silver lake report

I would like to thank Eric  [yakhopper] and crew for A great event. [sorry I missed the potluck on Sat.] To all the sponsors for their donations, thank you. It was a nice to be out fishing with everyone even though I didn't catch a fish. To the winners, congrats to all of you.I had great pleasure to meet more of the NCKA family. Thank you skipro3 for letting me camp at your campsite. I had a great time. See ya @ Tiki .

Thanks,
Tim

Heck yes, thanks Eric. As a newbie to NCKA I met a lot of cool people and felt right at home with everyone.

Looks like I'm late on the report again

First,
Thank you to all the anglers who made the treck to Silver Lake ..... YOU make it all worth it.
Second I would like to thank all the sponsors .... without YOU these events could never have been.

What can I say, KAYAKERS in Northern California are the best group of people I know .
The festivities started with a few anglers hitting the water on saturday and getting a feeling for the action. Later the famous Pot Luck .... How can one describe it other than WOW!!!!!! 
The day of the event started with a very enthusiastic gathering of anglers begging to start early fortunatley all were able to control them selfs until launch time. Having everyone ready and waiting was a blessing as we got a visit from the park Ranger asking us to rearange a few cars that were in some wrong spots. Fortunatley, everyone was able to obey his request and no tickets were issued and he even thanked us for choosing his lake.
We launched to a beautiful "flat" lake and though trout were the main target, I was content to just be able to paddle in such a beautiful part of this great country of ours. As the day continued, reports came in of a few anglers catching assorted species including Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Mackanaw and even a few Squwa fish. As the day went on I herd more and more reports come in of success and even a rumore of a super fish that turned out to be just that ... a rumore.
As the check in time approached there were a few nice fish brought in including a 21 incher brought in by Roxanne Willis. In the end it would require just a little more to make the top 3. 
Here are the Top Anglers who really had the "Magic on the Mountian"

First Place - Bunny Nunes with 22 1/4"

Second Place - Dillon Gibbons with 22"

Third Place - Adam Koons with 21 1/4"
 (unfortunatley Adam had to leave early for work) 

Total Anglers in attendance = 52

Thank you all again for attending the Silver Lake Kayak Event,
See ya in October at Tiki Lagun,

Eric / Yakhopper

A few pics of the day

and a few more

Wtg bunny ..woohoo LooseScrews!!!!!!

What did you win? Don't let Frank steal it away..

Congrats everyone who made the tourney.

Sorry I couldn't make it. But thanks to Erik's continued hard work for the kayak community.
Dave

Congrats Bunny!  Way to show the guys how to do it!

Way to go Bunny! Congrats from Camille and I.

Congrats Bunny! Loose Screws in the House!!!!!!!!

And to all the winners too!

Looks like I missed another great Yakhopper event; DAM this Hawaii trip...... Hahaha


More fish porn please!

Thanks Eric for another wonderful event , Roxane and I both enjoyed ourselves so much. Would also like to thank Fisherman's warehouse and all the sponsors who donate so much and to all that showed up what a great day . See you all at Tiki.

WooHoo! WTG, Bunny! One of the kindest members of NCKA, you certainly deserve it!

Sorry I missed this one. See you guys at Tiki.

Yeahhhh Bunny!!!!!!   

Good job out there Bunny.

I thought I might be in the running till I heard of a couple Macks that were caught. I ended up with 12-14 total trout on the day. Most were 13"-16". The biggest being a 19.5" Brown pictured below. A 21" Mack on Sat also.

Nice fish, Rob!

yes!  some damn nice fish caught out of proton lake.  Def on my fall high sierra list to hit the Hwy 88 corridor.  congrats to all who won, placed, and competed.  good stuff