NorCal Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing Zone => Fishing Tournaments and Events => Topic started by: MontanaN8V on September 20, 2009, 08:40:38 AM
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Here are a few of the pics I took from the tourney.
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Too large to post them all, I apologize for several.
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Da Mooch with the biggest fish, he will catch, ever. And, the parking lot with everyone getting ready.
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I took some OTW pics but they are on 35mm and not developed. I also did not get any of the fish that were weighed in, but hope some of the others did. Bill thank you again for putting together the tourney, it was another great gathering.
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I have a ton of pics to add to this from after the event/bbq. Im taking my daughter to the beach, so i will post them later today. Thanks ChuckE for the event, it was my first event and it was super fun fishing with so many yak anglers. Ill post pics later. Want to thank Bill, HMB kayaks and all of NCKA too. Stoogie, thanks for the ride from Santa Cruz to HMB.
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Good Times.... :smt004
I did not want to start a Thread because i don't know the names of 1sr and 2nd place winners,
I know the the third.... ME... :smt003
But best of all, I now have the The Tittle of our Newest Coveted Tittle....
Nor Cal Sardine Champion :king:
Comes with some very nice Hook1 Swag... :smt007
Don't have too many pics, but here are a few,
It was Big on the Outside by Maverics... Duh... :smt107
The Cabbie I caught was like no other I've ever seen, Beautiful color, Blue/Orange even the meat is Blue, maybe a mating color? Beautiful,
If it was not a tourney, I would have let it go... :smt010
Good Times and I'm sure more pics/info to come
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Congrats! to all the winners, I only caught a small copper and a little bullhead.
Here are a few pictures I want to share.
Kiel
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Thanks for putting the show on you guys.
The winner was my parking neighbor and when he pulled down this little girls ugly, beat up 9 foot Pelican kayak I felt a little sorry for him.
Then he says he wants to fish near the big wave break out there and noted it was good to have so many nice big kayaks around in case he gets wiped out.
Then ...the next thing I know...he wins the tournament.!!!
First Susan Boyle....
Then Kevin Skinner...and now this.
Never judge a kayak fisher by his cover.
Congratulations to him!
Steve
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Do I look like I am scared of a ghost?
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:smt005
B.F.'ing a ghost with yer light saber? priceless.
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Thanks again for everyone that made it out and especially those that kicked in food for the potluck, as usual it was insane grub! Sorry for the late post, I made it home yesterday and crashed and did not wake up till 11! Final results!
1. Jesse 30 1/2" Halbut
2. John R. 26" Ling
3. Danglin 20 1/4" Cabezon
4. Marv 17" Cabezon
5. Chuck H. 16 1/4" Cabezon
6. Inseine 16" Cabezon
7. MadDog 15 1/2 Olive
8. Mooch 15" Greenling
9. Ramsey 13" Rockcod
And the biggest Sardine:
Danglin - 106.7 grams
I have a little bit of video that I will hopefully get online tonight. Thank to all our sponsors:
HMB Kayak Company
Cobra Kayaks
West Marine
Wheeleez
Hook1
MontanaN8V for pitching in some sweet swimbaits
Thanks to Chuck E and Danglin for doing a ton of work getting the prizes together and thanks to ChuckE for making the food run. Without those guys this even would not have happened!
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I really appreciate everything. This was my first main event and I had a blast. I won nothing but I met new friends and saw the people who will neal to the future king. HAHA JK. Oh Mooch you have a really nice apron. :smt002
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Thanks for the great time, and i removed the skunk from my back by catching a few fish...
