NorCal Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing Zone => Fishing Tournaments and Events => Topic started by: Bushy on August 15, 2009, 04:53:38 PM
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Today's derby at Monterey Bay Kayaks was very successful..
Thanks to all who participated and especially to those who helped pull it off, notably owner Cass Schrock, and staff Tara, Aaron, and Joel!
As Deva said, "it was FAC out there this morning!" Low winds and glassy conditions started the day at 7am when 73 kayak anglers hit the 6" surf on DelMonte Beach. They scattered far and wide. Once we got out, we could see there really was a swell, it just doesn't hit in the MBK corner. Waves were 3-4' boomers past the condo and toward the hotel.
Results were mixed, as usual. Some were skunked, and some were blessed with big fish. Bait was scattered, but the diligent could sabiki up sardines, smelt, or mackerel.
Weigh in at noon was a blast with Aaron cooking the "man-dogs" as I weighed fish in.
First in at the weigh table at 11 am was Barret Pruden with a fatty brown ling. His fish weighed in at 15 pounds even. Tough to beat! In fact, impossible to beat as it turned out.
We weighed in about 10 lingcod altogether, though not all made it to the leaderboard. We also saw some nice rockfish and one beautiful halibut, caught as a personal 1st by Patrick Kuhl (SinCoast).
Winners in order were:
#1: Barret Pruden, 15-pound ling, caught with whole squid near the Cannery Row Kelp.
#2: Vik Kumar, 12-pound Blue ling, from the Coast Guard Jetty area with a whole squid.
#3: Patrick Kuhl, 9.5-pound halibut from the condo area caught on a live sardine.
Barret went home with a brand-new Trident 13 angler edition; Vik has a nice Aquabound kayak paddle to add to his arsenal, and Pat Kuhl can spot even more fish with new poloroid sunglasses. Thanks to OCEAN KAYAKSand MONTEREY BAY KAYAKS for sponsoring the event and prizes.
Fun day, and I'm looking forward to seeing some of the same faces tomorrow at the Santa Cruz Harbor for YakHopper's contest.
Pix wil be added once I get them from our official photographer.
OK, Anita sent me pix yeaterday, so I'm going to add a bunch..
In order
Guitarzan was in 1st place for 5 minutes. this ling caught at the 1st yellow can with a chovie on a 3-way.
Newbie Barret Pruden soon dashed G's hopes as he weighed in his 15-pound liong caught fnear the kelp at Cannery Row with a whole squid. Viok Kumar also brought in a nice blue Ling for 2d place from the area near the Jetty. whole squid again if I remember correctly.
3d place was captured by a jubilant Pat Kuhl (SinCoast)with his 1st ever kayak halibut! WTG Pat!!
Barret looks stoked with his New Yak, I'd say, and Kuhl looks cool in his new shades
The remaining pics document the morning prior to launch, and some great shots of the "ManDog" gathering after weigh-in. thanks Anita Jones for handling the camera for us this year, and thanks to everyone who attended. We'll do it again next August for sure!!
Allen
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Thanks Allan!
It was worth crying over afterall.....
Sounds ..er...sounded like a blast!
Steve
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I had a great time out there. First time fishing Monterey and I wish I would have brought the family but there was no hotel to be had due to the exotic car show in town. Slow day for me but had fun anyway.
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Looks like a Great Time...
I got sacked with wife needing to work today putting the final Kabash on me making it....
ConGrats to All
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Thanks for the great report and congrats to all, especially my Man, PK, for hooking up a halibut. WTG, all. :smt001
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I had a blast Allen, thank you. I dropped about a grand in your shop on rack craddles, PFD's and accessories for my kids. Very reasonable prices. We had a tough day fishing, I caught a bunch of small kelp bass, that almost went on a live bait rig, and what several people believe was a white sea bass that got wound up in the kelp and lost! That would have been the money fish, and a couple guys suggested I dive down and get him! I am not quite that die hard, but it was a great time. I have to apologize also for the guy that tagged along and fished separate from the tourney, he made several rude comments and vulgar language on the radio in the morning. I do not condone his behavior at all, and am very embarrassed, it won't happen again, I promise. Congrats to all that participated, and especially to those that caught the nice fish, it was tough fishing in anyone's book, and you have accomplished (or got outright lucky!) quite a feet. Cannot wait until the next one in HMB, wish I could make Davenport, but have my children, and we are going fly fishing.
Rich
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Conditions were nice (pic 1), and fishing advice was plentiful for a novice like me. I was one of the lucky ones who caught live bait. My jacksmelt (pic 2) ended up finding my first ever legal ling! 26", 5-1/4 lbs. of toothy grandeur (pic 3). Sadly, others were grander. Also sadly, "the patch" did not prevent repeated chumming on my part, dampening my joy. The man dogs cheered me up, though, making it a good day overall (pic 4). Thanks, MBK, for a good time.
