Albion Open 2011 results and thread

Sounds like another great NCKA outing! Congrats to Ben and all those who placed and took part in the fun. I hope to make it out there one of these years lol.

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Here are some pics

I too had a great time and it was nice to see in person a lot of faces that I'm so used to seeing only on my computer screen!

The potluck was kick ass. I hope a lot of you got to try my abalone ceviche 

As for fishing, I ended up with a 17" cabbie, and released a 22.5" ling and a would-be limit of gophers.
Too bad the weather wasn't one day ahead as yesterday looked flat calm the whole drive down Highway 1.

Many thanks to Craig and Linelle!
Andrew

AWESOME!!!

WTG Scott!! VERY well deserved!!!   

Congrats on a great trip AND a salmon, Ryan!!!!!   

Roger, you da man bro!! Nice work! 

Brandi,WOOHOO!!!!

Missed you guys!!
 
Sincerely,

Jim

WTG Craig, Looks and sounds like Albion was a huge success 
Sorry I missed it
Congrats to the winners, but then everyone wins at an NCKA event
Keep the pics coming,
Tad
 

i just want to thank everyone for bein great friends and makin my first trip out on the ocean one to remember and thanks for all the help from the guys that passd on info...i had a hell of a time see you guys at the next one....i got ling fever now boys!!!

Oh hell yes!!!!

Scott, awesome freaking job on taking 1st!!

Ryan, taking 2nd place along w/ a 20 lbs salmon is AWESOME!! 

Roger, well done my brother in placing 3rd. We'll be hooking up to do some fishing as well 

Craig and Linelle, thank you for putting this event together Definitely see that everyone had lotsa fun! Jemille and I are looking forward to attending next year's event!

Thanks Craig for putting on a great event. Scott Congrats on for well deserved victory( I only wish I would have follwed you back in and fished next to you) . It seems that everyone I was fishing with ended up doing great. I headed up north on the fast drift and was able to land around 8 lings with nothing over 24. A few nice blacks but no cabs. Abman and I dove  on Sunday no fish but with vis was 25+ it was very enjoyable. saw a lot of bucket abs but not a lot of fish in the area but still love just swimming around . It was so flat on Sunday , one could only wish it would have been a day earlier. Family had a great time and can't wait till next year!
Later
Jimbo

Congrats to Scott-GB2, and the other winners (everyone who attended)! Another "Epic" NCKA get together.
I was set to come up but my Moms laid up so I am sticking close to home.
I'll bring extra "Chicken coconut-curry next year!"

Craig,
Thanks for a great event.  Putting on such an event takes a lot of work.  More than most people realize so thanks a bunch. 

I had  a great time meeting many of the NCKAers and fishing was pretty good for me.  Saturday I couldn't keep the small lings off my hooks.  Ended with 7 lings kept 2 one 23 inches and one 24 a little fatty Cab and some small rock fish.  Ended with 9 pounds and something. It was a fun day.  The food was also amazing thanks to everyone who cooked.  Hope you guys liked the smoked wild turkey...it was pretty jucy and turned out pretty well. 

Anyway, hope to get to the ocean again soon.  Actually, I'll be fishing in Santa Cruz on Sunday with the Mudshark, if anyone wants to join us.

Joe.

