Mendo SBA festivus

I wish I could have made it.  You guys look like you did well! congrats. I spent 4 hours in church today for baptisms and worked 10 hrs in my yard yesterday.  However I think I got the nod for Oyster!! see you then.

Jason

Glad everyone had a great time, we had a blast too.  Thanks for making the drive, glad the fishys cooperated this time.

Congrats to everyone that represented. Good to hear that my fellow kayakers placed so well in the derby. Especially to Mooch for his 4th place finish. Ben... day late and a dollar short. Maybe next time. Sounds like everybody had a great time regardless... that's the most important thing.

Freddie

Sorry I didn't get to say goodbye to everyone. My bed sounded WAY more tempting than the back of my 4Runner last night! After hearing you guys hooked up again this morning I'm kinda kicking myself now!

Good to see everyone and meet some new peeps.

See you guys at O.P.

Oh Yeah!

Bob placed 13th in the pool with the smallest fish weighed...but he still outfished 40+ other fisherman!

way 2 go guys
 
i could not make it the boss dad was in town 
 oh well there op next week

Looks like a really fun time.  I missed out this time, but will be there for Bendo II.

Stuart

A big WTG to all the ncka guys who caught fish! To all the others, looks like you guys had a great time, wish I could of been there but prior engagements for my evenings kept me away, I still managed to get out on the bay myself.  JTF..

One of the many highlights of the weekend was watching Juan (Mako1) do his stuff. This guy is an animal!! I was drifting with Jelly when we see a boil going off about 500 yards away. Jelly and I start paddling like crazy towards the boil and I see Juan is already closing in on the boil. The sun is somewhat behind him making it look like he is bathed it light. In one fluid motion Juan takes a last stroke, picks up his rod and fires his lure into the boil. A split second later he has fish on! His rod arcs in the sun as he fights the fish. I have to break away from my trace to get to the boil.

It was an amazing scene and reconfirmed why I love kayak fishing. No loud motors , no yelling just Juan hustling his butt off and hitting a perfect cast. 

Tom and I left San Jo around 3.  Got  up to Mendo a little before 6.  Short story even shorter ... no bites, no fish.  Lots of small bust going off.  We did manage to be around when fishunter pulled a nice one in.  He wasn't in the derby and he release this pig.  It would have been another top 10 fish as well.

We didn't stick around after the fishing as we needed to be back in San Jo that afternoon.  Long day ...

-Allen

Derby Standings:

Jim - thank you so much for registering me! (even though you got my last name wrong )

4th place = Joel/Mooch - 9.4
6th place = Ben/Guitarzan - 9.0
8th place = Juan/Mako - 8.10
13th place = Bob - 6.10

Thanks to all who participated and showed support to the SBA of Lake Mendocino 

Chris/Jelly fish with raffle prize....

Anita,Ben/Guitarzan,Michelle and Davey Jones at the SBA BBQ...

The NCKA President, The First Lady and the little princess....

Sean/Scwafish managed to catch one BIG small mouth from shore - I believe it was 18 inches long!