NorCal Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing Zone => Fishing Tournaments and Events => Topic started by: Bushy on August 06, 2011, 07:37:48 PM
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Wow! Another GREAT get-together at Monterey Bay Kayaks. Conditions were friendly, little wind and a slight chop on the water, but very fishable.....
Yakhopper/Eric got the first radio fish I heard, a salmon ....that he lost at the boat. DANG! Later we heard of some WSB being caught by some PB'rs, but for most it was rockfish, lings (a lot), and at least one decent Halibut.
So, Winner # 1 , the first repeat winner in the entire History of this Derby.........E2G!!!!
Eugene Tsuji used a whole squid to catch 14lb, 9oz Halibut, and take home (ANOTHER!) Trident 13 compliments of Ocean Kayaks and Tsunami's Mike Mowrey.
2d place? This guy was the first one on the beach today, with two ling cod, the larger of which weighed in at 8lb 11oz. Our own......Moochie Boy!! Joel Lotilla. Again the bait was whole squid that Joel pinned onto a WSB rig (dreaming big). He went home with a new Werner 230, thank you Cass Schrock and Monterey Bay kayaks!
Close behind in third place was David Chang "Daviator," with a beautiful lincod that tiped the scales at 8lbeven. Cass and MBK provided a nice pair of polarized shades for 3d place prize.
We saw a few other lings and plenty of RF, but only the one Butt, no WSB and no salmon (sorry, Eric).
The gathering was a blast as usual. Special thanks to Scott Great Bass 2, and Ben for bringing grills to cook the mandogs, and to everyone who participated in this year's contest.
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Way to go WINNERS!
Well deserved for all.
New dive boat Eugene!
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SWEET!!!!!!!
Well deserved by Eugene, Joel and Dave!!!
WTG fellas!!
I was unable to make the tourney, but did stop by for an hour so in the PM....hung with Mooch, FM1 and Dr. Habanero and tried to submit a late entry for the tourney, but they found the spear hole and told me to take my eel and go home.
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Congrats again to everybody who participated!!
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Sincerely,
Jim
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I was really bummed out that I couldn't participate in today's derby due to work. However, I made my way out there early morning to say hello to all my brothers and sisters and to wish em all success :D
Eugene, wtg on repeating the tourney win!!
Mooch, it's always great pleasure to see you. Wtg on landing 2 nice lings! Btw, I hate you too :p
Dave, I'm so stoked for ya placing 3rd!! I have been really impressed by your angling skills lately, keep on getting better :D Looking forward to fishing with ya soon
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Looks like good conditions and a great time!
Congrats Eugene! .....those Tangerine T-15s are money..... :smt002
WTG Mooch and Dave - nice job fellas.
Sorry to have missed this one.
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Congratulations guys. A special congrats to fellow "Screw" Daviator.
Martin
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Congrats to you all!!
I wish I could have hung out with my NCKA bruthas... but was racking up WAF points to fish another day.
I just get giddy when I see pics of NCKA events. Another EPIC times I bet!
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Thanks to MBK and Scallen for hosting such a wonderful event Congrats to Eugene, Joel and Dave!!! This is the toughest of the salt water derbies and there were a lot of skilled anglers OTW so your victory was well deserved. Personally I was hoping Nathan would win, maybe next year. A good tournament year for the Sur crew. Maybe some of Ken and Aarons skill trickled down to the rest of us. :smt005 Thanks to all who participated in the auction for Aarons family and Ken for organizing.
Scott
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A special big thanks to Allen, MBK and all those who participated in the derby. The proceeds from those who purchased Aaron's gear and graciously donated money totaled $1,500 :smt001. MBK donated a gift card with $100.00 on it. With some other contributions we will have raised around $2,500. I know his widow will be overwhelmed by the generosity. Aaron's kayak went to a new kayaker who was totally stoked. Lets hope the Aaron's fishing mojo goes to all those who knew him and have been so generous. :smt006
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Congrats to all.
Thought I was going to be able to make this one.
