GS13 - It's a wrap - Reports start on page 27

Hey everybody!  I've held off on putting up GS13 as I formulated some new details.  The event will be essentially the same as the past few years with a few exceptions:

- Grand Prize = A full charter on the Sea Hawk on Sunday, May 19th - this will be split between the winners of the tourney and the raffle - 1st place gets a seat and a guest, 2nd place gets a seat, and the other 3 seats will be drawn in the raffle.  If it's blown out then Captain Jake Mitchell has offered to do a halibut seminar that day.
- only one lingcod can be retained this year due to new CDFW regulations;
- competitors will be limited to 200; and
- the raffle proceeds will go to the newly formed Shelter Cove Fishing Preservation Inc. (more info on that later).

Hopeful news:  it looks like we should get a pretty good salmon season, and it's almost assured that Pacific halibut will be open again.  I'll revise this post as I get more info.

Gimme Shelter has a ton of history - if you want some background or to re-live past GS weekends then check out the threads of past events.

GS4 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=22208.0
GS5 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=28025.0
GS6 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=35334.0
GS7 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=43460.0
GS8 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=52177.0
GS9 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=61292.0
GSX - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=70255.0
GS11 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=75392.0
GS12 - http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=82336.0

A few tidbits:

- the GS weekends since GS3 in 2009 have seen more Pacific halibut hooked and caught by kayakers than at any other time or port in California;
- salmon and halibut can be caught in as little as 10' of water near the Cove;
- lots of AOTY entries and personal bests for NCKA members come in on the GS weekend;
- Shelter Cove is going through significant changes, and the kayak community is poised to be in an excellent position in terms of helping the locals to keep the fishing tradition strong;
- this is a family event where we celebrate each other, the NCKA community, the Cove community, the animals and the beauty of the Lost Coast.
 
I hope to see you there.   

Here's the roster - 167 of us. 

Adams, Khanh
Anchetta, Anthony
Anderson, Cami
Anderson, Cheylee
Anderson, Evan       
Anderson, Ryan       
Anglin, Don
Aquino, Ferdinand
Arnold, Conor
Ayala, Gabe
Baker, Kenny
Baron, Matt
Batt, David   
Belli, Domenic       
Bradfield, David
Bray, Rob
Brown, Kyle
Butler, Michael       
Butolph, Timothy           
Calvert, John   
Cameron, James
Cao, Dan   
Cervania, Freddie
Chasey, Lloyd   
Chatelain, Nick
Cheng, David           
Chin, Ben
Clark, Josiah   
Cox, Charles       
Crotty, Loren
Culver, Akoma   
Cuna, Ariel
Dang, Tim
Davies, Jeff
De Benedictis-Kessner, Shifra       
Dedeo, Michel
Do, Thien
Donovan, Vic   
Duffy, Tim       
Duncan, Kevin           
Dye, Ken           
Easter, Brandi
Eisenburg, Heather   
Erwin, Allen   
Foley, Jeramee       
Force, Sky           
Foreman, Amos
Fung, Jon
Gee, Scott
Gerson, Jessica
Gosciminski, Jim       
Gustin, Jim       
Harper, Jordan   
Harrison, Scott
Havemann, John
Hayes, Justin
Heitman, Jerry   
Holder, Jonny   
Hofer, Kevin           
Jansen, Tommy
Jay, Shannon
Jerge, Josh
Joe, Howard   
Jones, Glyn   
Julian, Andrew
Jung, Won       
Kaai, Eric
Kaber, Doug
Kaiser, Mike   
Kaji, Isao       
Kelly, Kevin           
Kelly, Martin   
Kennedy, Mike
King, Ryan
Kingstrom, Jeremy
Kirk, Howard
Klein, David
Knauff, Kevin
Knoles, Rob
Koons, Adam
Kuhl, Pat
Lagasse, Aaron
Landry, Jesse       
Lawson, Al   
Lee, Mark
Littlejohn, Nic
Lockaby, Mark       
Lockwood, Carla
Marrin, John
Mayes, Matt       
McDonough           
McNeil, Brad           
Monte, Kyle
Morais, Jeremy
Morais, Trina
Morgan, Eric           
Morgan, Jay   
Mouton, Greg
Murakami, Jason
Murphy, Steve
Nagel, Annie
Nakashima, Marco
Nelson, Gabe
Nelson, Matt   
Nguyen, Sonny   
Nguyen, Tommy       
Nicholson, Paul       
Nunes, Frank   
O’Neal, Wil
O’Neill, Amber
Owens, John
Pascual, Cameron       
Patio, Jaernel           
Patz, John           
Peredia, Mike
Perry, Kailyr           
Pham, Bob
Pham, Kiet
Pickle, Byron
Potts, Bradley           
Reep, Nels
Revelo, Antonio           
Reyes, Herb           
Roberts, Chuck   
Robinson, Scott   
Rossbach, Aden
Roumiguiere, Justin       
Rossbach, Mars
Royston, David
Sandkulla, Stacy
Sapp, Mike       
Saufferer, Ron           
Saufferer, Terry       
Sauve, Adam   
Sawyer, Mike
Schulz, Carson
Schulz, Kelly
Schulz, Lawana       
Sciucchetti, Pete
Scriven, Joe
Shields, Josh       
Shippey, Raydon
Sigala, Alex
Smith, Randy
Smoak, Robert           
Sopjes, David           
Stockwell, Eric   
Swagler, Matt
Takagi, Brian
Takagi, Steve       
Taube, Dylan
Taube, Tyja
Tesch, Damon
Tibbet, Michael
Tigyi, Kristof
Tilley, Marcus
Tran, Thuong           
Van Arsdale, Aaron       
Vanhorn, Fred           
Velho, Joe   
Voss, Joe
Walz, Andrew
Wang, Tim
Whisenhunt, Matt       
Whiting, Jack   
Wise, Waker       
Woodard, Tyler       

If you think you're registered but don't see your name here you need to contact me immediately.

Also, if you didn't get a welcome email confirming your order you need to contact me immediately.

Thanks. 

In!! Can’t wait to make my way back to Humboldt and immerse myself into the shelter cove/ ncka culture. Love being able to be in the moment there and throw the phone to the side all weekend.

Never miss one yet 

 I have heard and read a lot of good things about GS. Hope this year could be my 1st GS.

Awesome work as always Eric. I look forward to it.

House is already booked!

The Kajis are excited 

Aloha,

Isao

Cam, Sonny, Doug and Isao - glad you guys are coming!

James - hope to meet you at the Cove. 

I'll just keep sprinkling Cove pics in here...   

What are the dates?

Both my boys are training for their black belts in Kung Fu and have testing for about 6 weeks mid May through the end of June. It's pretty intense and they are training hard for it. This has my schedule all messed up but worth it.

This is going to be a tough one to make but am going to try my best to get there.

Thanks as always for putting this on 

Me and the wife are in, always looking forward to this event. Great place just to get away and relax. See you in May.

What are the dates?

It's in the title "GS13 - May 18th, 2019"

I'm in!!!

Looking forward to seeing you again Eric and revisiting that beautiful place.

-Tommy

Heck yeah! favorite event!

dan916 - you have to dig just a little. 

Antonio - I hope you and the boys can join us.

John, Tommy, Darius - glad you guys are coming. 

Pray I'm blessed with the opportunity to be there