Poopy Paradise Part II, But this time very "Little" Poopy

You could not ask for a better day. Fun time with friends and a "BANG UP" job on the shore lunch. I had one on, brought up to the boat and lost him. I could see the barb of the hook, so I know her was not hooked very well. And here is the bad thing, "IT WAS A KEEPER" Oh well. Like I say the fun part is being on the water, and catching a fish is a bonus. The weather was better than the day before. Still hot, but the wind never came up. Everybody had a lot of pull downs. See some of the PB's catching. I think the majority of fish caught were the ones on the pier. We did get to watch a few PB's go through and catch the guys lines on the pier. That was kind of funny. Will let others tell their storys on what happen. The following pics are of the steep hill climb out and a great pic of the bay. Looking forward to getting together with all again.

Rory
 Halibut are something else... they don't really fight too hard until they see you(and you lift their head out of the water). You lose a couple, bad hookup or bad gaff job,then you want to catch one even more. You finally get one onto the yak then it goes APESHIITE while you are trying to keep the snapping teeth from your crotch! What a blast, and tasty too!

Looks like A cool spot, and bummer about the power boats catching pier guys lines!!!! Ive always hated that the have the whole ocean to deal with and always seem to get to close to shore anglers, anyway sorry about the lost fish at least you had some action.

        Fishing was just that...........fishing.........not for lack of trying. Plenty of hits and misses while others landed a few shorties and a few lost at the kayak. Friday  was down right HOT weather wise with the wind and tide pushing us off the water in the early afternoon. Saturday was just about as hot but the wind never materialized so we stuck it out for the tide change hoping for a better bite but it just never showed.
         What A GREAT group of anglers.........every time you turned around someone was helping you grab gear or help you pack-a-yak. Even better was the grub....I am nicknaming this part "Blazing saddles". Both days included an outstanding potluck which included man-dogs with chili, chips w/home made salsa, chili corn bread w/ "tracers",  ice cold watermelon, potato/mac salads, marinated bbq chicken, dutch oven chili (Allen "alshobieoutback" gotta post his recipe), and finished it all off with strawberry/grape shortcake with whip cream. Next time I am bringing a hammock as I was almost unable to move after the festivities.

I guess this is not so much of a "fish" report as it is a "fun" report!!

I fished here both friday and saturday. Friday I hooked a keeper on my first drift/shiner, and it came off as soon as I saw it and it went balistic. I also landed a big leopard shark. That was way cool and exciting. I thought I had a grandpappy halibut. I had a couple other nice grabs that didn't materialize into a hookup. Saturday I was pumped but didn't get a hit all day.
I didn't get sick at all, and I was worried too, sewage stories and all. I didn't see a single cornback eel.
Good hanging with the kayaking brethren. Thanks to all the food effort. You know who you are.

Fished Paradice Friday,

I rode the incoming then trolled... then fought the outgoing and the wind to get back to the launch.

 No fish, but what a great time! I got to meet Otobepelagic, Jason, Danglin, Guitarzan and the rest of the crew for the first time while reuniting with Mako1, Fishunter and Rory again.

Thanks to everyone who attended for a great time. As you can see from the pics, we had a feast after our six hour cruise....Chili Cornbread w/ tracers....Mmmmm.

Thanks for setting things up Adam. I'm looking forward to trying it again.

Slammer.

Otobe It was nice talking to you on the radio sat morning. I hung around the sail boat for about and hour after talking to you last and got three more shakers. We ended the day with 10 buts boated only four where keepers 18,12,9,and 7 Lbs. I hope the intel i gave you helped out. Maybe we can hookup and fish on the yaks together.


                                                          (squidly) JIM RICKER

the weather was great...the company and shore festivities were even better!
Good to meet new peeps and hangout with the ol'boys for a couple of days.
wish we/one of us got a KEEPER SOMETHING?! ....oh well, the pics are fun to look at though!  We had more action on friday and not even a 1/4 0f that on sat!
....maybe due to ALL the traffic and such.  it is called what it is for a reason.
here is both days of pics combined:

~Friday mornings launch

~ Tuffin' it in the tough conditions

~ Naoaki and Rory crossing paths

..........con't

~ NCKA back-up house with enclosed swimmin pool, incase the other one gets full.

~ Jaun going over a breaking wake.

~ a bit more traffic and fishers on Sat. then Fri.

 

pic1&2~ couldn't find anything in the shallow to 15' fow, so I followed Juan out to bigger waters and he got a hit&hook....another underButt'

pic3&4~ then my vote for "Dick O'the Day" we are in group and this A$$-Whole spilts right between us....see Juan on the otherside, Allen was closer than that to the boat.....and Rory had to power-paddle, just to give the 'Dick" a little more room to go through.......15min. later and he tried it again....but we "held our ground" and he had to turn his wheel some to the left this time.

Great reporting all around.  That looks like Good Times for sure.  NCKA hookups are like the feel-good part of an adventure movie! 

 

terrible to get cruised by a cruiser like that yacht.  You guys shook it off well and looks like another class NCKA outing.  tough break on the lost 'butt.

Great reporting all around.  That looks like Good Times for sure.  NCKA hookups are like the feel-good part of an adventure movie! 

 

I agree AK!....something real "F'd-up" would have to happen to put a damper on any and all "NCKA Adventures"

...then it was another Grub-Fest on the shore each day!
thanks to all who particpated!  
from IcecoldWatermelon to TracerBackedPigons fun for the whole family!

Al/AlsHobieoutback Dutch Ovened a BakedBean-Bacon&Garlic (the rest is a secret)....Hey Al! when your not around, that is gonna be "my" all-time-potluck-add-in!....oh, I almost forgot that chicken too!, it was a GREAT Combo with the bacon'd beans, when he opened the container of marinade, i was gonna drink the leftovers, but I figured the E-Coli topped-off with some a dash of salmonella would have given me more gas than usual.

~ gettin it made in the shade.....the boys shootin the bull at the tables

~ Yardbird and (a secret ingredient) to Als' Beans from Heaven

~ Al himself.....DUDE!,Thanks!

terrible to get cruised by a cruiser like that yacht.  You guys shook it off well and looks like another class NCKA outing.  tough break on the lost 'butt.

They did have us on the size thing.....    but we had them out numbered....kinda? 

~ Al also mades BBQ-carts out of wheels, crates and gaffs too...PM him for the blueprints.

~ see the pier!?  see the water!?  the grass is green....

~ after you guys left, the CartDrivingCuttie finished her shift and enjoyed the rest of her day on the grass, tanning her _ _ _!    sorry for the perv.shot....but I had to!

The two days of hunt and fun were great fellas!....I was lost sunday morning without you guys....woke-up and wondered why I'm not at Paradise again!