I am sure I would have had more fun there then renting a tow dolly, driving to Sac to drop a driveline on a 4runner and tow it home.
EG2...back to back....unreal. You got some great mojo workin' there.
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Thank you to everyone involved in putting this together!
Drove in Friday after work in a bit of a hurry. List of items that I forgot and had to replace:
Sunscreen - $6
Dramamine - $6
Net - $60
Booties - $30
Towel - $5
Ice Chest - $10
Ice - $3
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Price of stupidity / bad memory: $120 :smt013
Stayed at the Monterey Oceanside Inn. Wasn't completely ghetto but for $180/night I was shocked at how crappy it was. The "continental" breakfast report from the wife was a single muffin cut in 4 pieces and coffee that tasted like they used the previous morning grinds. I would not recommend this hotel in the future.
Woke up and drove to the Derby got registered then loaded up and hit the beach. Got the pep talk and then hit the water with the rest of the armada. Despite a brief overview of where to fish I quickly realized I had no idea on where I was going. I have been to Monterey Bay Aquarium and saw people hitting the kelp beds out front, so decided that would be my ticket. The water temp and conditions were absolutely perfect. Could not have asked for better considering GMS5 and Albion conditions!
I went past the break walk on the SW and briefly contemplated throwing at it, probably should've but didn't. Got to the NE border of the kelp beds as indicated by a barrel buoy and started around the edges. Picked up a decent black but after 2 passes that was it. Talked to someone (should've got handle, my bad) who gave the tip to go into the kelp a bit and drop vertical for Gophers. I tried that and immediately picked up a Gopher...then back to blanks. Switched back out to drifting the outside and got another black but it was a long time between bites.
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Periodically I would hear radio call outs: Eric losing a salmon at the boat, a butt being caught, someone catching a lot of gophers, and PB WSB chatter. Jelly fish were everywhere and some really huge ones were out floating around. Seal activity everywhere with a few being more friendly then I would've liked. Something about feeling eyes on you, looking over your shoulder, and seeing a furry face within a foot of your hand has a way of scaring the shit out of you!
Before I knew it the call came the call to return for weigh in. Time goes fast when you are fishing that is for sure! However since I was sporting 3 "nothing special" rockfish, I didn't bother going in for weigh in. I still need a few more for dinner!
I asked on the radio where the Gophers were and got a reply "By the Yellow Can". Now this was actually spot on beta, the only problem? I had no idea where that was, lol :smt044 Instead of doing the smart thing and asking for clarification, I said thanks and paddled aimlessly. After finding the inner kelp bed just outside of the sail boats, I did some jigging and scrapped up another small gopher. As I jigged other yaks were heading back in. I asked one where they came from, "Yellow Can Buoy". My ticket! I asked where it was and it was pointed out.
Headed out to Yellow Can and drifted by while dragging some squid and landed a decent verm. That made my stringer 5 which is more than enough for dinner! Another factor which kind of put the nail in the coffin for the day for me, I was out there by my lonesome. And I mean there was no one between the shore, me, and the PBs way out there. I do have an active imagination as well, so I started creeping myself out with the thoughts that I know everyone else also had lurking in the back of their minds...Is it still shark week???? :smt004
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Decided to go in and got the yak situated. Somehow managed to overboard two of my favorite swimbaits :smt013 and didn't notice where. Oh well. Got my crap loaded then decided to try and clean my fish. Asked around where the nearest cleaning station was....there isn't one :( Little Riverman said he thought there might be one at the end of the wharf so I walked down there, no go. I can not stand cleaning fish after I get home, it is either clean them there, or not keep them. I was looking forward to fresh fish for dinner though so the hunt was on.
I grabbed a smaller plastic cooler I had and started walking north up the beach to try and find a secluded enough spot where there wasn't anyone hanging out to do the dirty deed... For some reason I had the feeling I was doing something illegal (cleaning fish on the beach), and hell maybe I was! Literally walked a good 1.5 miles if not further before I hit a stretch that was empty. Hunkered down and fileted up the fish.
