Hot off the presses:

GSXVIII Roster

Becerra-Cortes, Omar
Boling, Bryan
Bradfield, David   
Brown, Kyle   
Chasey, Lloyd   
Chin, Ben   
Cobine, Kendall
Dunaway, Adam   
Easter, Brandi   
Gonzaga, Jaime      
Harrison, Scott
Havemann, John
Heitman, Jerry
Howes, Ian
James, Stephen   
Kaiser, Michael
Kopp, Alex
Krickeberg, Bob
Lagasse, Aaron
Leepin, Allen      
Lockaby, Jake            
Lockaby, Mark   
Maloney, Patrick
McDonough, Tom
McNeil, Brad
Meier, Henry
Meier, Jamie
Monte, Kyle
Mouton, Greg
Nguyen, Sonny      
Nicholson, Paul
Patz, John
Ramos, Max
Rana, Yaad
Reyes, Herb   
Ricke, Daniel
Sanchez, Allan      
Saufferer, Ron         
Saufferer, Terry
Shu, Roger      
Stockwell, Eric   
Velho, Joe   
Wang, Tim
Warford, Scott
Wirt, William

13 out of 45 are GS rookies.  Not judging...   

All are welcome.   

bass tournament?

Se bas.  Tes.

As the tourney thread builds...  Crema surfaces as a major theme to follow!!!   

And RIGHTFULLY SO!   

This, from 15 years ago, is Precious! 

Getting caught up on my GS Disciplines.   

Welcome to NCKA.   

It's not official yet, but it's 99.99% sure that there will be no salmon season along California this year - neither sport nor commercial.  This is the right move for the fish, and it's well supported across diverse groups.

In other news, it looks like we're 99.99% assured of having Pacific halibut open for GS (opens May 1).

There have been a good number of Pacifics caught during the GS weekends in the past.  The largest was a 51.5"/60 pounder caught by Randall/Bigfoot back at GS6.  A whole group helped Bigfoot land the beast on a super flat and sunny Sunday after the tourney.  I remember hearing that it had 4 gaffs in it at one point. 

Other big Pacifics caught at GS, off the top of my head:

Domenic at GS3, pre-fishing.  This was a surprise for almost everyone, as we didn't really figure to see one come in.  We quickly came to know better.

Big Terry brought one in to clearly and decisively win - what GS was that?!  An early one...  The fish was about 48", if I remember correctly.

Derrick on tourney day at GS6.

Bob at GS11? - it was a tough one to lose, as it got away after being clipped.

Matt, to clearly win GS12.

I've gotta work on my master database, so I can access all of this info and the photos more easily...   

Just sent my registration in the mail!

Yeah!