Paradise Halibut Derby - May 8, 2010

And more pics

A few more pics, including Jim (Saltydog) showing how big the one that got away REALLY was.

Notice how tightly she is gripping the steering wheel!?!  

Notice how tightly she is gripping the steering wheel!?!  

...gotta love a woman in uniform If she was packing some heat, I would have asked her to marry me right there and then

...although the white gloves that she had on kinda made me feel a little uneasy

Looks like a great time!!!!!

Congrats on that beautiful winning Halibut!!   

Sincerely,

Jim

I had a great time once again, I had a few blown baits and one take down, got to see Bigfoot with a Littlebut, released...
very glad the artwork was well received, Im so new at this, thanx folks....great food, what a spread!
Mooch, we're expecting a report from you on Monday evening, get your ass in there Bro! ....

Thanks for the Hook up Adam! Too bad the fish weren't biting but it was a nice day out there. I still need to get some blood on my new kayak so now it will have to wait till Shelter Cove and couldn't think of a better place to kick it off. See all next week( i mean later this week). 

Foyst' & Formost, I wanna congradulate Scramblin'James for not doing anything, and letting the fish do the work. =the only way to hook the things, i think.
I wanna thank BenZan that PaintingMan* for making such a sweet piece of artwork to match the theme of the day!

Giving Back is that theme, so please stop the all the ThankYous, because I do it for US!! The NCKA Family!!  and you are very welcome.
Now i cant find my usb plug,(@work),so i'll put up the few shots i got on mon.
Howard~ Thanks for clickin away(except for that shot of Barb&I w/full mouths&contorted faces  ) for these get-togethers might never really have happened, it it were not for PICTURES!, right boyz?
The food was just enough, so that none was wasted and the weather was like.......well.....Paradise.
Good to see all of you guys out there enjoying yourselves, on & off the water. I did not fish, I would have felt bad leaving the guys who took me under their paddles from DAY1(and my wife ) on the shore.
So, WE do it all again next year, and REMEMBER THESE WORDS ONCE SPOKEN FROM A WISEMAN.
~~It's not about the FISH, it's about the FISHING that makes a day.
I love you all and see you next week or sooner.

Looks like it was A great time! Too bad the fish werent bitting but thats only A bonus! Whish I could have made it!!! See you all later in the week!

Thanks for clickin away(except for that shot of Barb&I w/full mouths&contorted faces  )

Now...why did I think that Barbara would NEVER notice? 

Adam and Barbara our thanks are sincere. Good times on and off the water with the launchings and landings performed like a well choreographed dance. Another Great NCKA Adventure!

Congrats James on the winning fish and taking home that super cool art work done by our very own guitarzan(Ben).

Lots of great food once again. Special thanks to Adam and Barbara for hosting
another great hookup. And for Mr. Hojo for sharing some lovely pictures of everybody.

See you all soon.

Jedmo

I was so looking forward to this event and it proved all that I hoped for. Soo good to see old friends and make some new ones. Beautful weather, better food and tons of laughter and smiles. Many thanks to Tailwalk (Lino) and Chuck for hooken a brother up with a ride to & from Paradise. can't wait til the next time.
   Randall

Great to see the gang out there yesterday. 

  Damn do I feel like I missed something that would be have been incredible to be a part of.  You can see by the smiles in the pics that you didn't have to hook a fish to have fun at this outing.  I love all othe pictures, and Ben, that is an incredible piece of art, I love your stuff!  An epic report of an epic day on the water.  Imagine has it been a day where a school or two swam through!