Anyone who has watched my filet my fish knows I am TERRIBLE at it, but I was actually a bit proud of how quickly I got it done and that wasn't mentioning the less than optimal conditions! At one point I had a beach combing cardigan wearing spectating couple who seems more interested in it then I would've thought..."Buffy, look at how he carves the meat. Fascinating..." OK maybe that was verbatim, but close I swear. 2 marauding dogs caught the scent and ran over. I think the angry gleam in my eyes and the blood soaked knife I was wielding persuaded the owners to quickly get them back on their leash. :smt011 Finally finished it up, tossed the carcasses back in to be recycled and rinsed off my gear.
NOTE: It is fairly ridiculous with that much fishing going on in the area that there isn't a fish cleaning station on the wharf or somewhere in the vicinity.
Trucked back to the lot to find out that the BBQ was over. LOL, I didn't even get any food :( Oh well. Called the Mrs to round up the kids and meet me back at MBK. Put the fish on ice, changed into some fresh duds, and pointed NE to Vacaville. A bit of traffic on the 101 but we were home soon enough. Grilled up the fish and macked. There is something about fish that never gets frozen and goes pretty much from the ocean to your grill that makes it a little slice of heaven. The wife had mixed up some mango margaritas for us. It was a great way to end the day!
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Ingredients
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1-2 tablespoon chilli powder (depending on how much like chilli powder)
1 tablespoon dried rosemary
1 clove garlic, minced
1 lemon, juiced
Directions:
Preheat grill for medium heat. In a shallow glass dish, mix the olive oil, parsley, thyme, rosemary, and garlic. Place the salmon in the dish, turning coat. Squeeze lemon juice over each fillet. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Lightly oil grill grate. Transfer salmon to the grill, and discard any remaining marinade. Cook salmon on preheated grill over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes, turning once. Fish is done when it flakes easily with a fork. I lightly salt it when I am done.
And for those who have no idea where to fish in MB, like me, here is the little map I drew up for next visit.
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My thanks to MBK and Allen for another year's fun and trash talking :smt044 It was so good to see so many people I don't get a chance to talk and fish with. Congrats to all who won.......but just wait till next year :smt044 My back and leg gave me fits most of the day and is still talking to me :smt010 I'm not listening...busy planning another outing with some NCKA brothers. I was honored to be able to get a few things of Aaron's. It was good to see some big hearts at work giving. It shows me what real class is and how fortunate I am to belong to such a great group of people. Thanks for putting up with me :smt003
Migwej Jeyak;
Ebyekewabjeget
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Thanks to MBK and Ocean Kayak for a fun event. The last time I won, I felt like I cheated with a 3, three, THREE pound rockfish. :smt003 This win felt legit with the butt. Still debating what to do with the yak but might make the new yellow boat Nathan primary, and get him out of his "run me over" green.
The butt chomped on a double hook sliding sinker rig in 65-70 FOW with a whole squid dragged around by the hotel. I started to the south of the fleet, and as the fleet moved deeper, I went shallow. Mr Butt hit hard once and then let go. I fed line to him, and waited till I felt some load before setting the hook. He came up heavy with head shakes, but went nuts when he saw my boat. My first net pass ended as the fish did a U turn and dove down. Brought him back up and in the net he went. As I positioned him for the wood shampoo, he again went nuts and soaked me with massive sprays of water. While in the net I boga gripped him, then put on the game clip then beat him in the head. About a half hour later, he woke up for another flopping followed by another beat down.
I love the amount of meat I get off a halibut, and virtually zero waste. We are eating well for many meals.