Andy
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73 kayak anglers hit the 6" surf on DelMonte Beach.
73??? Wow, that's awesome. Good to see kayak fishing's alive and well.
Z
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Thanks Allen, nice job...
Blake
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HELLO NCKA!!!!!!!!!- Its me Barret Pruden, But you all can just call me Bear
So i haven't had time to actually sign up on this site just yet but i will, So once again, i am using something borrowed. First it was his Kayak, now his computer, Thank you Marmite.
Kinda wondering when everyone is going to come together and place all the pictures of that glorious day on the site. i had a great time.
waking up at 3am from my two hours sleep, heading down to MBK with sleep in my eyes i never thought that i would be getting the catch of the day. i even had to re-line my reel as everyone was just heading out to the water. i took off towards the jetty passing the outsides of the kelps when my rod decided to shake as my bait danced over a ling cod hole. What great luck. I never caught a ling before, let alone really seen one up close. didn't know how big is it was until i got it out of the water. 35 inches 15 pounds. i wanted to stay out there longer but wanted to come in immediately. listening to the radio i hear a few catches of the day, that halibut had me scared. but at weigh in, and by the looks on everyone's faces, i knew that i had probably won. I was just hoping that anyone who caught something bigger didn't have a watch on and would come in later after the weigh in had closed.
i had a great time out there with all you NCKA'rs. looking to do a lot more of it.
My first Fishing tournament, my first ling cod and my first Kayak.
Thank you NCKA, you all just woke up the Bear
If anyone has pictures of that day could you please send them to my personal email until i can get my name in the roster... barretpruden@hotmail.com
thanks all!!!!
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Another great event, thanx to Allen, Arron and the rest of the MBKers and all the 'yakers. I got into rockfish at the yellow can and kept a few, remembering last years winning fish.... then landed a 26" ling which got me pumped, I heard radio talk of biggies being landed, then saw Pat/Sin Coast with his flattie( And thanx a million for the camp hookup Pat!) I then went for the surf-troll for nada but kelp, in by 11:30 with a stringer-full. One caught on a red creature jig, the rest on frozen chovies. My ling went 5 lbs for 5th. Congrats to the winners, welcome BEAR!!!
We left the truck at MBK and hit the streets. Lots of cool cars, good food, foreign accents ... watched the auctions for a while, saw a strat go for $700 that was signed by Pink Floyd, and another signed By Led Zep, sans Bonzo, for $1700. Just imagine if Bonham was on it??? More in the range of a million. Slept in at Veterans till 9- heaven.
Here's my fishies, and I just love the shot of my girl and Scallen 'hisself.
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As Borat would say, "GREAT SUCCESS!"
Thanks for another great event Allen, and MBK. It was cool to see some big fish come in this year, especially after such a poor grade last year.
Props to Barret for winning his 1st yak in a tourney! That is pretty F'n sweet--and just like Alien's story haha! Very cool. Welcome to the madness Bear!
I was on a halibut mission.
Mission accomplished.
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Caught it trolling a freshly-jigged sardine outside the surf. Pretty cool way to fish and it was definitely rockin' out there w/some decent sets crashing.
Slowly paddling along, in about 20ft, when my sabiki rod went off and I was stoked to see 3 huge sardines hooked-up...but they were like 10" and totally unmanageable...going nuts on the deck w/a sabiki hook in my leg, total cluster-f.
THEN IT HAPPENS! I hear my drag tick and look up to see my rod doubled-over into the water! Fish On! All the sudden, the twisted-mess-of-sardines and sabiki rig meant nothing and I grabbed the rod and set the hook. Fought the fish to the surface and stupidly tried to net it...jumped completely out of the water to escape my net and dove straight down to the bottom. Nearly crapped my wetsuit! Fortunately, my drag was loose enough to just point the rod and let it run. Worked it back to the surface and stuck it w/my custom EK gaff and hauled it into the boat with one swift move, then gave it the leglock (not just for lingcod anymore!), and secured the gameclip...SUCCESS!!! I was screaming at the top of my lungs in excitement...haven't felt that exhilarated in a long time. It was awesome.
Gave away my spare sardines to the crew and kept trolling outside the surf, hoping for a repeat performance. Also fished the jetty for about an hour, then paddled back in for the weigh-in. Stoked!
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I BBQd a filet that afternoon and it was incredible! Going to fry up another filet tonight and make fish tacos. Mmmmmm success...the gift that keeps on giving. :smt008
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Handing over the tiara was tough, losing a title is never easy :smt010
Bear, you are going to love that yak, and won it with a serious fish as opposed to some who um, like me, one a yak with a dink fish :smt005
Pat, so cool to hear you totally stoked on the radio. I know that sweet feeling and thanks for letting us share it.
