NorCal Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing Zone => Fishing Tournaments and Events => Topic started by: vwool on January 26, 2014, 04:05:03 PM
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Wow, this is the reason I l love NCKA!
Crabfest 2014 was a huge success, this was the biggest Crabfest to date! Despite there not being a great amount of Dungeness crab, there was not a lack of good times.
On tournament day I awoke from my teardrop trailer rental at 5:45 am and noticed what looked like a line of cars waiting for the gate to open. I couldn’t believe the amount of cars waiting for Crabfest. At this point I knew it was going to be a great day. With minimal wind, we were able to get the day started and anglers registered starting at 7:20 am. The line in the morning for registration seemed like it was never going to end, but Narisa and Bill were able to keep the line moving.
About an hour and a half into the event the first Dungeness crab came in for measurement. It had been caught after a 30 min soak. Shortly after that more and more crabs were brought in for measurement. In the end there were an equal amount of Dungeness and Rock crab brought in for measurement. At 12:30 pm most of the kayaks were on the beach and the potluck started. There was a great array of food that five star restaurants can’t compete with, NCKA potlucks are in a league of their own.
Shortly after the potluck, the awards were given out for largest Rock crab and 1st, 2nd, 3rd largest Dungeness crab.
The largest Rock crab measured in at 6.23”, 1.38 lbs and was brought in by Scotty Swehla.
3rd place Dungeness went to Nate Lee (Spinal tap) with a crab measuring in at 6.6” and 1.48 lbs
2nd place Dungeness went to Tracey Ziomeck (sctrace) with her catch measuring in at 6.66” and weighing 1.82 lbs.
1st place Dungeness came in measuring in at 6.78” and weighing in at 1.93 lbs. The winner of the biggest Dungeness went to Aaron Peters.
This year’s Grand Prize was a Eddyline Caribbean 14 donated by Eddyline kayaks. It was great to see all ten people at the end up there waiting for their number to be called. Wendal took home the prize and was super stoked, which was awesome considering it was his first NCKA event.
This year’s raffle proceeds went to the Diabetes Youth Families (www.dyf.org), an organization close to my heart. The raffle raised over $1600 and will support families and children living with Type one Diabetes.
This event would not have been possible without all the work behind the scenes, a big thank you goes out to: Dan Arbuckle, Ashlie Arbuckle, Bill Beckett, Jack & Kay Arbuckle, Joe & Terri Arbuckle, Ron and Suzanne, and my lovely wife Narisa. There are probably a few that I missed but know you are appreciated!
This event has been free since day one and it is all because of the great sponsors: Headwaters Kayak Shop, Eddyline Kayaks, Promar/Ahi, A.Bachar, Yakattack, NRS, Malone, Vacations in a Can, Costa, Liquid Image Company and Kala Brand Music.
And the biggest thank you goes to all the participants who make this the biggest kayak crabbing tournament in the world. Thank you NCKA!
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Yeah! That's a blast. My first NCKA event, first ocean launch. Haha, the only thing missing was crabs in me trap.
All good though, did manage to win me a Brope.
Thanks for doing this.
Russell
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Brope up fool!
Good stuff Vic. I'm glad we made it out for the festivities. Didn't get on the glassy water, but had a blast anywho.
Well done guys.
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Thanks Victor, Dan, Eddyline and all of the sponsors.
Good times fore sure. Didn't catch a crab but had a great time paddling my Carribean in perfect conditions. Took a long walk with Karen and Molly, cooked a mountain of crab and served up the chili crab. Met some new folks, hung out with old friends, ate some good food, got some exercise. Life is good.
Scott
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What a fun filled weekend. Thanks Victor, Dan, and everyone else involve of making another Crabfest tourney a success. Both Kiel's and Scott's crab cooking were delicious. I only managed to catch two legal dungies and one rock crab. I am looking forward to seeing you all again soon.
Jedmo
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What an outstanding event!! :smt001 Thanks to all that made it happen. Met nothing but great folks. The food was EXCELLENT. To the folks that made the sliders with the guacamole, that was so good!! Thought of going back for seconds but I didn't want to be a pig!! Next year, we'll bring more lumpia, it started to go before it made it to the table! To the person that bought all the 300 series tickets, did you win anything?? To Terri and Joe Arbuckle, that Hobie Sport is looking better and better.
Thanks all, my wife and I had a great time.
bob and Ramona
don't worry, be happy!
