Elk Tourney Report 8/12/06

A few more pics. This should be it from me.

I posted an announcement about our raffle on the Coastside board...

http://www.coastsidefishingclub.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/358614/an/0/page/0#358614

Thanks again to all who contributed prizes and dollars!

EK

A big thanks to the White family and also Sean's mother in law.  They made this weekend one I wont forget.  The rolleez wheels are the bomb also!!!  Thanks to Bill and Chuck also, and to Joel and Bill separately for almost getting me in hot water , I was able to handle it though.  It was great to meet more ncka'ers and I had a blast fishing.   I caught at least 7 blacks, 5 blues, 1 gopher that I released successfully.  I ended up keeping a huge Red, huge Copper and a really heeeuggge Cabezon that gave me a nice fight right around 1230.  THought I had something special till I got back and saw that there were more than a couple lings landed.  No lings whatsoever for me.  The trail wasn't so bad this year with the new cart and thanks once again for lining that up for me Sean and Leah.  Leah, your mom is awesome!  She had me rollin a few times.  Oh, and Ben, its about time you upgraded!!!  Congrats on the paddle you lucky dog.  JTF..

So glad everyone had a great time.  We had a great time too.  Some great pics that captured the sillyness that was the ocean...oh my!  Still can't believe we all did as well as we did out there.  Looking forward to Mendo!!!

WTG on a great event!  I wish I could've been there.   

As the others have said, Thank you Bill for bringing us all together and Thank you Sean and Leah and the Greenwood CC folks for the terrific venue to share our passion.  And thanks to everyone who shared their special talents....of course Chuck and Chef for pushing me wayyyyyyyyyy beyond full both Friday and Saturday, all the other terrific pot luck contributors, Chris and Chris for sharing their BD cakes and the Bodega crew for teaching me how to do the fish prints....home decor here I come.  And the opportunity to get to know others better is always special because this is an exceptionally cool group of genuinely nice folks.......thanks RockHopper for catching me on the beach.

And camping with even this large group in this incredible location did not take away from the beauty at all.  The children and the guitars and all the wonderful conversation blended perfectly with this incredible location.

I was so lucky to be in the same are and get to share the excitement of watching Eric bring up that nice ling.  It made the whole day worthwhile for me.  I caught lots of nice fish.....my best China ever so it was a success of sorts as a fishing day even considering the swell and churn.

And then finally seeing what the secret bounty under that agitated water with Fuzz et al's harvest late Saturday was truly an eye opener.  The more I see of the diving side the more I envy these guys.

Thank you Sean and Leah for the wine.  We will hopefully toast a completion of part one of the MLPA closures for the central coast in a few days.

Yup, that was fun. A big THANX to everyone for making a great event. Nothing else is like it, really.
Here are some pics:





      The 6 am launch, the walk down told me going back up was going to be a real bitch. I was right.

The washing machine just outside.

On the water...

JTF HOOKED up! Unfortunatly, I think this one got into a hole and got away. Too bad.

Cabbie, reading up on the regs.

Here's a shot of the bbq just before the octopuses heads burst open.

Over in Zillas camp.

I ended up keeping two little gophers and releasing a few reds, blacks and a 12 inch cab,winning a killer fillet knife, 50 dollar certificate and or course a bad-ass paddle, but heres the winning ling and a heeeuge copper. Congrats Eric, and thanx again to all. And thanx Bill for the prowler.Yee-haw!

Eric and I had a great time. Neither of us have ever kayaked in conditions like that. A fun experience for newbies like us. He still reminds me that I rolled during landing and he pulled in like an old pro.

You are all good people. A heart felt "thank you" to everyone from both of us.
 
Here's a few more pics: