Albion Open 7-25

OK late to arrive late to leave, well kind of... First off Fishmaster1 your flag rules...my little eity bitty Raider flag has a lot of room to grow....

Was supposed to be there thur...arrived Fri 6:30pm put out OTW 7:30ish fished to the bitter end with a china and a black to show for my efforts...but I fished, I remember asking peeps why they wernt' fishin? the water had layed down in the late afternoon...noticed a pattern every eve it layed down!!!

I would have to say for all of us "we only met a third of the people there" and would of wished to "Meet All" of You... putting faces to names "Hello" it was great!!!

Caught 1 nice red and a bunch of blacks on sat...had 3 big pull downs, waiting for that "Lingzilla" but such is the way...

The crabbing was not lacking on the crab, just the right size!!! and every eve on the docks was an encounter, with everyone that was precipitating...

Sunday was looking for "Mr Magoo" who was not getting any love "sat" was going to take him out and show him a spot i found but he left early...still a pleasure to meet u... and ringnebula, didn't meet u but tried... I thought your handle was Ring bula if u said it, was in Fiji in 04 but now i know...hope to meet u in person one of these days..I fished from 10:30ish till 6:30ish and was about numb till I wandered up to fishmaster1's camp and thankfully they had a roaring fire to warm my cold aching bones!!! and a very, very Huge Thank you to Anita and Ben for that hot Plate of pasta after freezin my ass off OTW all day sunday..  

Pisciform/Aaron it was great to fish sunday with u...it took all day to get a limit...but Monday sorta ruled...I was coming in @ 10:30 when everyone else was headed out...talked with Don D for a few minutes and after I got in, heard he got a 32 in Ling...WTG Don D fishing was better than all the previous days and I had to leave don't ya know....
Thanks to all that put on that most incredible feed, and most IMPORTANT to all THOSE that "made it happen"!!! The Most Awesome time that you can have Legally...

And Hello to all of u I didn't meet I hope to meet u one of these days!!!

Talk to ya laters...and keep a smile on your mug!!! You might not know about "NCKA" and u do...So Enjoy it and SEE YOU at THE NEXT EVENT!!! Keep It Real!!!

Good to meet you there Sledge I've seen you cleaning those Chinas and blacks, your my idol fishing at night wow thats brave..

i'm not sure of the name(i forgot), but it's poisonous, so i just palmed it and let it go.

Sculpin?

Eric B thats real close looking isnt it? Freaking bullhead!

Congrats to all you guys Kiel, Craig, & Tote. Wish I could've been there with yall. Looks like I missed out on a kickass time.

I'll start out by saying MANY THANKS TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF NCKA    Especially to our big brother Sean for making these top shelf events possible = luv ya brah  

It seems like every get together (on a small or to a large scale) is ALWAYS a memorable one. It clearly shows how our community is well above par to any other = and that's simply because of YOU - the NCKA member

Congrats to all the winners...truly, there were no losers...as far as I'm concerned, everyone who attended came out on top and all the pics posted proves it all. EVERYONE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME    This clearly shows that it's not all about the fishing anymore when NCKA gets together.....it's simply about absolute camaraderie  

My high lites include:
* meeting new faces as always
* seeing my old comrads - whom I have not seen for a while  
* doing some other stuff besides yak fishing:
- going up the river paddle and picking wild berries with da crew
- making the mistake of falling asleep at the campfire...within striking range of a few NCKA pranksters
- taking the time to actually get-to-know my NCKA family members
- and simply taking in the scenery and relaxing  

Many thanks to all of you who fed da mooch....all I had were cup o noodles   Randall / Bigfoot = thanks for sharing your nest and grub with me once again   I truly appreciate your hospitality  

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da camp dogs...

Here is that Cutter getting a little rockwash.