Albion 2010

whoo hoo! great time guys !

partied real hard friday!

 

What can I say, It was fun just being there, no luck  for me but have a blast partying.  . Thanks Craig for putting all this together  .

 
Congratulation to  Fishworks916, Rockroach and MontanaN8V.



Kiel

Here's a photo shoot from 2 AM Sunday...

Fun times at midnight...

Mooch thought little Pepper was part of the pot luck.

First pic is my friend Jimbo with a 1st aid kit from the raffle, who with his wife Kat, flipped out at the buoy, thank you everyone for switching into rescue mode, couldnt ask for better asstst out there -Shawn and Shimmy were on them like scales on a fish.... I should have stuck to them like glue and wont make the same mistake again.... they did great, learned a lot and are going to take the surf class at MBK soon. Anyway they are hooked to the sport now and Jim even came up with his own new NCKA handle- Dunk!
Thanks everyone for making this what it is- a big fun family! Lots of work went into this from everyone but the #1 goes to Craig.

CONGRATS to Fishworks916, Rockroach, MontanaN8V, and Christina.  It's so cool to see new faces on the podium.

BIG KUDOS to Ravensblack, Linelle, Kayak Jack, and Spike for there organizing efforts.
THANKS to the many generous Albion sponsors.
THANKS again to Craig for inviting me to set up camp near his trailer.

It was great seeing old friends and making new ones.  Albion is fast becoming like kayak fishing's version of "Woodstock" or "Burning Man".  It's so fun making the rounds and visiting all of the different camps.

Here are pics of the potluck venue and fry station.

Sounds like a GREAT time was had by all!
Wish I could have been there, maybe next year
Thanks for the report/pics everyone
Tad

Looks like Pepper got more lens time than Mooch this weekend!  Thanks everyone for not letting Mooch eat him! 

Thanks to Craig and his wife for hosting this awesome event!!!  Congratulations to the winners and to all those who participated.  We are all winners I think for being a part of this great club.  Looking forward to next year's event and I might just take a free diving class for some uni and abs. 

Cheers
Willie

And the runner up for biggest fish in the side bet was.............. 

What a GREAT weekend!!!!!!!!!!

The catching fish part for me was not very good, but the company, location, food, drinks, diving and festivities more than made up for it!!

First of all...HUGE thank you to Craig and Linelle!!! You guys put on a top-notch event, and it was an absolute pleasure to meet and chat with you!!

 

So many good times and memories!!

First night crabbing on the dock until 2am with the A-Hulls and KneeToe!! Got 3 keepers!! My first dungies EVER!! SO COOL seeing the crabring so full of crabs!! I wanted to eat them ALL!!!!  

Love those A-Hulls...so happy to have met you guys and feel so lucky that we get to hang together...you and your families are top-notch all the way!! Porky, thanks again for letting crash in the site bro!!

 

Early start Friday AM to go with MontanaN8V and fam, GN and fam, FM1 and fam, FishWrapper and fam, out on a charter from Noyo...super cool seeing teh kids and ladies pulling up the fish!! I got 2 nice Chinas (my first Chinas ever!!), 2 nice blues, and a beautiful goldeneye (or canary can't remember) that posed for a pic and swam back just fine!! THANK YOU Rich for putting this on and donating the $$ to Joel!!

Friday afternoon..cleaned my fish and FM1 Family's fish then jumped in the water and dove around out front just for fun and hoping for some uni or to shoot a fish...nothing doing, but super cool to be out there!! Then hooked up with Joe/BloodBath and dove in the river for Crab!! So fun flying in the current!! Got one more nice fat Dungie for the pot!!!

Friday night....little blurry!!! I blame Tote's margaritas and hooch (man, I knew I should have stayed away from that crap!!). So many campfires and so much good food...great times!!

Saturday...man it was rough (at least for me!!) started out with Porky and battled out to the buoy area...got a nice China and a Rosy that I used for bait (unsuccessfully), then hung out with Dr. Hab, then Guitarzan, then moved inside and found Lapu Lapu and worked the washrocks and inlets...no love for me...most action was when I got either two twin underlings on consecutive drops or the same booger grabbed my swim bait on his way back down!!  

Our champions: Ricci and Christina!!!!!!!!  WTG!!!!!!!!!  Super great folks!! Really enjoyed meeting you guys!!!!!!!!!!  

Watson 831 in the house yo!!  

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, who also is a HELL of a great fisherman...nice work buddy, really looking forward to fishing with you in the future!!

RockRoach...helluva good job in those conditions buddy!! Congrats!!

Rich...so stoked for you bro!!!!! And you giving the side bet $$ to Joel...you are a class act all the way and I am proud to call you and Gabe my friends!!

 

Spike's raffle...amazing!!

Silent Auction....got KayakJack's AbSnatcher Board!!!!!!!!!!  



PROUD to own that piece of art and will do my best to cover it in quality ab slime and fish blood as often as possible!! THANK YOU Jack!!!

 

Don't worry fellas, Joel and I worked out payment already and it didn't even involve a hobbit foot massage!!!!!  

PotLuck...DUDE!!!!!! So much good food!! Did a cool taste-off between Christina's ceviche and Jedmo's...both so good and so different...determined the winner was both combined together in one bowl!! Then the night-time stagger...back to MargaritaVille for libations and oysters...HEAVENLY!! Great to meet you Tote and thanks again for sharing the drinks, food, and dive suggestions!!

Sunday...AbDiving with BaitnBeer, El Dorado, Daviator, Dr. Hab, Jedmo and his brother in Law...vis was not perfect, but good enough!! Andy, great diving with you bro and was cool to work together and spot abs and mark them with the floatline!! Let's do it again soon!!

Got three between 8.25 and 8.75, and a FAT Urchin...good enough for me!!!

Gave one Ab to Joel cuz he's the man, and the only person Ana would ever let me give one away to!!  

Mooch, so cool hanging with you again and THANK YOU for the beautiful plaque for Ana and I...please do not hesitate to let me know if there is ever anything we can do for you.

 

Thanks again to EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

Jim

And the runner up for biggest fish in the side bet was.............. 

I did NOT catch that fish!!!!!!!!  I was just cleaning it!!

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim