Half Moon Bay 2009-09-19

Tournament day. I didn't arrive at the harbor until around noon time, thanks to the usual traffic backup. Bill was already weighing sardines on a portable gram-o-meter, or whatever it was called.

Pic 1, 2, 3: Don (Danglin) with a handful of candidates for weigh-in
Pic 4: A pic of the gram-o-meter

Pic 1: Kayaks available for demo or rental by the Half Moon Bay Kayak Company
Pic 2: Theresa (Parrothead) and Jay (Fishin-Jay) returning to shore
PIc 3, 4, 5: Shannon with her sardines at the weigh-in

Pic 1: Jessie, from San Luis Obispo, with the tournament winner butt
Pic 2: Adam (FisHunter) and Jim (InSeine) taste-testing Barbara's 7-layer dip
Pic 3: Shannon and Tom (Surf Hunter)
Pic 4: Mooch and Peter (Obkook)
Pic 5: Eric (EWB) with more sardines for weigh-in

Pic 1: Obkook, Mooch, and Fishin-Jay
Pic 2: Mooch and unidentified kayaker
Pic 3: Hailey, Brent (Porky), and Raquel
Pic 4: "That's enough pictures," says Hailey
Pic 5: Alain (AlsHobieOutback digging in while Marv (Shicken) churns out the burgers

More pics...waiting for awards to be presented

Pic 1, 2, 3, 4: Danglin receiving prizes for sardine AND tournament fish finish
Pic 5, 6, 7: Second place in tournament - sorry...didn't catch his name

Pic 1, 2, 3, 4: Jessie receiving the first place prize: Cobra Pro Fisherman

Looks tough fishing, but fun, for everyone except the owner of the boat in the background.  What gives??

Thanks for the great pics, Hojo.  Looks like everyone had a good time.   

Congrats Jessie on your new kayak. I am sure she is going to be a fine fish catching machine.

Awesome pictures as always Howard. Thanks for sharing. BTW, did you fish and try
to go out of the harbor?

Jedmo

Not this year. Next year for sure. I don't live very far from HMB, but it would still be worth paying to car camp overnight and avoid the night-time drive over the mountain. No electrical hookups to use the you-know-what. 

Those sardines being checked in were huge, much larger than the ones I used on the tuna trip.

Howard

Congrats to all on the good turn out and fun time despite the meager fishing--especially glad to see a gamefish won--pretty bad if it would have been a Dine. Nice new kayak dude! Last minute change of family plans doomed my participation darn it.

fun, for everyone except the owner of the boat in the background.  What gives??

I heard the story--a bit sad. the owner lived on the boat but had a bilge pump he had to turn on every 24 hours. He passed away on board and no one knew and a few days later, the accumulated bilge sunk it. It was raised and towed there to be demolished at some point in the future.