Albion Open 2014 July 25,26,27 Registration Only Open until July 20th by mail

Nice Ben!

so...I haven't a moment to read thru all 28 pages of posts, and I could do a search, but in the meantime:

So as a first-timer to the event, what fishing supplies should I make sure not to forget? The odds are against me to place in way, shape, or form - I won't out-fish you guys, LOL. But what should I be sure to have with me?

Besides my fishing license and kayak and VHF, blah, blah, blah (I figured there would be some funny guy comments, haha).

 

so...I haven't a moment to read thru all 28 pages of posts, and I could do a search, but in the meantime:

So as a first-timer to the event, what fishing supplies should I make sure not to forget? The odds are against me to place in way, shape, or form - I won't out-fish you guys, LOL. But what should I be sure to have with me?

Besides my fishing license and kayak and VHF, blah, blah, blah (I figured there would be some funny guy comments, haha).

 

Have you decided what you are fishing for? If you want to try for salmon you will need legal salmon gear. Then you can choose trolling or not. Seems like swimbaits are highly recomended for everything else. Being new to ocean fishing I am bringing a fish ID chart and DFG regs so I don't have to pester everyone trying to figure out if anything I catch is legal or not. From what I've read it is pretty common to have lots of radio chatter from people trying to figure out if they have a legal catch. If you want to keep it simple you could probably get away with a selection of big hammer swimbaits in the popular colors. My advice is based on what I have gathered from reading this forum only so I'm sure there are many others that can give more valuable information.

so...I haven't a moment to read thru all 28 pages of posts, and I could do a search, but in the meantime:

So as a first-timer to the event, what fishing supplies should I make sure not to forget? The odds are against me to place in way, shape, or form - I won't out-fish you guys, LOL. But what should I be sure to have with me?

Besides my fishing license and kayak and VHF, blah, blah, blah (I figured there would be some funny guy comments, haha).

Hint Pre-tie some leaders. That is what I have done through this week a few a night.










 

so...I haven't a moment to read thru all 28 pages of posts, and I could do a search, but in the meantime:

So as a first-timer to the event, what fishing supplies should I make sure not to forget? The odds are against me to place in way, shape, or form - I won't out-fish you guys, LOL. But what should I be sure to have with me?

Besides my fishing license and kayak and VHF, blah, blah, blah (I figured there would be some funny guy comments, haha).

 

I'm arriving on Thursday over in spot 10 at Schooner's.  Stop by and I'll show you the color fish chart I have as well as a tag I made up and hang around my neck that has the tournament rules and the DF&G fishing rules as they apply to my targeted fish.  (Size, limits, take, etc.)  I also have a few swim baits I can loan you that have caught lings and rock fish at Albion. 
Bring 2 stout poles and reels rigged with at least 20pound test.  50 pound is better.  50 pound Braided line is limp and easy to manage compared to mono in these weights.  When using braid, tie on a mono leader of 20' or so.  You can use this to tie your bait and not nick up your braid on rocks and fish gills and such.  Bring a stringer to attach your catch to your kayak.  Gloves to keep your hands from getting cuts from sharp gills and BIG teeth.  A hook remover works great for me to keep my fingers away from a ling's big, toothy grin.  A gaff is handy for managing the fish as well as your line.  Much easier to reach out with a gaff to bring in your bait than trying to over reach and risk tipping out of the kayak.  I have a spare gaff I'll give you too.  Have a net at least 18" opening.  No matter what you fish for, you must have one on deck or risk a fine.  Basically, a 5 oz drop sinker and some hooks with squid or even fish guts from the cleaning station will get you some rod action.  Drop your swimbait or live bait down to the bottom, crank up one to three cranks and jig.  While you are out there on the water fishing, watch others as they practice other fishing techniques; casting hex bars or hard baits around kelp patty's for example. This way you can fish and pick up tips.  I bring a cheap pair of binoculars to 'spy' on other fisher folk so as to not impose myself on them and get too close.  Tangled lines are likely if you are in too close to others. 

Since you are not planning to win this thing, I strongly recommend you do not target salmon.  They require a pretty large and long learning curve.   Trolling is a lot of work, depending on ocean currents, winds and tide.  Sure, anyone could get lucky their first trip out, but you say winning this thing is not your goal.  Stick to rock fish/ling/cabs and you'll be very busy all day and you won't have to worry about stuff like non-barbed/barbed hooks, only how deep you're fishing for those rockies!  Ha! 

Oh, and bring your crab pots.  Set 'em on the way out and pick up on the way in.  (You know what all you need for crabbing so I won't go all into that.)

I don't plan to fish for salmon either, but I do plan on bringing some legal tackle in case it is the hot bite.

If you want to be fairly sure to catch fish run a teaser shrimp fly above your swimbait about 2'. When the lings and cabs are slow the fly usually works well. I use a dropper loop for the fly.

+1 on what Jerry said. A 3# box of frozen squid, half dozen shrimp fly rigs and a half dozen 8oz torpedo sinkers should get you through the day.

If you want to target lings, I would bring a half dozen large big hammers on 4-6oz swimbait heads. Everybody has their favorite colors but brown, white, green and red are consistently productive. Diamond jigs 4-8oz tipped with a whole squid is another effective ling lure.

Personally, I fish all barbless/salmon legal. This time of year the salmon are sometimes in shallow, feeding on juvenile rockfish. If you catch one on rockfish gear, you have to let it go. Yeah, I have seen people keep them and bend the barb back afterwards but that is illegal.

Bring a fish identification chart and a Shelton descender. If you aren't sure, get a second opinion or let it go. At GS there were some issues.

If you get motion sickness, bring something for that. The prescription medications work better than OTC.

You guys are awesome, thank you! Jerry, I will definately stop by. We get there on Thurs as well.
I figured that this weekend would be more about learning than catching...I'll bring my regs book as well. Now Im excited!

Jerry has good advice, although I disagree with the 50# braid. You may have a lighter leader, but if your mainline snags 50#'s is nearly impossible to break off. Not something you want to be trying to do if wave / weather conditions are poor. Got careless and snapped my light action Baidarkas rod yesterday trying to get off a snag and I had 30# braid on.
 Most of us use 3-4 Oz weights. 6-8 Oz if the drift is fast and you want to keep your rig more vertical for better control

You guys are awesome, thank you! Jerry, I will definately stop by. We get there on Thurs as well.
I figured that this weekend would be more about learning than catching...I'll bring my regs book as well. Now Im excited!

Bring a basket for Blackberries, we usually do a few paddles up river- where the sun is...- and bring back a bunch. It's just a tidal creek but lots of fun to paddle to the end, baby rockfish nursery.

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