Eugene
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Congrats to the HAC :kungfu (Hella Asian Crew) for dominating the MBK tourney :smt002
Many thanks to Ocean Kayaks and MBK for another awesome tourney! Also want to thank Allen, Ben and Scott for doing what they did to make this another good-time-gathering :smt008
As far as fishing, I was looking for Halibut love but ended up catching 3 lings - 1 was short and released - by the yellow can dragging squid. (Pat/Sin Coast = thank you for supplying me with bait). I wanted to join the fleet by the Hotel but as I made my way, I didn't feel that I had the strength to make it back so I u-turned and decided to fish close to home. Anyway, it was nice to be on the water again. Looking forward to next years event!!
Went by MBK this morning before I made my way home....dropped off some lingcod fillets for Cass (MBK's owner). And I also wanted to check out the cute red head that works there :smt007 I think I'm in love :smt055 :smt055
Got word from Jonesz - who went out and fished today. He caught a load of squid but no WSB. A few boaters got a few....
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Congratulations on a successful event and to the winners. WTG Eugene, locals rule bruddah! Mooch! Daviator!
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Sounds and looks like a great event. WTG, Eug, Joel, Dave on your wins - Allen on organizing - and Ken too. It's always fun to read of the fun and competition. :smt001
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Congrats to you all. Sorry i missed the fun. Next time. Thanks for the reports.
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Another excellent event. There were definitely some odd things going on. Eugene winning again. Seeing Mooch out there and catching lings right next to me, and winning second place. Way to go Joel. Chalk one up for the power of positive prayer.
Seeing three Filipinos riding and fishing from the same Hobie Adventure Island. They claimed they couldn’t afford their own kayaks and went together to get the Hobie. There are positives to being smaller framed. Three guys my size would have sunk that boat.
Then there was the early morning fireworks display. I heard a familiar popping and looked just past the shoreline. A constant stream of sky rockets was going up. It lasted between one and two minutes. WTF.
Shortly after that an Octopus took a liking to my swimbait. Should have used it for bait but decided to let it go. Unlike other Octopus I’ve caught it took its sweet time making it’s way over to a scupper hole and then, for a minute hung out, half in half out of the scupper hole. Guess it wasn’t too eager to make its way through the gauntlet back to the bottom. Four hours later I land on the beach and I pull the yak about 30 feet up off the surf line. As I’m gathering my stuff the Octopus crawls out from under my kayak. Evidently for the previous four hours, I’d been paddling around with a hitchhiker. I made some kids and parents day by letting them handle and do photo ops with my passenger and then back into the water he went.
Fishing wise I took home a half limit of rockies and some mackerel .
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Congratulations to the winners!
E2G what a solid win!
Joel, second place with a very respectable brace of lings, nice! It's starting to feel like old times.
Daviator, way to go (someone had to make Joel sweat it a little for 2nd)
I had too much on my plate to attend, but am enjoying the stories and pics.
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Had a blast, as usual, at the MBK Derby! :smt003 One of my favorite events, since its actually somewhat close to home :smt044 Thanks so much too SCAllen, MBK, The Big Sur Commando's, and everyone else that made it out to have a fun relaxing day on the water with good friends! :smt002 Congrads Eugene, HaLingSlayer! :smt003 Though I didn't catch any real fish, I did end up finding squid and making a ton of bait while trying for WSB's with Pat :smt044 Sara and I fried them up last night and they were good! :smt007 :smt044 :smt005 :smt003
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Had a nice time visiting everyone, even though I didn't fish. My sympathies to all who, like me, got stuck in serious gridlock around San Juan Bautista due to the brush fire. Took over 2 1/2 hours to cover the 65 miles home from MBK. Major suck! Should have taken Hwy 1 north.
I bought a fishing rod for Aaron's benefit sale. No doubt will bang some fisheez with it.
Congrats to the winners, placers, and participants.
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Congrads to all of you!!!! it reads & looks like you all had a great time. Seeing Mooch w/fish he caught from his kayak is somthing I thought I'd never get to see again :smt002
Thanks for clickin and sharing fellas! :smt008
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I didnt get many photos, or even GoPro footage, but I had a great time! My first time fishing this event. I targetted halis up until I heard the fleet was bangin' WSB, then I fished for them. Had a few boats hook up around me out in 120 feet, but nothing but pesky gophers for me.