Where to begin?
Team Montana arrived on Wednesday, and got the three bedroom two bathroom, four car garage tent put up. Relaxed to the dancing flames of the campfire while Cody began crabbing.  Woke up and hit the cove for Cody's maiden voyage in a kayak into the big blue in the tandem with dad. Shilo was in tow with the prowler 13.  No fish to be had, in fact, not even one bite. It was a special time with mys on though, and it was well enjoyed. Friday morning, we all met at our camp to head to the charter boat. Special thanks to Noyo Fishing Center for working with me on the booking of the charter for two years in a row-please consider them for your charter fishing needs.  We had a near full boat and a great crew that tried their best to find biting fish. The ocean was unleashing its fury on our little charter boat, and unfortunately, several people got severely sea sick. I still have a bruise from hitting the rail over and over again.  The bite did turn on towards the end of the trip, and some really cool fish showed up, Alain Satre caught a tiger fish, which was super cool, and hopefully someone took a pic, a nice copper, quillback, rosies, gophers, lots of chinas, a cabbie, salmon, and some lings. The keeper lings went to Shilo Camp, the newly aquired member of Team Montana! Special thanks to Fisherman's Warehouse for the support and the donations to the kids/womens prize items! Shilo won the new rod for biggest fish, and every kid and woman on the charter recieved prizes and shwag, ranging from crabbing rings and snares to misc items donated by Naoki. Cody Brockman won a spinning combo for first fish, and Berta Knoles won most fish for the womens/kids on the boat. Congrats! Next year I hope the water gods are more kind to us and bless us with conditions like on Sunday! The charter raised $810 for the Mooch/Shicken fund!!! Thank you everyone that contributed!
Saturday, team Montana launched to rough water, and I was able to find a huge grassy right off the bat! Same exact spot I caught a big grassy last year as my first fish! Then I went on the big cabbie hunt to no love. Shilo was catching gophers and I was catching blues and blacks. Near the end, Shilo tucks into a pocket at the river mouth in a few feet of water and nails a ling! That put her in second place in the women's bracket. Congrats baby! I ended up with five fish, and the biggest being the grassie at 3 pounds 15 ounces.
Sunday, wow! Sunday.... Sheet of glass, and we launched and bee-lined to the boiler rock.  First drop I caught a small verm, and then a gazillion gophers and chinas. I kept the floaters, and released the fish that came from shallow water. I foul hooked a ling, and let it go. Shilo caught her first vermillion, which will be added to the trophy room mounts! It was an 18" specimen, undoubtedly she will catch larger, but this one is her first and is special. She also caught several small gophers and chinas. She tucked into her ling hole, and I heard all heck breaking loose, and I thought a seal was trying to board her kayak. It was a ling of epic proportions! I saw a tail break water, and thrash around like a thresher! Then she yells that it took it all! I thought she lost the rod too! Come to find out it broke off the big hammer swim bait she was using and she was not at all cool with that! She spent the next two hours trying to not just get that lingzilla, but her swimbait back!

Here are some pics of the weekend, and if charter boat pics were taken, please post them up too guys, thanks!

HellYa! Go Scott! Congrats buddy. And congrats to everyone else who won too.
The BIGgest Congrats goes to Craig & Linelle though. This is a great thing that you're doing---and you s/b proud! Thank you thank you thank you!

Hey Craig and Linelle....Thank you very much for putting this together. You 2 are awesome! Congratulations to all the winners. 
Rockwalker (IAN) and I left Thursday and met up with a few cats and did the Booneville stomp. After a few refreshing beverages, we motored up to camp with Cameron on our heels.  Once we setup camp and tapped the Double RedRocket, the party began!
I blew my load fishing Friday (2 lings, blacks,copper, 17"red, greenling) cause I couldn't get anything started Saturday. Conditions weren't the best and I ended up feeling like crap the rest of the day. Eating everybodies food helped out tho. NCKA has some serious Camp Cookies!
Hey NovatoDave and the gang, Thanks for the grub and talking steelhead.
Howard, I enjoyed hanging out with you and thank you for the photo gallery.   
My parents even showed up for most of the day monitoring the radio and checking out the catches. They were impressed with the diversity and camaraderie of the our group and even felt a little embarrassed because of everybody offering them food. Thanks guys
Melissa would like to say sorry to all those who couldn't hang with the Double RedRocket. . Her plan worked . 9.4abv has a way of f-ing you up.

Really happy that you and Ian had a great time Marcos. Thanks again for the brewski dude!

Wow, that trip sounded awesome. Congrats to all the winners, and to Ryan for the pink meat.
Craig, you're the man for putting it together  , I just wish that I could have made the trip, , I'll try for next year.

Till then, tight lines to all.
Tim