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Thanks Victor and Dan and everyone else, this was my first NCKA event and it was awesome.
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Thank you Victor, Dan, and all the sponsors for this event.
This was my first crabfest but I never even went on the water. Left the yak n gear at the house so I could focus on the wife. I can't remember nicer weather at bodega and I always enjoy hanging with the NCKA family.
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Doran
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Thanks Vic and all the sponsors for a great time. This was my first time on the ocean and first time going for crab. I caught four rock crab on Saturday and my wife caught a legal dungie with a snare, so we had a crab dinner. Sunday I caught five rock crab and quite a few undersized dungies and rock crabs. Not good enough to be in the running even, but good enough. This was my first event where I didn't get skunked. Yay the skunk is over. Everything went well out on the water. All the planning and all the help I got here on the forum really paid off. Another great NCKA potluck. I'm going to have to be careful, I was a little tight in my wetsuit. It was nice to see some familiar faces and meet some new people as well.
My first crab!
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Thanks to Dan and Victor for pulling off yet another great Crabfest.
I had a blast and never even got on the water.
I'm still stuffed.
It was much needed time spent with my NCKA family.
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Victor and Dan, had a great great time again.
THANK YOU!
Can you give us the sponsors links to their Facebook so we can thank them too.
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Victor and Dan, had a great great time again.
THANK YOU!
Can you give us the sponsors links to their Facebook so we can thank them too.
+1 I'll post the pictures as soon as I upload them to my LT and re-sized them.
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You guys put on one hell of a show. Thanks for all of the work you put into it.
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Here are the pictures of the day...
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More pictures...
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Victor, Dan, and sponsors, a big THANK YOU for making this happen. The food was excellent and the camaraderie even better. The weather was nice and the water was ok. Hope to see you all again at the next event.
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Some more...
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Looks like an awesome time, with beautiful conditions!!! I was wondering why I did not see any other kayakers today out and about.
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Wow, such fantastic pictures so far! Victor and the team....we had such a great time, both out on the water and off, visiting and chatting with NCKA folks. I met quite a few and put names to faces. Wonderful event as always and you couldnt beat the weather. Fun ukulele playing Saturday night and I think we recruited a new member with who won the donated Uke! Im excited about the action video camera (Lic/Ego) and have already sent them a FB thank you. So sad to see the weekend come to an end. Back to ordinary life....
-Cherie
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Thanks you very much to Victor, Dan and everyone else who helped put this fun weekend together. It was a fun and relaxing weekend at Doran even though I did not get one single legal dungee. Looking forward to next year. I even have my site reserve already.
Rey
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is there a date set for next year?
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***Added to Tournament Archives Sticky***
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Thanks for all the great photos folks.
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Looks like an epic time at Crabfest!
I missed out due to family obligations/WAF stuff.
Had the car packed, yak on top, but only made it to the East Bay :smt009
Damn, I really wanted to play uke and sing with everyone - next time :smt001
Victor, I'll get my Zip-up at your convenience bro - thx
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and more photos.
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And still more photos. I got so many great pics I could not choose just 8. I thinks some sort of crazy gear award should be given to the guys who were using a kayak to haul traps because they had so many.
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Last photo post, I promise.
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Love the pics, Bill! You got some really good ones!
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Glad to here it was a good time by All, sorry we could not make it!
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Thanks for all the great pics & reports! Let's hear & see some more.
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Wow! Looks like a great day to be OTW. Great turnout Victor. I sure hope you can make this a tradition, for I missed out and can't wait to help you and the rest of the Headwaters Kayak Fishing Team next year. Congrats to the winners. Big thanks to Dan at The Headwaters Kayak Shop, for all of his contributions. I sure hope those who attended and wanted to demo his kayaks got the chance to paddle one. A shout out to Eddyline Kayaks, Promar/Ahi, a.bachar, Liquid Image Co, Vacations in a Can, Malone, NRS, Costa,YakAttack, liquid image, and to anyone else that I'd forgot. Thank you, for making it happen.
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A huge thanks to Victor, Narisa, Dan, sponsors and all the folks that put another great crab fest together (and all that helped with clean-up). I can image how much time and effort goes into putting on an event. As always, it was great to see our extended family.
Thanks to everyone for the great pictures and food.
Looking forward to next year.