When we first got out there, i dropped a swim bait with a shrimp fly above and instantly BAM... My reel went haywire and my pole was bent.... Hell of a fight... I dug down and started reeling in hard, I was totally freaked cause I knew I had something big!! Then it made another run and then I really freaked, finally got it close to the yak and I saw a BIG white flash!! Hali.... I was already planning on how I was gonna get my new yak home, then it surfaced....My dreams were shattered, I had a 4 foot shark on.... I managed to get him on the yak, then the thing flipped out and started thrashing on my lap and crotch...Lucky for me he came unhooked and I shoved him off me into the water.... Bad news is sharks dont count in the derby, but it was a whole lot of fun to reel in... Ended the day with that big ass shark (released safely) few small rockies (released), a 21 inch ling, too small (released), and a 15 3/4 cabbie (DINNER)..
I saw our derby winner out on the water towards the end of day and we chatted, he gave me two rock fish to add to my dinner plate, he mentioned he had a hali, but thought a bigger one was caught, he was stoked and some what bummed at the same time, as we know, his was the only hali caught and little did he know he already won the derby. Great guy and a very determined angler...
anyone know what kind of shark I may have caught, he was like a grey on top, white on bottom... Not a thresher, Im think a Dog Fish (dog shark)? Are these present in the HMB area? Great fight, but not so fun once he was on board the yak...
Had a great time and I didnt puke in the swell. :)
Thanks for the memories, here are some more pics...
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and more... My first batch of pics and report are on page 1 if you missed them..
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Great meeting everyone and putting a few more faces to names and handles! Wish I woulda come in Friday night for more bonding over sardine-catching.
Sure was a fun day on the water. I saw Ariel head out first while I was still up and my car, and decided to make haste and follow his lead. We caught some 'dines and headed out of the jaws along the rock wall to the left. The water was either "chocolate milk" or "diahrrea" depending on which radio report you heard, and everone behind me was headed for the reef. I stopped paddling for a good 90 seconds deciding whether to bail on the beach and head to the reef or not. Then Ariel said it was clearing up.
Fly-lining 1 dine, and a 3-way with another, I had 2 pretty good bites, but couldn't make them stick. With my last dine (which I had been saving, because it was the biggest in my tube), I finally got SLAMMED!
With the reel singing and the kayak doing an about face, I got a rush of adrenaline and a mental image of the Cobra Pro-fisherman. Yeah baby! ...waitaminnit, the drag won't even phase this thing, and a little thumb on the spool said there was no turning this thing.
My heart sank as I remembered the fur-bag who had been torpedoing us a half hour earlier. Then it went all marlin on me and jumped a rolled a couple of times.
This was a first for me. "What do I do, man?" (expletive edited)
"Better cut it off." came the reply I was expecting but dreading.
Got out the clipper, and tumbed down hard to slow the line to cut it, and finally the mono leader gave way at the hook.
So the furbag got a little jewelry and my 'dine, and I keep the rig, which went on to catch my only fish of the day - a gopher. I guess I also got to experience another "first" as well.
Great fishing with everyone!
Peter
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I had a lot of fun and looking forward to the next tourney!
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i was glad i got to get out there friday night to throw back some beers with a few guys , had a blast and now i know what to expect for next time , will def bring a dish to share among all the other great food that you guys rock out! met some cool peeps though!!
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hahahaha i thought the fried cheese cake were egg rolls at first and dipped one in wasabe!! still wasnt bad!
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hahahaha i thought the fried cheese cake were egg rolls at first and dipped one in wasabe!! still wasnt bad!
:smt044 :smt044 :smt044 The true test of fried cheesecake!
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Great reports and pics. Good Times for sure. Congrats to the winners and all who participated. :smt001
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Great event! Nice to finally meet some of the people in this forum. That was a first ocean voyage for my kayak and I was not disappointed even though I didn't catch anything but bait. ChuckE's ceviche was so good, I think I'm going to have to PM him for a recipe. Mooch, gave my wife a laugh when she saw your pic with the dong. Darius, that mackerel you gave me was great. I had it for breakfast this morning. Looking forward to the next event.
Rey
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Shannon and I had a killer time! Thanks for everyone for making this event another fun one! Can't wait to do it again.
We ended the day with two nice sized greeling (shoudl have measured one as I know it would have beat Mooch's) :smt003
It was great to see old friends and make new ones!