MBK, Ocean Kayak, Allen, Aaron, you guys rock
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Good stuff guys. Sorry I missed it - the wife's company party was the culprit. :smt010 :smt012
Patrick, glad to hear that you were successful in your quest. What did you end up getting the hali on? Previously dredged up 'choves or 'dines? Sounds like quite the battle. I can't wait until I get my first yak 'but!
WTTM Bear! It is scary fun!
Michael
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Congradulations to all the winners and all participants. Allen sorry i couldnt make it down. It looks as though a blast was had by all. Especially the 1st place dude with his 1st ling ever? Now thats destiny. Congrats Sin on the halibut. That smile of your tells it all . WTG you guys. Oh and Allen, isnt that Anita you are snuggled up against? While Ben was out on the water no less. You old sea dog. Arf Arf :smt006
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I had a great time Saturday, arrived about 5:30 a.m. Met up with Patt (Soulhigh831), Ernie (Superfin19), and Joe (from Stockton). At first tried drifting for halis down the beach, jigged up some live bait and saved it for a little later. I caught a black on a crankbait near Chase Reef, Ernie landed a nice size copper, next thing you know I hear Patt yelling fish on! Turned out being an under-ling, 1/2" short. Around that time I hear someone hollering near the shore break, I thought someone got into some stripers, turned out being Sin Coast and his hali. After a bit, Ernie and I headed towards the CG Pier. Dropped the live mackerel down to the bottom in about 20' of water and after about a minute Fish On! Cranked to the surface a nice 4.4 lb. cabezon. I really enjoyed this event, had a great time BSing with everyone. I heard about three or four times "Oh, so you're Calbear." :smt002 Good to see familiar faces and very cool to meet people I felt like I already knew. Congrats to Baret, Vic, and Sin Coast. Thanks to Allen, Aaron, and the MBK staff and crew along with all who put this event together. Ended up fishing with Ernie till night fall, all in all another perfect day on the Monterey Bay. Forgot my camera so I only have a few shots of the cabbie
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#1: Barret Pruden, 15-pound ling, caught with whole squid near the Cannery Row Kelp.
#2: Vik Kumar, 12-pound Blue ling, from the Coast Guard Jetty area with a whole squid.
#3: Patrick Kuhl, 9.5-pound halibut from the condo area caught on a live sardine.
Congrats to all the winners!
It was nice being out today. The water was calmer by MBK but once we headed out near the condos the swells where to much for me so I headed back to flatter waves...Thanx to the whole organizing crew!
Damian.
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Thanks to MBK what a great day Saturday. This was my first Kayak derby and I had a Great time. I caught a few rock fish, but turned them lose as I knew they would not compete with the monster lings and halibut I was hearing about on the radio. Me and my buddy decided to make a day trip out of it which meant leaving Stockton at 3:00am. It made for a long day, but worth it.
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It was a long weekend but well worth it.
Launched out of MBK to FAC conditions, paddled around the break wall ad out past the reserve to lovers point where there was a light bite and a bigger swell. After a while with no great success decided to make my way back and try by the aquarium, still not what i was looking for so I decided to call it a day and heat back. Along the way decided to try a small rock pile I found during last years event and got hammered on the first drop, unfortunately still not the quality for a contender so back he went and to MBK for some man dogs and great company.
Thanks to MBK and Allan for hosting a great event for a great cause,
Eric
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That was a blast!!! I had a great time out there. Thanks to SCAllen and everyone else who had a hand in making this happen.
I only ended with 4 small rock fish and a couple dabs. I may have only ended up with dinner but it was a great time fishing with you guys and I can't wait to do it again next year.
Congrats to the winners and especially Sin Coast for catching his first yak halibut. You sounded like a kid at Christmas unwrapping his first bike over the radio dude :smt004
-FF
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Sounds like you all had a blast! Wish I could have made it..
Nice job Pat!!
Congrats to the winners and a safe day!
What happened to the davenport contest, did it go down?
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so doug, it was your boat he was riding in. i talked to barrett a little yesterday but i didn't know it was YOUR boat. he did a good job out there, too bad you didn't make it though.
my wife and i had fun, we went out for a little while but didn't catch any fish other than some baby bocaccio. i didn't venture out too far and really took my time in the morning getting out.
we had a nice day in monterey taking a walk around and enjoying the sites. mad props to fishfarmer for letting us stay with him.
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Hi Bear:
Way to go! :smt002
Sea-ya
Ernie
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so doug, it was your boat he was riding in. i talked to barrett a little yesterday but i didn't know it was YOUR boat. he did a good job out there, too bad you didn't make it though
The Little Kayak that Could: I retired my Tarpon 140 partly because everyone complained about how heavy it was whenever they helped me carry it. I guess my poor, orphaned kayak feels a little vindicated now.
