Clear Lake: Early Report

Well I made it home finally,
And like Freddie I was soaked to my shorts and had to drive home (6 hours) like that.
Bad part is I never unloaded my yak from the trailer.
I want to thank all of you for showing up for this tsunami.
Of the 60 who showed intrest - 41 actually made it to sign in this morning
As you may have read already - the weather was less than desirable
A few brave souls hit the main lake early but were beaten to submission and the majority were held up in the creek. The temp was in the mid 40's the wind hit the 30"s and the rain fell by the gallons (Mooch - I see a trend when you show)
There was a total of 9 photos entered for the efforts today.

The victorious anglers were:

First Place ------ Terry Gowen ----------- 19.5"
Second Place --- Michael Moltchanoff ---- 19.1"
Third Place ------ Jeff Smith ------------- 18.5"


Thanks again to all the brave anglers who made this happen.
Your support is what makes it all worth it.
Thank You,
Eric

More pics from C.L.

Let's hope this doesn't set the theam for the series like last year with the heat
See you at Alameda in June

Congrat to the winners and all the hard core yakers!

Only three fish for me and none was a bass.

First fish, a crappie.


Second fish a hitch.


And the third and final, a bullhead.


Even though it was wet and windy, it was still a lot of fun.  Thanks everybody, it was well worth the drive from Reno.

Pete

Thanks again Eric. The weather really made it interesting. Totally raining and windy all morning. When we showed up at the swim area at 6:30 there were whitecaps as far out as you could see with gusts to 30 knots easy. THEN I saw Freddie in shorts and said to him," dude I dont think your nerve endings go all the way to your skin." After 3 hours of cold and rain the fingers werereally responding that well to simple commands like, tie a knot. I was skunked. I stayed in the creek area but paddled out to the lake opening and thought  NO WAY. Think San Pablo Bay on a really, really rough day. Thanks again and congrats to all the winners and the people who showed to fish in extreme elements. Craig

Die Hard NCKA anglers roughing it!
awesome....hope to make it to the next one.
Congratulations to all participants and winners

Thank you so much for putting this event together & driving up all way from Fresno, Eric!!!
Congrats to all the winners, especially H2O !!!

when I get there the main lake looked angry!?!?   it looked like bad ocean...
I only saw a few people ready to get out, but I guessed many people camped & launched from their camp ground...
Fishing in the creek was actually pretty nice like fishing in a pond until I went swimming to use the bathroom.  I didn't realize & couldn't see anything because of the water visibility, but the creek edge dropped off to 5 ft within a step (which makes good fishing spot I assume).
Managed to catch two nice fish but just ok size for clear lake...  AOTY update anyways.
despite the weather, I had a good time & it was good to see everybody!
Look forward for next event!

here is the only report i'll post - not much going on for me

had I known how the weekend was going to go,  I just would have brought wood to burn,    Still worked out....  

Brought the Fellas, they were good already, got off school....  

Team up with Kayakjack and his Daughter and that was the weekend....

The Kids had a Great Time with FIRE and Chasing Bugs/Lizards with GuitarZan...

Of course you all know the slo bite and Monsoon...  My Racoon story was a bit different,

woke about 3:30 and hear my buckets being rattled...  Oh Shit!!!  I forgot to put them in the truck... Dash out of the tent bare feet ( and that's not all....    )  to see both Buckets over and 3 raccons having a fest on my  4 dozen minnows..  I make a Run at them and they turn and HISS at Me...  F@#@! That... I screamed at them and Punted one about 10 feet!!!  " EQEECHETT... PHTFFT!!! "  

Salvaged about a Dozen...

Pretty Kool, then I had a Good Laugh of what that scene must have look like....

Probably cured those Coons for Good with that Visual....  

Would have like to fish more but all Good being the Fellas and Natalie were having such a Great Time....

Thanks to KayakJack, You are a Life Saver!!!!  Anytime Bro,  That worked out Great!!!

As busy as I was with these guys the whole time, it would have been much more work without you...

 Thanks!!!

And Thanks Again to Eric for all your Efforts in Making this Happen.....  

Nice to see ya Mooch ...

and a Special Thank You to GuitarZan for Taking the Kids around and chasing lizards and Lighting shirts on Fire with white gas...

 They really Loved that...

and Better Luck Next Time with the Duck Hunt......  

Never an better bunch of guys and gals...I didn't make the event. But was thinking about you all as I saw the rain come down...Jeez Mooch, go to Alaska so we can have some good WX at a camp out!!!!

Good thing those boats have scuppers on em!!! Got put to good use. As I watched the rain pour from the house, it started right at 7 and went til 2ish I thought, geeze right on the tourny... I'm sure the company made up for it tho... Never fails when you plan something way in advance. Sounds like the NCKA spirit prevailed!

Dave what lake were you on? Where are those whitecaps driven by the 30 mph wind that caused us to bail? Congrats to the hardy soles that hung with it and especially the prize winners. Thanks yakhopper for all you did to make it happen. Pam and I found the State Park to be first rate and will return, hopefully not as a stormtrooper. You all are quality people and sure know how to enjoy life. dave...

Top anglers determined by Photo of single largest Bass on weigh board (AOTY format)
Please DO NOT bring fish to check-in
  (If you don't have a camera pair with someone who does)

Looks like somebody missed something.

If the thrill of the hunt and fun of catching fish aren't enough to satisfy you, and you still feel the need to take something home from your day on the water, it would be better form to do so after the spawn.  FYI meat hunting is more accepted on the ocean or lakes with planters rather than on a bass fishing mecca like CL or the delta.