Great to see everyone, as usual.
GREAT pics, Al!
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I thought I was going to win this tourney, but when I didn't catch any fish I said to myself "well that sure lowers my chances". Had fun and a good time hangin with the bros. The afternoon WSB hunt wiped me out. I least I caught a few meals on Sun at SWS with A"Ling"D and Novofish.
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thanks for putting on a great event, it was another good learning experience. i tried for salmon & halibut and ended up with rockfish & released a canary.
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Big thanks Allen and MBK for another great tourney. Congrats Eugene, Joel, and Dave on the win. I only managed to catch a couple of rockies and that was it for
me. Looking forward to fishing with all of you again soon.
Jedmo
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Appears NCKA had a another successful BossBitchn'Cool event. Congrats to all and thanks for posting all the the pics. Bummed I had to miss this one. See ya later OTW, Stay Safe and Have Fun
Russ
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Appears NCKA had a another successful BossBitchn'Cool event. Congrats to all and thanks for posting all the the pics. Bummed I had to miss this one. See ya later OTW, Stay Safe and Have Fun
Russ
You too, we missed you Russ...
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Another of the unfortunate that weren't able to make this event. :smt010 The only thing that takes the sting off of not being able to attend is that we won our soccer tournament.
Hopefully next year!
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My first MBK tourney sure was fun. Thanks Allen and MBK!
It was good to see the NCKA brotherhood represented so strongly.
Congrats to the lucky winners, and Mooch what can I say, you put another podium under your belt!
My day started off with some of the usual organizational issues - there sure is a lot of stuff to remember with this kayak fishing hobby.
Finally got OTW with a plan of catching big fish out further - that plan didn't quite pan out.
My fishing hi-lite of the day was a triple of Macks on the lite sabiki rod, it was exciting to have 3 of those cool looking fish flopping around on the Hobie.
Caught one more rockfish and that was it for me. After a 2 dog lunch went back out with Rob, Rey, Jed and Glen out to the fleet.
I was thinking this was my best shot at a WSB, but after I hooked a Pelican and had to cut my rig off I was hesitant to open and dig around for leader material in my Plano box, due to the bumpy conditions.
So, after hearing Rey get yelled at by a PB for being too close to his boat, I decided to start heading in. Had a couple more fish on for a few seconds on the swimbait but nothing stuck. Even worked the pier for a bit hoping for some AOTY perch love but again failed.
Tired, Rob and I got back to the Vet's campground, where we BBQ'ed some Brats with Jimbo, cracked a few beers, got yelled at by the ranger for having a charcoal fire - charcoal fire!!??? After dinner went over to Mooch's camp to listen to some good campfire BS.
Sunday we hit SWS, my first time fishing there was a good time. Met Adam out there, caught a few dinner fish, released a few fish, lost about 4 good fish close to the yak. On the way home hit some traffic, Rob had his GPS so we did some backroads to avoid the fray and ended up taking I-5 home to the valley. Stopped at Andersen's Pea soup for a chicken fried steak dinner and to pick up some WAF cookies for the girls. Then, as the sun set I drove the remaining 2 hours back to Woodland listening to Rob snore. :smt044
What a weekend!
Can't wait for Caples and another chance for those elusive big fish. :smt003
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Also my first MBK Tourney, won't be saying that next year. Tried for Salmon or WSB/w no love, got snookered by Jellys. Sure glad Daviator had the smarts to bail that persuit and focus on rockfish. Thank you Dave for the breakfast sandwitch and fruit, sent good karma your way.
dave...
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Props to Allen for all his work putting on this event; congrats to all the winners, Eugene, Bro Mooch and Bro Daviator! Nice job getting on the fish!
