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

I bought two of these for you nut grabbing hunter folk

All great photos! 

I've been getting ready all day today;
kayak cleaned and checked out, reels w/fresh line.  Lures all tuned and barbs pinched or removed. Charged up the GPS and VHF radio.  Note on truck dash so I don't forget the bait in the freezer this year!!  Ha! 

Have not started packing yet and I'm leaving Wed at noon. Working 8-10 hours tomorrow and I hint Wed I will not work, I think.  Motorhome is finally legal again though.

Got some stuff packed and found some frozen squid at Smart Foods. Confirmed that my braided line is 40#, so I feel good about that. Found some shrimp flies and swim bait. I also measured my net 

I am going to take several up on your offer to help get me set-up! I need to pack some more beer, haha.

I got fresh squid, fit for human consumption, at the local Asian market. $2.69 a lb I think it was.

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

I use 50-65# braid main line with a 3' 30# mono leader. Never had the main line break, always breaks at the leader. If you use a short (<6') 30# mono leader, it is not difficult to break it. Longer leaders are harder to break because of line stretch. If you are using long leaders or top shot mono, I would use 20# mono. 25# mono top shot is hard to break off in deep water. 50-65# braid will cut kelp hence the name "kelp cutter". Even when YT have taken me deep into the kelp, never had the spectra break.

The drift is going to be fast so for a newbie, 6-8oz will be easier to keep verticle and on the bottom.

I keep a knife strapped to my PFD for cutting line if an emergency comes up and I need to cut the line. 




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Found this on cabela's bargain cave;
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Bargain-Cave/Weekly-Specials/pc/105591780/c/105641280/ZipCut-Pro/1328018.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fweekly-specials%2F_%2FN-1102647%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_105641280%3FWTz_l%3DUnknown%253Bcat105591780&WTz_l=Unknown%3Bcat105591780%3Bcat105641280

This is a GREAT safety tool to have handy.  Safe to use and no need to keep in a sheath.  And less than $8.

Calcutta CERT Emergency Release Tool

I thought there was a restriction on crabbing in the Albion River, or similar areas, where you cannot use box traps, but hoop nets are OK. I'm not see anything on that in the DFG regs. Am I missing it or did that rule change?

I like the knife in the sheath clipped to the PFD too.  Also handy for cutting bait.

This is a GREAT safety tool to have handy.  Safe to use and no need to keep in a sheath.  And less than $8.

Calcutta CERT Emergency Release Tool

It cuts braided line, right? I do have one of those snips tools but this looks like it would work great. Where do you find them?

-Cherie

how much are the tickets going to be?

Raffle tickets are a dollar each

Man Just cant wait..... I tried to take the rest of the week off so I could go, but the boss said no...   

so kind of a dumb question, but we cant buy fire wood from lumber jack but we can bring our own to use?