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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Monterey 10/16

« on: October 17, 2023, 08:41:37 AM »

Awesome report Eddie!!

Beautiful whitefish too

Stoked you got the stuffed animals back, and got to play in the ocean while you were down here.

Sincerely,

Jim

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Fishing Tournaments and Events / Re: MBK DERBY! September 16, 2023

« on: September 18, 2023, 10:29:34 AM »

Congrats to the top three, and especially to Nick!! What a monster that first place fish was!!

Huge thanks to Adam and MBK for keeping this event going!!

I had hoped to come down and participate, but a combo of family commitments (county fair), a nasty non covid cold, and wearing a heart monitor that I gotta keep dry kept me away this weekend.

Hopefully next year I will be able to make it down to fish, or at least chill and see everyone.

Sincerely,

Jim

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: bar venture tbay

« on: September 14, 2023, 06:08:19 PM »

Good try!

I’ve dove out there a handful of times over the years…it’s pretty spooky and a lot of work paddling back after drifts.

Hopefully you’ll get into them next time.

Sincerely,

Jim

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Introductions / Re: Hello and shark attack near Bean Hallow 08/23

« on: September 07, 2023, 03:32:38 PM »

Quote from: LittleNellie on September 07, 2023, 01:08:12 PM

Owen, the owner of the kayak came and has the shark bitten kayak now.

Awesome!

Thank you for your efforts in getting it back to him!

Sincerely,

Jim

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General Talk / Re: I miss you folks....

« on: September 06, 2023, 12:12:40 PM »

Hi Ben!!!!

Sincerely.

Jim

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Introductions / Re: Hello and shark attack near Bean Hallow 08/23

« on: August 29, 2023, 01:59:59 PM »

Hi!

Awesome you found the kayak!

I would try Sean Van Sommerman and these guys?

http://www.pelagic.org/forms/contact_us.html

Contact Information

main email:
psrf@pelagic.org
webmaster:
pelagicweb@gmail.com

voicemail:
(831) 459-9346

Good luck!!

Sincerely,

Jim

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General Talk / Re: Hello.

« on: August 29, 2023, 11:26:08 AM »

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: pays to be prepared - RPT - HMB 8-19

« on: August 28, 2023, 12:20:28 PM »

Beautiful fish, great report, and so cool that you helped gtnotte get his Dad out there!

Awesome stuff all round...thanks for sharing!

Sincerely,

Jim

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Shelter Cove - 8/26/23

« on: August 28, 2023, 09:35:20 AM »

Great report and awesome way to finish the season Eric!

Stoked for you!

Sincerely,

Jim

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Pay It Forward / Re: Diving For A Cause: Louisiana Gulf Trip 2023

« on: August 14, 2023, 06:32:20 PM »

Few more pics. I just took home collars and ribs and bellies and one Tripletail filet for mom and dad and donated all the rest.

Pics are of AJ ribs, collars, sashimi and baked Tripletail.

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Pay It Forward / Diving For A Cause: Louisiana Gulf Trip 2023

« on: August 14, 2023, 06:25:08 PM »

Paid for this trip in 2019 with plans to go in summer of 2020…then covid happened and it got cancelled.

In 2021 there was an issue with the captain/boat and it got cancelled.

In 2022 I got covid right before the trip and was too sick to dive.

Finally this year I was able to make it happen.

Three days of diving off a siiiick 37 foot VH Freeman with quad 350s, staying at a sweet houseboat down at Venice Marina, home cooked meals each night from the houseboat owners.

Captain Brandon Hendrickson (amazing diver and all around great guy) and his crew went above and beyond to get us on fish and make sure we filled the coolers.

At least 70% of fish donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank in New Orleans. My family has benefited from their charity in the past after hurricanes so I know they do really good work.

Conditions were excellent, we had great viz and found fish super close to shore.

Highlights for me were my PB Cobia, Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper, Dog Snapper and Tripletail.

At the end of the trip we drove up to the foodbank and donated almost 300 pounds of fillets.

