F.W. Tiki Event Results - Season Finalley

Thank you Eric and Family!
Eric was the first guy I kayak fished with here in California.  Before meeting him, and then NCKA, I was always a solo kayaker/canoer.  These evnts really help reinforce what a great group of people have come together here in California around kayaks and events like this.

Thanks again for all the work you put into this.

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Looks like a ton of fun!!

Congrats to all!!!!

WTG Kirk!!! 

And Narissa!! So cool!!

THANK YOU YakHopper for such an awesome series of events!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Thank you, Eric, for the good times.  We decided to go at the last minute and had a blast until we hit the wall of vegetation coming in late.  That stuff had jammed under the bridge tight, and it was quite a chore to work thru it.

Sorry to have missed the festivities.

Thank you Eric and Fisherman's Warehouse for another great event.  Congratulations to the winners!

Martin

What a fun time at Tiki Lagun!

Thanks Eric, Fisherman's Warehouse, and all the sponsors for an awesome series.

The final event did not disappoint, with lots of food, old and new friends, oh yeah, and some fishing as well.

It was a bit of a tough bite on Sunday with most big Stripers coming on live bait.

Largemouth were willing to play, and I managed to land two small ones using the fly rod.
The fly rod was the only method to work for me, and I know it's cornball but I did fool a LMB on a fly I tied myself!

Once again the food was abundant, Weimarian's cobbler was a fitting desert on Sat. nite after gorging on BBQ chicken, pork, and beef.
Sunday's buffet Hi-lites, included some sashimi tuna, yellowtail, dorado, and mac salad, followed by a tasty bundt cake and jello shots.

A big congrats to the winners for outfishing the rest of us!
And huge congrats to Narissa for landing her first kayak fish, a nice LMB!
Also, congrats to Victor for scoring a awesome ocean yak!

It was good to meet some new yak fishers, the group is getting large, and my memory is getting small, so next time maybe some name tags would be good at the parties! Ha Ha I always hated them in the professional world, but I feel like a dork when I can't remember all the names of the people I have so much fun with.

See you all at the next yak fishing event!

I can't wait to get my kayak to join you all out there.  Looks like way to much fun.  Love seeing all the happy faces.

I can't wait to get my kayak to join you all out there.  Looks like way to much fun.  Love seeing all the happy faces.

I've usually got a loaner available when I'm going out.

Thank you Eric and all the sponsors, We had fun!  Congrats to all the winners. 




Kiel

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Wow! I don’t even know where to start. Lets just say yesterday was an awesome and lucky day.  The morning started off with a loud alarm going off at 1:45 in the morning, we awoke to find out it was the carbon monoxide alarm. Quickly we opened all the windows and checked the stove to find out it had been left on and the flame blown out. We stood outside for almost 30 minutes in the cold and were very thankful on of the Carbon Monoxide alarm, without one we may not have woken up.

We then headed to Tiki and upon arrival it was great again to see all the NCKA crew. Narisa and I headed out on the waters with Jason at about 7 and headed to  the bridge drifting blue gill for no luck. I then switched it up to minnows and about a half hour late caught a little striper at about 10” and let him go. It had me hoping for a bigger one. Towards the way in I get another hit but can tell it’s a small one, out of the waters comes a small bass. Still can’t complain, beats being skunked. At this point Narisa is a little frustrated and wishes she would catch something. Well at about 12:45 I see Narisa about 30 yards away with her rod bendo, and ask her if she is snagged, I couldn’t get a response so I reeled in my gear and headed to her. I knew this wasn’t a snag because the rod was still bendo and was turning her kayak just a little. Then it seemed like a snag but she kept at it and pulled in a nice LMB that had gotten caught up under a lily pad, she had just caught her first kayak fish and had the biggest smile on her face. The fish measured in at a little over 16”. She was done and we paddled in.

It was great to come in and get some lunch after being on the water all morning. Narisa was one of the lucky ones to get a goody bag filled with all kinds of cool fishing stuff, she was most happy about the Rod Floats.

And then it was time for the Grand Prize, I decided to record Eric pulling the number because I figured everyone else was taking photos. When the winner was called I didn’t even realize that it was my wife Narisa who had won, it took a few seconds for it to sink in. I was so happy for her.
 
It was truly an amazing day for us. First of all it couldn’t have been possible without all the work that Eric and his family put into these events. This has always been our favorite series to fish. We were lucky this year to attend 3 of the 4. It’s also important to thank all the sponsors who make all this happen as well. NCKA is such a great family to be a part of, and we look forward to the next events.

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Narisa sure was excited, literally jumping for joy. Last time I saw that kind of vertical leap was at an NBA game.    
Congrats on the new yak.

I had a great time kind of hard not too with this gang. Thanks Eric and family for all you do for this sport you guys are great . here's a pic of my big catch of the day.
Thanks again and hope to see you all out on the water.

PatR