This to was my first time attending an MBK event and was somewhat challenging fishing a new location. Had a hard time finding structure which possibly could hold some fish; and what structure I did manage to find, only held tiny-boopers. Then tried to "radio fish", chasing down the lastest reports that came across the VHF; boy was that hard to do in a kayak (much easier with a PB). In the end, didn't bring anything to the scale, but had a great time on the water paddling with friends; finally got to hook up with Victor (VWool) & Tony (Novofish) after meeting him WAY back at my first NCKA event in April, plus hanging with the local HAC bros.
Can't wait until the next NCKA event; hope I earn enough WAF points to make it to Caples!
Glen
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Congratulations guys. A special congrats to fellow "Screw" Daviator.
Martin
+1 :wav:
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I had a great time fishing old MBk. It's been a while since i been out due to no ride to haul the gear. But i couldn't miss the MBK tourney that SCAllen organize so successfully for the past few years and its home grounds for me, so i had to make it out no matter what it took to represent. Anyways, I got the rack off my broken down Volkswagen and with a little modification i was able to fit it on my Uplander Chevy van. I got to the launch ruffly at 05:30hrs on the day of the derby and got the alien yak set up and ready to launch. I wanted to have some time to mingle around and say hello to as many of the NCKA brothers and sisters that i haven't seen or spoke with in a long time. And meet some of the new faces in the crowd. To shorten the story and get on with it ...My plan of attack was to fish for halibut near the coast guard jetty and work my way up the kelp line off of Cannery Row then around the Bell Buoy for rock cod and may be a chance for white seabass or king salmon. No luck on those choice fishes but was kept busy with some nice coppers, underlings and other species of rock fish. I ended up bagging 6 nice rockfish for Mommy :smt001
Thanks Allen for doing it again for us people to get along for what we all like to do. And thanks to Scott for sitting out of this one to give us a better chance at the grand price and hooking us up with the Man dogs.....
and Congratulation to E2g, Mooch and Daviator. Now i will try to post some pics.
Had a great time and nice to see and talk to every one.
Alex :alien:
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Here are a couple pics of the awesome day Novofish had. 20# Seastar and the second "biggest" halibut I have ever seen.
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Here are a couple pics of the awesome day Novofish had. 20# Seastar and the second "biggest" halibut I have ever seen.
No pics of the pelican? :smt044 :smt044 :smt044 :smt044
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I did not get you with the pelican hooked up.
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Sorry for the late posting…
First off thanks Scallen and MBK for hosting this event…Also, big thanks to Scott and others who came down and made this event so enjoyable..
Finally got OTW with my bro Flyaker….in fact the last time we may have actually been otw together was under Aaron’s MBK water rescue so attending this year’s event was very meaningful to both of us.
We launched together but we each had electronic issues with our respective FF.. I ultimately solved mine and decided to target salmon via the troll.. so we parted ways and I eventually met up with fellow LooseScrews teammate HobieDave…. I reconned he was a hot ticket since he has become a Ling slayer as of late…
After trolling near the red can for a bit with the RSK I decided to fish the kelp in front of the canary…
Almost immediately on my first drop there I felt the Ling seize my Gulp swimbait and hunker down…. He eventually worked into some rocks and I started doubting whether initial hit and wondered if I actually was just snagged.. I had confidence with my line since I topshot 20# fluorocarbon so I positioned myself up drift and started to horse my line free… Soon the struggling resumed and when I saw that I in fact had a decent Ling , I started salivating whether or not I was in the “money” with this fish….
Worked the kelp a little more but failed to get any more significant hits…almost stayed too long as I still had a decent peddle back to the beach…even had to run back over the beach for some added drama but made it to the weigh in with a couple minutes to spare..
Thrilled to have placed in any event as I often feel I am still trying to figure this stuff out…but I full well know that most of it was pure luck dropping down to an awaiting gaping mouth..
As stated by other wisemen before….the prizes are secondary to the fellowship and comraderie of our group… Even some guys who didn’t fish that day made it down for cameo appearances like Yakuza martin and Dpshim Daniel…and always fun seeing the gang like G-whiz, Lapulapu, Bink, JedmoNation, Hobiedave, Mooch,scott and others…
Thanks again everyone,
daviator