Great group of folks we got here!
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Hello it was my first time kayak fishing with my new kayak.I snaged second place and won me a nice VHF radio I need.Thanks to everyone I had a great time and will be fishing a lot more next year.My wife was very excited and I couldn't clean the fish until she came home from work and could see them.I will try to post the pictures I took.The ling cod was 26" long but the picture is poor because I was keeping it in a 5 gal. bucket with ice.Its a curled up ling now. Thanks to everyone for the great food.
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Dude, is it the year of the newbie or what? Seriously, there is something to this "Newbie Luck" thing.
awesome pics and good stuff all.
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Yeah! Nice work!!!
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Wish I could have been there it was on my calender for A while! Congrats to the winners, I always love when someone wins that really needs it! Not somebody that has five kayaks already. Not that there is anything wrong with that but you get the picture! Oh and Alain, is that A bud light in your hand? WTF is wrong with you!!! :smt011
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Great event. Thanks to our sponsors HMB Kayaks. What a great bunch. Awesome campsite by the water!
Only a small rocky which I threw back and one big hookup in the harbor, on a live Dine, which by the head shake I was guessing Hali - however the line snapped after a few seconds. Took home about 35 Dines. I had so many quad hookups it was a blast on a trout rod. I'd bring four onboard but with all the flopping fish and sticking sabiki hooks, I'd usually only bucket two. Some sugar salt and soya and 3-4 hours on the grill with bundles of rosemary and tyme and I had some tasty smoked sardines.
Special thanks to new friends Great White Minnow (Chuck) and Alien for the sabikis, I'll get you back. and to MontanaN8V (Rich) for the great food and company. And Darius too for seeing the sad look on my face when I saw all the deep fried cheese cake was gone and for literally giving me one off his plate.
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And Darius too for seeing the sad look on my face when I saw all the deep fried cheese cake was gone and for literally giving me one off his plate.
THAT is true NCKA brotherly love, right there...
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And Darius too for seeing the sad look on my face when I saw all the deep fried cheese cake was gone and for literally giving me one off his plate.
THAT is true NCKA brotherly love, right there...
:smt007 :smt007 Indeed, I saw the look on his face.. I said take this one on my plate he was hesitant until I lied, I said I already had one.. :smt005 :smt005 anyway heres my story, I caught nice dinesand 1 Mac, 1 drop of sabiki I had 5 on the line but, f'ed my set up, so I head out had some nice take down 2x on is nice cabbie which safely return since I know I dont stand a chance on the on rest of the catch! went back to catch more dines to no avail met LAPULAPU cool fella, cant wait to fish with him again, gave him the rest of my dines and mac, I didnt see him leave otherwise I would have ask him for the left over menudo :smt003, I was so tired I fell a sleep on my truck, Since I just got back from LA after a business trip, I was too tired, I thought I would never make it to the event, pull my last strength and I am glad I did, good to see everyone nice to meet new friends, Thanks ChuckE for putting this together and HMB for sponsoring and providing us a good spot, Shicken for all his time cooking the the burgers (your a natural on burger flipping bro) :smt044, again NCKA never cease to amaze me on the events, I was gonna drive to BassLake, after an hour heading I cant help falling a sleep while driving, I pulled to the shoulder and the CHP was on me, good thing he just ask me to find another safe spot to take a nap at that moment I just decided to head back home...got home safe wifey ask my catch I said gave them away I release nice cabbie and she slap me :smt005 :smt005
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Classic story Darius, good to see you again my friend.
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the cheese cake was good but who make the sweet sticky rice with carmel like topping? That was awesome! Please PM me with the recipe so I can have wifey make it :smt003
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that lobster stew over white rice was great too , a real treat
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Everything on the table was great, I guess except my filipino style spaghetti since I brought a lot back, or I guess I brought to much :smt005 Its finally nice to meet Jai Boi my brother from another mother, andy good to see you again, porky nice to and pleasant to fish with you again, everyone you guys rocks!