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Victor, I never doubted it was going to be a epic event. I wish the flu would have stricken Shilo and I a couple weeks after instead of before. You guys are a dynamic duo - my vote; you two be dubbed Batman (Dan) and Robin (Victor) and we find a way to incorporate a bat signal (or perhaps a crab signal) into future events :smt044
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Big Thanks to Vic & Dan and the whole Headwaters crew for putting this great event together. Verna and I had a great time at our first Crabfest. Looking forward to next year and poss. staying a little longer (1 night is not enough). Thanks also to all the sponsors for helping to make this event happen ;0)
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I had a great time, as usual!
I got there Friday evening just as my mugs rolled up. Got tore up on Friday night.
Just chilled for awhile Saturday morning, then headed out with Kiel to check his pots. Four pots on an overnight soak and all he had were a few rock crabs, so I decided I wasn't even going to bother deploying my gear. Headed back in and we all decided we wanted some oysters, so Andy, Shane, Adam, and I hit Tides Wharf for ten dozen oysters, two pints of beer, two bloody marys, and a double mudslide. I showed my dudes my old sharay slaying grounds and we headed back to camp to crush our oysters, plus another 30 or so that Tote kicked down. I kicked it until midnight, then shot home. Brought Derik back out on Sunday afternoon and he had a blast seeing all of his homies.
Mad props to DP for grabbing my paddle and my Kayakfishing.com tournament shirt.
Another great NCKA hook-up in the books. See you cats at the Forebay.
I only took four damn pics all weekend...
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What a great weekend, the weather was perfect. Luckily because the crab were hard to find. Already looking forward to next year.
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Damn Victor. Loos like a great time was had by all. I was at the SF boat show due to an obligation ya know. Missed out man! Great event. Great WX looks like.
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It was great to see all my friends.Great job Victor,Narisa and Dan.Thank You to all the sponsors and cooks.See you guy's soon.
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Pm if you would like me to send you a high res version of a pic I took.
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Excellent work Victor, Dan, Narissa!
Congrats to Trace, Aaron, Nate for biggest dungies of the day!
Great derby. Awesome conditions!
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Thanks to Victor, Narissa and Dan for putting together a great event! Henry and I had a great time visiting with everyone and playing in the sand. The A-hulls did a great job showing Henry some love and he played with that dinosaur Sunday and on the way home till he fell asleep :)
I didn't even take a single picture in 4 days!!! I was too busy hanging out :)
Thanks to the sponsors for some awesome swag!!
and whomever gave me this cold I woke up with this morning, many many hexes on you, or at least some sand in your shorts ;)
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Thanks Vic, Narissa, and Dan.........
Loved the raffle style yak giveaway. Everyone still on the game even after coming to shore. :smt003
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Thanks Vic, Narissa, and Dan.........
Loved the raffle style yak giveaway. Everyone still on the game even after coming to shore. :smt003
+1000
Still have mixed emotions about having the ticket number one higher than the winning ticket. I'd have loved to go home with that eddy line :). Congrats to all the raffle winners and tournament winners!
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Thanks Vic, Narissa, and Dan.........
Loved the raffle style yak giveaway. Everyone still on the game even after coming to shore. :smt003
+1000
Still have mixed emotions about having the ticket number one higher than the winning ticket. I'd have loved to go home with that eddy line :). Congrats to all the raffle winners and tournament winners!
I know! My homie Noah had the number below. Not bad for his first NCKA event. More to come I'm sure. Great day.
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Thanks Victor and Dan for an awesome event. Congratulation to all the winners. :smt006
-Kiel
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Victor, Narissa, and Dan, thanks for all your hard work in putting this together. I had a great time hanging out with many old buddies.
The reports from Saturday were not encouraging and a warm sleeping bag was more inviting than getting into a cold wetsuit, but I felt too guilty and decided to go out. Thanks to Fuzz, I had about 10lbs of bait in each trap and we dropped the traps as we paddled out. I probably had the most impressive bait. I had a whole copper that probably weighed 6lbs in one trap. Having never crabbed at Doran our plan was to follow guys that caught crab the day before. That plan didn't work too well as we couldn't recognize anyone from afar so we just continued to paddle and would pick up our traps at 11:30 hopefully get back in time for the potluck. I was lucky and got a legal in each trap with one of those being 6.6" putting me in 3rd place.
Lapu, "the fish not the cannibal," thanks for letting us share your food, drinks, and campsite. G-whiz/Jedmo, thanks for feeding us and allowing us to be part of the "in" crowd.
A-hulls, fun hanging out even just for a little.
Nater the crab terminator :smt044
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Crabbing was slow. Working 4 rings hard for 4 hours for two legal dungees and a few rockies was still entertaining. Camaraderie on shore with the NCKA crew is always a pleasure! Jack has already got me fired up about the Taco Stand for GS8.
Thanks Victor, Awesome sponsors and a well run event!
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Great job, Vic & Headwaters!!!
Ash was so bummed that she missed it.
I got there late but was able to hang out w/ everyone for a little bit.
Good to see everyone!
See you next time!
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Hey All,
Being the winner of the Rock crab division I want to thank all the sponsors and a BIG thanks to Victor and Dan for a GREAT DAY!
This is my 2nd NCKA event and really felt the Luv from u all!
I know fishing takes a certain skill but crabbing really takes some LUCK.
Guess I had some flowing on Sun.
Thanks again for the fun and I only had 3 legals but we got 2 tasty meals from those babies!
Later...Scotty
P.S. I WILL learn how to play that Ukulele!
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Thanks to Vic for all the hard work, your lovely wife, Dan and all the crew who made this the greatest crabfest to date. It just doesn't get any better with the weather, the food and the friends. So looking forward to the next event, as there is no way I can wait a whole year for the next crabfest event!! Barryessa is it? WoooHooo!!
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Thanks Victor, Narissa, Dan and the rest of the Arbuckle crew. Congrats to Aaron, Tracey, and Nate for finding some nice dungies in a big bay. A big thank you to the sponsors. Another memorable Crabfest in the books. Ukefest 2014 was in full swing. I'll see if I can't get my video and picts together soon.
Bring on BSS4 next!
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Hi NCKA Bruddahs,
Crabfest 2014 was awesome! Since this was the first time for me, I did not know what expect and decided to go as I have been fortunate to have met some great NCKA Bruddahs since Fall 2013. I arrived around 8pm Saturday night and it was already dark. Trying to find my way to my campsite, I ran into a kind and generous Hmong Laotian kayak Bruddah and his wife all the way from Yuba City. If you see this post please write to me as I forgot your name. Anyway, he took me to find my campsite and then gave some firewood, which was a really nice touch. I walked over to introduce myself to some other kayak brothers who were staying in the trailer campsites. Bruddah from Monterrey thanks for you Aloha!!!
As I walked back to my campsite, it was a clear night with all the stars blazing with the sound of the waves close by. It felt so peaceful and quite magical.
In th morning as I got to see Doran Beach, it was just beautiful and paddling out with all the Bruddahs and some Sistas was an awesome sight.
I dropped my first trap fairly far in and then it was looking very crowded, so I paddled out way past the jetty where there was no one and dropped my last 2 traps. With half and hour soaks, I was pulling up a lot of juvies with some good sized adults mixed in. Looking like the crabbing was much better farther out, I hauled ass in to pick up my other trap and almost couldn't find it as my markings was kinda hard to see. I then pulled my trap up and took it futher out and line in up horizontal with the shore in deeper water with my 2 other traps.
I ended up taking in 6 Dungees 4 of them were good sized and one of them was larger than all of them. Was in the running for biggest Dungee for a little while.
I have attach a pic of my Dungees after I took them home and laid them out in my ktichen sink. I wish there would have been a prize for most Dungees caught.
Being too wasted after I got home to cook it fresh, I gave 3 to a neighbor-friend/couple and I put the 3 live crabs in a open pot and covered the top with a small wet burlap bag. After I caught the crabs I put them in a 5 gal. bucket and covered them with a wet burlap bag from the time I caught them and later put some ice between the burlap bags for the trip home and they were still kicking when I got home around 7pm.
I heard that cold temperatures slows down their metabolism and crabs are able to survive longer.
I ended up cooking the Dungees this afternoon and 2 of them were still alive this afternoon, amazing!!
These were the sweetest, tastiest Dungees I have had far this season. The taste and sweetness was to die for!! My wife loves Dungees, she, however has been in the hospital recovering from GI problems and told me to go to the Crabfest as she knew I really wanted to go to meet more NCKA Bruddahs. She's a sweetheart!!!
Thanks to Vic and wife Narissa for making this happen. Awesome prizes to die for. I am happy that the $$ raised will be going help young diabetics get support. Feels like good Karma passing forward!
