Elk Tourney Report 8/12/06

"EK" Erik Kunz with the winning ling 

Mol - Scott Thornley won the Brewed Beer gift certificate. Scott, PM me your address so I can mail you the certificate.

Scott, feel free to PM me at your earliest convenience and we can get started on your beer.

MolBasser

Dave with the second place ling  

Birthday boy Chris / cpyak had no problems filling his stringer......

It's only our 2nd year for hosting such events and we already look like ol' pros.  Congrats and thanks to Sean and family, Erik, Bill, and everyone who help make Elk II a big success.

As Sean said.... the fact that we were able to fish in such rough conditions shows how experienced we've become as a group.  Kudos to all!

Personally, it was huge pleasure to meet new members like Zilla and Cafe Craig... and to see old friends.  It's also a big honor to have guys like Ed and Allen come all the way from Utah to join us.

Congrats to our derby winners -- Erik, Dave, and Tony

I'm already looking forward to next one!

Bill (on his new Marauder) with one of the few underlings he caught and released....

The former Elk champ, Brian / bsteves and the future champion, EK - fishing the outflow between two rock piles.....this was the same place I hooked up on two lings (Bill has pics) I used a combo platter set up with a green hoochie on top and a megabait on the bottom. A 20 inch ling hit the hoochie and the 24 1/2 Ling took the mega bait. 

Bill and I paddled into a tunnel that took us to Cuffy Cove....I caught and released a nice greenling at the entrance of the cove (same deal last year)

We met Sean and Jelly at the North point of Cuffy Cove....Erik and I then followed Sean to one of his "go to" spots...and that's when Erik got his monster ling and I also caught my 21 inch cabezon Thanks to Sean and Jelly for the guided trip to the honey hole 

more caves.....

We had two launch options in the morning = The North side and the South side...I went with the South Side launch Crew and it was a piece of cake 

we seriously need to help our brother Alex / aliens.....to this day, he still takes his antique 1980's-made-10 mega pixel camera where ever he goes (and he thinks he's cool that way  )  I bet he still uses a rotary phone and plays his Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack on an 8-Track 

Alex...love ya brah

speaking of Alex.....here he his beating fellow "Team Fear Factor" ChuckE to some freshly harvested Sea Urchins from the Dive Crew of Stu,Harold/fuzz and Fred Savage 

...and speaking of Fear Factor...here's what Alex brought for Lunch: Squid and Mackerel (which were also used for bait) And to top it off,  Brad Zilla brought a rice cooker - which instantly made him MY BEST FRIEND  Alex later told me that Brad is the "brother" he has been looking for all his life  Brad in fact, is one of those guys that can blend in well with whoever he "chills" with  ...a very cool cat 

Friday night, Stu, ChuckE and Harold / Fuzz came back with big stringer of rockfish for the deep fry.....and as you can see, Chris / Cpyak uses his "weight" around the little guys (Stu and Harold)...he simply walks from behind the line and takes whatever he wants  What a big bully