Albion Open 7-25

Strong work guys n gals. Congrats Keil, Craig n Tote!!!

opted to try tuna on saturday and got blown back to the harbor about 35 miles out   .....

was thinking about everyone at Albion on the way back, sucking diesel fumes.

SBD, thanx for bringing the junk to the junkies.... it makes the world a better place  

Wow what a great event!  sorry I couldn't make it..(sorry for myself, that is)

I got a lot done on the projects this weekend, but would rather have been up there with you all if I coulda.

Gret times//

Allen

First off I would like to thank Sean,   for putting this event together. We all appreciate all the work you and the family did to get this going. This was a great location for this event, (good by and good riddance to that hill.)
To everyone who attended and put the master chef skills to work Sat. night. Great location, good friends, and some of the most awesome food available to a camping man.   Having ChuckE in thew site behind us helped, Thnax Chuck.
Special thank you to Jim AKA Redyak and wife leeann for sharing all the good times, the camp site, beer, food, and helping with Gabby.
To the winners 1st- Reelknots, 2nd- ravensblack solid performance pulling the tri-fecta of all three fish, and 3rd- tote congrats.
Got to put some faces to screen names, great meeting you all and see you OTW.
The weather was good and the ocean was bumpy enough with 8 to 10 foot swells and wind chop to make the fishing tough, and a few unfortunate souls to lay down some chum lines.
I managed a 18" cabby that got donated to Chucks fryer and a couple of other small rock fish that were released to fight another day. no contenders.  
Stoked on the Albion Open  

Friends an' food!! does it get any better? The food was off the hook   the cool thing was it was like two different courses. The first half of the line got some completely different choices from the second half. Haven't eaten that much since Thanksgiving.... Best part of these get togethers happens in the camps. Day and night, constant rotation of folks to yak about yaks with. Nightly entertainment round the campfires provided much needed theropy. The fishing was tough, and the waves were a little rough too. Few folks even tried chumming, but the fish just wern't cooperating... My first time on the section of water, so it's always fun exploring. I accomplished my misson. To get some fish for the fish fry. Chucke and I had quite the fish fry production going.  I made the traditional English style, and Chucke had his famous extra crispy variety working.  Had to keep beating the vultures away so there was some for the table... It always amazes me the brotherhood of NCKA. Great bunch of folks. Meeting new faces, and hooking up with old friends. Glad to be a part of it. Sean, as always, top shelf!

Way to go, SBD and all for pulling off another great event.  Wish I could've been there.   

Fun times indeed though my time was limited.  Arrived Friday afternoon and fished for a bit more than an hour.  Things were looking good with a few of the right kind:



Then I took off to Mendocino to watch a dynamite performance by Joshua Redman.  Came back, re-spooled a reel, slept and fished again.  As with others, Saturday was slow with only a greenling and a black for me in the first 3 hours.  I tried a little of my own special homemade chum but no more luck.  I had to leave early to play a show in Ukiah but it was fun meeting and chatting with the few that I did.  Mr. Magoo, bassmanben, Mahi, etc. good meeting you.  Thanks Sledge for the campsite hookup.

Next time I'm staying for the food!

Congrat to the winners Kiel, Craig, and Tote!   I was feeling "depress" yesterday for not able to join this event.  I'm feeling a little better now after reading the posts and see the pictures from this great event!  More pictures please...

Since it's late, i'll let the pics do the reporting   

Congrat to the winners Kiel, Craig, and Tote!   I was feeling "depress" yesterday for not able to join this event.  I'm feeling a little better now after reading the posts and see the pictures from this great event!  More pictures please...

  You got it man...

Man... I'm pretty bummed that Melissa and I missed the party. But, I know you guys did it up like rock stars. We can't wait until the next get together. Congrats to the winners for doing  what needed to be done. Can't wait to see the rest of the pix.

Freddie

Freddie. Man I missed you so I took your regular place

Bum that i missed out on this Albion opening. I wish i could of been there with all the  fun and food. That crab pot full of goodness look off the hook ! AlsHobieOutback, good job on the crab shot.

Congratulation to the winners.

Alex

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