This November when the Crab Season opens, I going straight to Bodega Bay. With so many young juvies now, there's going to be a lot of big adults around this Fall and Winter.
Mahalo to all the NCKA Bruddahs that I met.
Aloha.
Michael (Da Bruddah) Yamagata-Oakland
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What an incredible time. We had soooo much fun! Thanks guys for putting on this great event! Its only getting better.
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I have soo many pics not enough time to resize. :smt003
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The pain of defeat.....to the poor 9 who touched it.
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A couple more.
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Congrats to the big winners! Aaron and Tracy! Camp 120 and Team Rocky mountain spring water !! :-) you earned it .. Good job!
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WOW!!!
What an awesome event!!
Super bummed I couldn't make it...again... :smt010
Great job Victor!!!!!!!! :smt007 :smt008 :smt007
Congrats to Aaron and Tracy!! They stopped by on Friday and picked up some Ling carcasses I had saved for them...so it was my bait that won it for them. :smt002 :smt003 :smt005
Thanks for sharing all the pics everyone!!
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Sincerely,
Jim
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Another great Crabfest (as expected!)…Thanks to Victor, Narissa, Dan, and Headwaters for the FREE event and all of the killer prizes! The raffle seemed to be a great success with an incredible cause, thank you Victor for reminding us to continue to give back in this world where we were all fortunate to play in the sun all weekend!
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A few more pics....... Tracey hooked me up with the pfd she won! Class act chick right there! Love you Trace!! This is an event you do not want to miss in the future. Great job again guys thanbks for everything!!! :smt008
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WOW!!!
What an awesome event!!
Super bummed I couldn't make it...again... :smt010
Great job Victor!!!!!!!! :smt007 :smt008 :smt007
Congrats to Aaron and Tracy!! They stopped by on Friday and picked up some Ling carcasses I had saved for them...so it was my bait that won it for them. :smt002 :smt003 :smt005
Thanks for sharing all the pics everyone!!
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Sincerely,
Jim
Oh, sorry, and much gratitude to Big Jim and Bloodbath for their carcasses! :smt007
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Ben walked into the Bar....And I asked him.....Why such the long face????? LMAO!!!!! :smt005 :smt005
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Almost squeezed the life outa Trace, :smt044.. No need for handshakes, and this little lovely came over and offered me some clams! :smt003... Oh and I set Fishunter up with this pic. :smt003
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Glad we made it to say hi to a few peeps, Looks like a great time to be had over the days being there…
ConGrats to all as when I got there during the prize give away, everyone was in an awesome mood…
NCKA way… Very Kool… :smt004
WTG Vwool and Dan,
Planned on being there for half of it, but a Jazz Festival in Folsom that my Guys were playing in, kept us busy this weekend… took 3rd, wonder how they rate that stuff anyway…
Next year need to spend more time at the other fest… see ya Berryessa :smt006
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WOW!!!
What an awesome event!!
Super bummed I couldn't make it...again... :smt010
Great job Victor!!!!!!!! :smt007 :smt008 :smt007
Congrats to Aaron and Tracy!! They stopped by on Friday and picked up some Ling carcasses I had saved for them...so it was my bait that won it for them. :smt002 :smt003 :smt005
Thanks for sharing all the pics everyone!!
:smt006
Sincerely,
Jim
Oh, sorry, and much gratitude to Big Jim and Bloodbath for their carcasses! :smt007
LMAO!
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Sincerely,
Jim
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Awesome report and posts. Life, as usual, got in the way and I missed my first Crabfest. Next year for sure. Thanks for all the photos. Made me feel like I was there.
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I had waaaayyyy too much fun with my camera. :beer1
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Another Crabfest in the books. I felt like it went by so fast! Wish I had more time to hang out with everyone. I know Victor and Narisa have been getting props left and right, but really enough cant be said for how they handled this event. Victor was a man on a missions getting one huge prize after another. He did a great job keeping the prizes local, and making sure they all got the press they deserve without making the awards into an infomercial. As always I'm proud to be associated with this event, because to me it's what the sport is all about. Good times, Great food, and amazing people. Also thanks needs to go out to Bill Beckett from the Headwaters Fishing Team. He was a huge help through it all. He helped me move at least 75 kayaks over the course of the weekend. Thanks to everyone who comes out and supports us, and a major thanks to the families behind the screens helping us sell shirts, clean up, hold babies etc. Can't wait to do it again next year.
