More updates on the Kayak Connection Derby at Moss Landing Launch ramp 7 AM June 19.
The MBSTP pen at the Santa Cruz Harbor is being dismantled today.  Posters for the Derby are being displayed on the Santa Cruz and Moss Landing Harbors are posted at each dock entrance.  10 launch passes have been donated by these harbors.  The BBQ entries are going great with many talented teams signing up to provide a fine afternoon of eating. Promoted this event on the Allen Bushnell radio fishing show show last night.
But still no entries for the fishing contest.  Maybe people are waiting for Sunday when the donation to the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout restoration Project entry fee goes up to $35.
If someone signs up for this contest they will be making out like a bandit.  Reminds me when I first started putting on fishing contests 15 years ago.  For several years there was only one person who kayak fished in a Lobo Kiwi Kayak Bill Seaman.  Each year he walked away with several $1000's worth of swag catching rock fish off Monterey.  Hmm maybe I should just donate directly to the MBSTP a organization that benefits more catching in Monterey Bay and save myself alot of work.

Just printed out 2 posters to display in front of my shops for the Mooch paddle July 17.  Anyone who has met him should appreciate what he has done for the paddling community and what a nice guy he is.  Will spread the word to the other paddlers SUP and Recreational.

MArk Pastick
Kayak Connection



 

10th annual Ocean kayak Fishing Contest 
September 20, Saturday  2008 7 AM - 12 AM
Benefit for the Monterey Bay Salmon And Trout Restoration Project
Rules:
1. Fishermen are required to start 7 AM from Santa Cruz Harbor Launch Ramp, paddle out to the fishing grounds and back.
2. Must comply withthe State Deptartment of Fish and Game laws.
3. Must Sign a liability release
4. Must weigh in at Launch Ramp before 12 AM. 

Person who catches the heaviest edible legal fish will win a Angler Kayak.  Thank you Ocean Kayak!

Guest Speaker Sean Van Summeran Star of Shark week p
http://www.pelagic.org/overview/scsent_2008mar11.html

Registration log on to KayakConnection.com print out a entry form, liability release, and get it to the shop. .  Since all the money goes directly to putting more King Salmon into Monterey Bay its a good thing!  Hot dog lunch, guest speaker.  and awards at 12 AM are included with registration.

Help wanted.  Want to make this contest more interesting?  Need help rounding up sponsors, promo, and other tasks.  Let me know if your interested.  We could build this contest into much more with your assistance.  Drop me an email or TTM at the contest.



Will it be a sea bass, halibut, rock fish or ling cod this year?
Not fishing?  Kayak Connection will be having a huge Kayak and SUP sale through September.


Cheers and good fishing
Mark Pastick
Kayak Connection

Hey Everyone,

Kayak Connection will be holding their annual derby on September 20th this year from the Santa Cruz Harbor. The entry form is attached. Please call 831-479-1121 with any questions.


GOOD LUCK!!
Kayak Connection Staff

Join Kayak Connection Saturday, June 17 for a great fishing contest at Loc Lomond in Zayante.  A Prowler angler donated by Ocean Kayak will be the first place prize.   Releases and Entry Forms are available at Kayakconnection.com  The fishing should be epic with catches available on trout, bass, channel catfish, and crawdad's.  The season is wide open for your fishing pleasure.  It would be nice to have more participation from the youth and female classes.  The heaviest fish wins. Lunch included.

All the entry fees are donated to the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project . www.mbstp.org .   Founded in 1976, the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project (MBS&TP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and enhancement of the native salmon and steelhead populations of the greater Monterey Bay area. To accomplish the goals of the MBS&TP has developed three major programs:
    * Coho Salmon and Steelhead
    * Chinook Salmon Enhancement Check out the release pens at the Santa Cruz and Moss Landing Harbors
    * Salmon and Trout Education (STEP)
Over 240,000 King Salmon were released from our new Santa Cruz and Moss Landing pens in May and June 2005.