Very happy to have finally been able to make this trip happen, and stoked that I got some good pics and video to help me remember all the good times.

If you are looking to shoot some fish for a good cause you should check out DFAC, if you want to go offshore in Venice I highly recommend Brandon, and for inshore and lodging right there I can’t say enough good things about Donny Duke and Tigers Den.

https://www.divingforacause.org/home.html

https://instagram.com/spearobrando?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.tigersdenvenice.com/

Here are pics and a little vid.

Sincerely,

Jim

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: What happened to 2023 DOTY ?

« on: July 21, 2023, 11:50:59 AM »

My apologies if I offended anyone with any of my comments on this post or the one from last year.

That was never my intention. I care about the NCKA community and have put a lot of time and effort into doty over the years so even though I’m not involved I tend to take things too personally.

Apparently there was some miscommunication and misunderstanding about when/how etc the previous DOTY admins resigned/stepped down.

If there is interest (by Luke, divenfish etc) in getting it up and running again I think that is great, and feel free to reach out to me if you want my opinion on anything.

Again, my apologies if I misspoke and offended anyone.

Sincerely,

Jim

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Introductions / Re: Ashley (Bad Ash) New to NCKA

« on: July 20, 2023, 11:13:32 AM »

Welcome to NCKA!

Sincerely,

Jim

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: What happened to 2023 DOTY ?

« on: July 20, 2023, 11:04:07 AM »

I don’t have any admin rights or any interest in putting in more time and energy into DOTY.

I only asked PK for access and stepped in last year to approve pending entries when it became obvious that the person/people who had been doing it had stopped and had not announced it or anything…maybe there was an IG story or something I missed but I didn’t find any actual posts on here or anywhere else.

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=98669.0

If someone decides to keep it going my personal recommendation would be to make NCKA the main place for discussions and updates etc and not other social media. Not all ncka divers are on there, it is an NCKA comp, and IG “polls” to change rules/boundaries etc (when divers can lobby their friends for votes) seems like a not so great way to run a comp.

Just my 2 cents

Sincerely,

Jim

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General Talk / Re: Just in time for near shore rockfish opening in Half Moon Bay

« on: July 13, 2023, 02:16:53 PM »

Quote from: PISCEAN on July 13, 2023, 08:58:15 AM

Quote from: JoeDubC on July 12, 2023, 05:20:41 PM
I often fish close to Mavericks when I go to HMB.
At our neighborhood lake in the Sierras a girl was attacked by otters last week with multiple wounds and had to be rushed to the hospital. Now they have warning signs.

Otters can dicks, river or sea.

If they aren't biting Scott Thornley's boots at Elk, they are clawing kids in the Sierras or biting surfer's boards in Santa Cruz...

X 100

Fuck otters.

https://www.vox.com/2014/4/24/5640890/otters-rape-baby-seals-monsters-bad

"But there comes a point at which rational people have to put adorable hijinks aside and recognize otters for what they are: disease-ridden, murderous, necrophilic aqua-weasels whose treachery knows few bounds. They are not "wonderful animals,"...They're merciless hellspawn who use their intellects for great evil."

Sincerely,

Jim

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Monterey 10/16

Fishing Tournaments and Events / Re: MBK DERBY! September 16, 2023

Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: bar venture tbay

Introductions / Re: Hello and shark attack near Bean Hallow 08/23

General Talk / Re: I miss you folks....

Introductions / Re: Hello and shark attack near Bean Hallow 08/23

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: pays to be prepared - RPT - HMB 8-19

Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Shelter Cove - 8/26/23

Pay It Forward / Re: Diving For A Cause: Louisiana Gulf Trip 2023

Pay It Forward / Diving For A Cause: Louisiana Gulf Trip 2023

Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: What happened to 2023 DOTY ?

Introductions / Re: Ashley (Bad Ash) New to NCKA

Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: What happened to 2023 DOTY ?

General Talk / Re: Just in time for near shore rockfish opening in Half Moon Bay