I'm loving the shot of Irowlikethat looking like a super hero with a paddle in his hand.
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This was my first Crabfest and it was a blast. Crabbing was a bit slow but still had a great time camping with the guys and seeing everyone again.
Thank you Vic, Narissa, Dan, and everyone else who made this event possible.
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a few more pics.
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Love your pics Dan! Great quality and artistry with the shots! What camera are you using?
Rey
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Love your pics Dan! Great quality and artistry with the shots! What camera are you using?
Rey
GoPro Hero 3 and a Lumix point and shoot. My policy is shoot 100's and hope to get a few good ones.
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Man that GoPro takes some nice shots!
I haven't even used mine yet and I've had it for six months. :smt011
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I had waaaayyyy too much fun with my camera. :beer1
Wow, these are great nostril shots! Thanks for capturing mine! :smt044
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I can only blame myself for not driving up and getting in on the festivities...... :smt011
looks like a blast!!!!
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Thank you as well Bill for all of your hard work behind the scene. :smt003 Congrats again Aaron and Tracey for the win and to all that placed. Got my site booked already. :smt005 See you all soon.
Jedmo
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Victor, Narissa, and Dan, thanks for all your hard work in putting this together. I had a great time hanging out with many old buddies.
The reports from Saturday were not encouraging and a warm sleeping bag was more inviting than getting into a cold wetsuit, but I felt too guilty and decided to go out. Thanks to Fuzz, I had about 10lbs of bait in each trap and we dropped the traps as we paddled out. I probably had the most impressive bait. I had a whole copper that probably weighed 6lbs in one trap. Having never crabbed at Doran our plan was to follow guys that caught crab the day before. That plan didn't work too well as we couldn't recognize anyone from afar so we just continued to paddle and would pick up our traps at 11:30 hopefully get back in time for the potluck. I was lucky and got a legal in each trap with one of those being 6.6" putting me in 3rd place.
Lapu, "the fish not the cannibal," thanks for letting us share your food, drinks, and campsite. G-whiz/Jedmo, thanks for feeding us and allowing us to be part of the "in" crowd.
A-hulls, fun hanging out even just for a little.
Nater the crab terminator :smt044
I had the same plan...follow Pondpoacher! LOL! Was great to see you and Fuzz out at the honey hole! Looks like it produced a top 3 finish for us! :smt006 :smt007 :smt004 :smt003 Congrats on 3rd behind my devil crab (6.66)!
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Looks like I missed out on a great time and wish I was able to make it. Awesome pictures and reports! WTG and CONGRATS Pond Poacher and SCTrace!!!
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Looks like I missed out on a great time and wish I was able to make it. Awesome pictures and reports! WTG and CONGRATS Pond Poacher and SCTrace!!!
I owe much of my crab manhandling success to you Straightfishin out at HMB this past year!!! LOTs of practice!!!
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jason, I hope you got some pig for missing this... see you next year!
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Here are some pics. of my neighbor enjoying the event with the ncka crew and enjoying the waters with a little dip on the other side of the south jetty :smt044. great times as always. Thanks again Vic and crew for hosting this event.
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WOW!!!
Great event....Great People...Had a blast
Thanks a lot Dan for bringing and letting us demo your boats.
and everyone else that helped organize the event.
If you need help next year delegate some work my way I would
gladly help.
Met some mighty fine folks, caught 6 legal dungies and 3 rocks
left pots out came back 7 am Sunday and both pots were full ,three
were keepers.
Thanks again,
tommyD
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YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
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YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
hey Andy, good to see you there!
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Right On! Congrats to everyone!! :smt003
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Holly Molly, those are nice pics, Vic & Narisa!!!
Thanks!!!
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It was AWESOME seeing so many brother and sisters at the Crabfest!! It's been a long time since I saw many of y'all, I missed you guys :smt008 Congrats to all the winners, and a great big hand to Dan and Victor for their hard work!! :D Can't wait for next year lol!
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The first place prize is now at my store. A custom engraved Yak Attack Black Pak goes to Pondpoacher. Congrats Man, let me know how you want to get it.
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The first place prize is now at my store. A custom engraved Yak Attack Black Pak goes to Pondpoacher. Congrats Man, let me know how you want to get it.
Now that is sweet!
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Very nice prize indeed!
I wish it was available to the winner last year :smt003