Because I'd removed the rudder pedals, I was worried Bear might have difficulty power paddling and I almost switched him over to my P15. But at the last minute we went with the T140 because its flat, rigid bottom would be easier to secure to his rackless car roof.
Ben, I do wish I could have been there to witness the exhilaration on Ben's face when he landed the brute. I really wanted to be there, but my hands are still healing from Albion and I want to be able to enjoy my upcoming Almanor trip in a few weeks.
It does make me wonder if I let Bear have the fish that was designated for me...but then I wouldn't have used the T140 anyway. Besides, I'm really happy that a first-time derby entrant, with a little kayak that could, brought home the bacon!
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doug, sorry to hear your hands are still not up to paddling yet. when i was talking to "bear" yesterday i was wondering if it was your boat, but i never asked because i thought it was a stupid question. the t140 he was riding on looked nothing like yours, but i guess it makes sense now since you had taken most of the stuff off it.
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The venue for the MBK derby is so nice, I took wife and dog along to enjoy the day and see what our derbies are all about. Needless to say, it was a great day with or without a fishing rod.
Kudos and thanks to Aaron, Allen, and the MBK staff for a fun derby. I expect they'll break 100 participants for the next one.
Congrats to Barret, Vic, and Patrick. Barret's story is epic proof of newbie karma, and it's so nice to see Patrick's redemption hali land him on the podium.
Pic 1: Barret on the beach with his winning fish
Pic 2: Ben with his solid stringer
Pic 3: Aki and Mercy on seal patrol
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Congrat to the derby winners. Sorrry I couldn't make it this year. Thank you all for the reports and pictures.
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And the other pix I could not fit into my first edit haha
Anita's "pretty colors" shot looks like a postcard, doesn't it?
Thanks again, all!
Allen
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Dude that pic of Bear hoisting up the HogLing in victory is awesome!
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Bear is awesome!
I might start a poll.
LOL
Allen
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I trolled most of the day. My first plan was to head to moss and back dragging a plug for a thresher, but i just didn't have the legs. Only made it to Marina before the swell and fatigue caught up with me. Ran into jumbo smelts like 14" that wanted to mate with my plug, lol. ran into a couple people out by the yellow can, saw a verm caught, that was it. Ran into freddie with his boys. Someday, i'd like to do this with my kids if i'm ever so lucky.
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the BBQ was fun. And, like I always do, i tried to stick it to the MBAq by grabbing a random young couple from the crowd and walking them through the members' entrance.
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Oh and thanks for the organizers, you/ MBK did a truly outstanding job
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Thanks to all who showed up for this epic derby! It was a pleasure to meet some of you and to touch base with old friends.We had a great turn out for this derby and there were some quality fish brought to the scale.Special congrats to Sin Coast for placing with his first kayak halibut and to Bear, whose fat ling scored him a much needed T-13.Good times! :smt003
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Finally getting around to posting my pics
Mine and my wife's rented kayak, ready to go
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Aki the wonder dog
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Another of Bear and his ling
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Me looking fool/toolish
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This is what was going on this weekend
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and this was going on too
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lots of fun!
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You are always hilarious Ben. Fool/Toolish...classic.
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WoW It was alot of fun seeing everyone again and meeting new people. Congrats the the winners and MBK for this great event. Me and Javier drove down there Friday evening and quickly found MBK. While trying to find something to eat we ran into Eric(yakhopper). It was good meeting you. Our day went slow for the most part but it still is better than being at work..after the event Dave(relentless) and us made our way up to Santa cruz and spent the rest of the day there so we could fish Yakhoppers event. once again congrats to the winners!
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Late thanks to Allen, Aron & MBK to put this together. :smt006
the fishing was wide open for Monterey seemed like. Ash & I stay close & looking for bait & Hali. She got few good take down on live Mackerel but didn't stick... so we didn't get anything... but we still had good time on the water!
I caught Senorita and this RF (I think Juvenile Bocaccio) and very carefully released...
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I was super bummed that I could not make this tournament :smt011 The man van had some issues :smt013
Anyway, congrats to all the winners!
Special mention goes to Pat for catching his first yak-halibut. The simple fact that he was on a mission to catch one and that he did makes it so much sweeter!!!!
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i caught three of those too naoaki, and came to the same conclusion of baby bocaccio. they were really thick inside.
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Great tourney and good fun. Sorry I missed it due to prior commitments.
Is Aki a GSP? Sure looks like it--great bird hunting pointer. My ESSs would never stay in a yak I don't think keep trying to swim
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Wow looks like a lot of fun.great gathering.
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Is Aki a GSP? Sure looks like it--great bird hunting pointer. My ESSs would never stay in a yak I don't think keep trying to swim
Yup... she's a German Shorthair Pointer. Those dogs have a strong hunting drive and are full of energy. I would not recommend them for city dwellers who don't hunt or spend lots of time outdoors.
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that looks like fun, wish we had stuff like that going on around here