of entries not guaranteed.
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Rules:
5:45 am Check in at our Monterey store
6:45 am Safety Briefing and Rules mandatory meeting on the beach
7:00 am Launch time
12:00 pm – “cut-off” Weigh-in time
12:30 pm Winner Announcements & drawings

*Must be registered to participate in prizes
*Anglers must be present and in line for weigh-in by noon to qualify.
*All fish entered must be caught from a kayak, without the aid of a powerboat, motor or sail.
* Hook and line only. No spear
*Must have a valid fishing license displayed while fishing.
*All DFG rules apply, including the multiple rod rule. If you are fishing for halibut and have no rockfish aboard, you can fish with 2 rods. One RCG fish on the boat=one rod only. Must have DFW required net
*Launch and landing from Monterey City beach by MBK only. Travel to other areas for launching and fishing not permitted.
*Leopard and thresher sharks included, but no other sharks or rays qualify.
*If two fish have exact equal weight, then the longer of the two wins.

Hello everyone. We are needing volunteers with pier fishing knowledge for the big event July 9th. Details Below. Let me know if anyone is interested

It is the 30th anniversary for both MBNMS and Santa Cruz-based Shared Adventures (https://www.sharedadventures.org/). As part of July’s Enjoy Spectacular events, MBNMS will partner for the first time with Shared Adventures in their annual “Day on the Beach” on July 9, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This event hosts more than 300 people with special needs (both physical and mental disabilities), 400+ family members and friends, and over 250 enthusiastic volunteers who team up to share a full day of adaptive sports, including kayaking, outrigger canoeing, SCUBA diving, and beach wheelchair rides/floats. Every year, 30-40 veterans take part in Day on the Beach.

This year, MBNMS plans to add to the list of possible ocean recreation —a recreational fishing activity from the Santa Cruz Wharf. We will partner with our advisory council recreation fishing representatives Jose Montes and Adam Helm  to guide participants in a fun, hands-on experience.

We anticipate having 5 fishing stations for the Shared Adventures Day on the Beach fishing activity. I think we should start to recruit your expert fishing buddies to help out.

We would need them on July 9th 9:30am- 4:30pm. There's going to be a lot of music and fun activities at our Exploration Center too so have them bring their families.

I anticipate 5 fishing stations near the fishing exhibit on the Santa Cruz wharf. We want to have 5 stations  with one person for each station that is an expert fisherman.

I have a commitment from Santa Cruz/Capitola Boat Rental and fishing store to provide poles and line for 5 stations and we can buy tackle and bait.

I am hiring for the Summer season. It goes from late march to October. We are looking for full time positions butcan also work with student schedules as long as they go to full time over summer. If you are motivated there are a ton of opportunities to climb the ladder. If you become a guide in both locations you can start your training to become a fishing guide. See Attachment for more details. Resume is to be sent to adam@montereybaykayaks.com or info@montereybaykayaks.com

After this years derby I decided I really liked doing the derby is September. The Weather tends to be nicer and more predictable. We had a great turnout last year and looking to do even more next year. Any suggestions would be nice or anything you would like to see. Hopefully we can get a kayak for the derby next year, fingers crossed...

Chapter events are always the last Saturday of the month. So we would tentatively be looking at Oct 30th 2021.

We do things a little different than other HOW chapters do, so we ask that our Volunteer guides do not fish. As passionate kayak anglers ourselves we have plenty of time to feed our own addiction. We like to make sure all of our focus is on our participants. In order to volunteer we ask that you are experienced and well versed in kayak safety. You will be assigned your own participant to work with. If you are interested please post your full name, phone number, and email so I can get a hold of you as we get closer to the event

The HOW mission DOES include Active duty and First Responders also. So we will be reaching out to them as well. As for working with the local VA Clinics in Monterey and Capitola, we can do that but we have found that usually by the time they find some Veterans to come out with us the event is already full.  Most times when we post the Eventbright sign up link the event is "sold out" in about 48 hours.

 As the event get closer we will be reaching out to NCKA more to coordinate things like food, drinks and such.
If any of you have any questions, please feel free to message Zach here or you may text or email him directly @ (805)746-9333  and email at zclift792gmail.com. You may also email our chapter at centralca@heroesonthewater.org and follow us on FB at Heroes on the Water-Central Ca Chapter.

Thank you all for showing such an interest in helping out for this great cause.