Fathers you owe it to your kids to take them fishing and have lots of fun.  Take the morning off or bring the family and make a day of it.  Special prizes for kids and women.  The following website http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/wt/llra/llra.html  shows you pictures of the Loch, a map and directions, natural and cultural history and of course rules of the lake for instance opening time is  6 AM.
Look for 2 folding tables with a gas stove.  Come by and weigh in your fish.  Contest ends at noon, lunch begins hotdogs with fixin's, and awards ceremony follows.
Go to http://www.kayakconnection.com/ download a registration form and signup now.  All donations will be donated to a good cause Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Restoration Project and education program.

Read the following article and learn how to catch a prize winning fish.


Come join the fun.
Mark Pastick
Kayak Connection

Grandfathers kayak fishing Contest Rules 9/10/06, thoughts and other items of interest

Kayak Fishermen
Before we get into it.
Check out this great article about our Annual June Fathers day derby by Dan Bacher http://www.fishsniffer.com/dbacher/060713loch.html

On line registration for this event is not available for the Grandfathers contest.
You can sign up by calling 8314791121 or visit our kayak offices in Moss Landing or Santa Cruz.  The Grandfathers kayak fishing contest will start at 7 AM from the north harbor launch ramp in Moss Landing  http://www.mosslandingharbor.dst.ca.us/index2.htm.  Registration will be open 6 - 7 AM at the M.L. launch ramp morning of the contest.  This will be a group start which equals the competition among the competitors. The person who catches the heaviest legal edible fish will win a Wilderness Systems Tarpon fishing kayak.
Rules:
1. Fishermen are required to start from the launch ramp, paddle out to the fishing grounds and back.  As Jim Sammonds says “Kayak Fishermen are kayakers first and fishermen second”.
2. Must comply with the Sate Department of Fish and Game laws.
3. Must sign a liablity release.  (Kayak Connection)
4. Must weigh in at launchramp before 12 noon.
Contact Bayside Marine for fishing license, equipment, and fishing reports.

Please take kayaking in the ocean at Moss Landing very seriously (they call the entrance JAWS).  It is no a protected harbor like Santa Cruz.  There is a sizable current, few places to land, bigger boats, and other hazards.  This will be the only event Kayak Connection sponsors outside the M.L. harbor.  Over the 5 plus years I’ve been involved with kayak fishing contests I’m well aware of how serious kayak fishermen are.  I will have a rescue boat ready and will be listening to channel 68 VHF.  If you are carrying a phone you can contact kayak Connection @ 8317245692 for assistance.

Please park on the north side of the Elkhorn Yacht Club.  Launch your kayak first.  Major construction is going on at North harbor with a new launchramp, fishing pier, and other renovations taking place so the main parking lot is closed.  Parking costs $2 per car.

There are fish in Moss Landing.  Here are some of my suggestions on where to go:
Inside the harbor you can catch halibut and perch.

Just outside the harbor between the green can and North Jetty is a secret halibut hot spot (don’t tell anyone)

South of the harbor is what we refer to as the boil.  Its a warm warter upwelling from the power plant.  This is a great place to catch live bait, thresher shark, bass,  and other fish.

.75 miles from the harbor entrance is the mile bouy.  Fishing about 100 yards north of this is the Monterey Canyon.  Any fisherman worth his weight in gummy worms will tell you that fish will hang out at steep drop offs this drop off is about 1/2 mile deep.

Headiing along the coast beach outside the north side of  the jetty.  You can troll for stripper.  Although no one has won a contest yet catching a Sand Dab this is also a Sand Dab hotspot. 

About 2 miles north of the Jetty in front of the Pajaro Dunes is a rock pile that is good rock fish, halibut, and cod fishing.

Last week a whale was hanging out at the mouth of the harbor and the wildlife is abundant with the annual migration starting,  bait fish filling the Slough, and  hundreds of elegant terns flying around in a constant state of panic.

Do not disturb the raft of 40 sea otters that are hanging around the north harbor entrance,  Earlier this season a fisherman made national headlines for running over the raft.  Friends of the Wildlife are watching (filming)you.

GET TO THE WEIGH IN AT THE LAUNCH RAMP BEFORE 12.
Lunch and Awards will be at the Elkhorn Yacht Club next to the launch ramp.

Good Luck
I predict the winner bringing in a monster
Mark Pastick
Kayak Connection
Grandfathers Day kayak fishing contest organizer