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GOOD TIMES AND GOOD FOOD AS ALWAYS... THANKS CHUCK AND BILL AWESOME JOB!
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Congrats to all that made it...I couldn't... :smt009 Sounds like and looks like it was non stop fun...thx for all the pics and posts for us that couldn't attend...only in spirit...WTG!!! :smt023
Next yr for sure...
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the filipino spaghetti was good Darius. Complete with hot dogs, not meat balls.
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got home safe wifey ask my catch I said gave them away I release nice cabbie and she slap me :smt005 :smt005
Glad you got home ok, but dang darius you've got some major incentive to NOT come home empty handed! :smt005 WAF = Wife Assault Factor
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yea it was darius but by the time it got served i was full , outta respect for the homie i had a plate and yes it was good
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got home safe wifey ask my catch I said gave them away I release nice cabbie and she slap me :smt005 :smt005
Glad you got home ok, but dang darius you've got some major incentive to NOT come home empty handed! :smt005 WAF = Wife Assault Factor
I was actually beginning to ask lawyer if they ever filed a case for battered husband :smt044 :smt044 :smt044 I think there sexual prejusdicsm in our judicial system :smt005 :smt005 the slap wasnt that bad she did it with smile and thanking god I got home safe, she knows how tired I was, no sleep for 2 days major her major concern...
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Who made the sweet sticky rice with carmel like topping? That was awesome! Please PM me with the recipe so I can have wifey make it :smt003
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Heres my only catch of the day. Now luck out on the main water so I switched to slow drifting a weedless 4" worm along the inside of the jetty. Should have done that the whole day.
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i paid, but did not play(in the water) it was a "JustKickinIt" event for me. It was good to see&be with the ol'crew again, and nice to meet some new ones.
Congrads to all the winners (and us losers too)
**cuz if there were not losers, there would be NO WINNERS.(someone needs to print that :smt002)
the foods where the Real_reason i went.......and I was not let down!
Thanks HMB Kayaks, PapaBill, ChuckE and you! = NCKA! :smt008
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CONGRATS to the winners -- Jesse, John, and Danglin!
I had a great time and have a lot of good people to thank for helping make this HMB Derby a success.
A BIG THANKS to Doug, Dave, and Chris at the HMB Kayak Company for hosting the event.
THANKS to Cobra, West Marine, Wheeleeze, Hook1, and Walton's Pond -- for being great prize sponsors.
THANKS to Danglin -- for his efforts in soliciting West Marine and Wheeleeze for prizes.
THANKS to Mooch, Ariel, Frankfishing -- for always being there to help whenever needed.
THANKS to Marvin -- for being the grill master.
THANKS to Papa Bill -- for this GREAT site and being a our MC
THANKS to Everyone -- for participating, contributing to the potluck, and supporting NCKA!!!
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I had a great time, and cannot say thank you enough to everyone involved.
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I had a great time and have a lot of good people to thank for helping make this HMB Derby a success.
A BIG THANKS to Doug, Dave, and Chris at the HMB Kayak Company for hosting the event.
THANKS to Cobra, West Marine, Wheeleeze, Hook1, and Walton's Pond -- for being great prize sponsors.
THANKS to Danglin -- for his efforts in soliciting West Marine and Wheeleeze for prizes.
THANKS to Mooch, Ariel, Frankfishing -- for always being there to help whenever needed.
THANKS to Marvin -- for being the grill master.
THANKS to Papa Bill -- for this GREAT site and being a our MC
THANKS to Everyone -- for participating, contributing to the potluck, and supporting NCKA!!!
Also want to thanks MontanaN8V for donating some assorted fishing tackle!
* It would also be nice if we can drop some "Thank you" emails directly to all our sponsors - without them, you'd be getting hugs and kisses (and a pat on the ass - NBA style) from the mooch for prizes :smt008 :smt002