*results pg 36*Simply Fishing Tournament 9/27/14

The plan is to go fishing!  You never know what to expect till you get up there, it could be just a little rough but usually in the morning it is not blowing so hard and we are only fishing till noon. 

Whoever doesn't want to get up and come out should just get their dough back. The people who actually show up get to fish or be in the draw. If you wouldn't drive a little for a chance to go to Panama you are nuts. You jokers drive all over hells half acre for AOTY. Besides, the Rob's I thought could walk on water anyway. Maybe you dudes could calm the seas and feed the masses.

Ok, lemme try to answer your questions and clarify my position. Obviously, I can not control the weather  . In life things happen and we do the best we can to plan for this (such as move the event to Sept instead of Nov in hopes of avoiding weather issues  ) and minimize the effects (what I'm doing now). In this case I am taking into account, as best I can, all of the divergent interest of a broad based community. What is best for one or a few of you will inevitably be bad for one or a few others. Also in the creation of this event I have incurred some expenses which I can not recover. All of which leads me to the following:

1.) The tournament is not canceled as of yet and may not be. If the tournament is canceled (and ONLY if it is) and you do not wish to participate in the raffle you will be eligible for a credit towards entry in the next Simply Fishing Tournament.
2.) This is coastal kayak fishing, I can not accurately make the call to cancel until I am there, on the day, to see the actual fishing conditions. That's fishing.
3.) IF it is necessary to cancel the competition, only the paid entrants will be eligible to win the grand prize. One ticket per entry.
4.) Just as with a kayaking fishing competition, you have to play to get the pay (must be present to win)

In service and humility,
ruben

I'm sure there were probably twenty more questions posted while I was considering this response. I'll try to answer them as soon as I can. Please forgive any delay, I am still putting hooks on jigs and eyes on lead heads and packing and planing for hosting a fun and certainly exciting event.

Under which conditions will you cancel the event?


$25 and a tank of gas might not be a lot for some of you, but for me it is close to my monthly fishing budget. If you don't want to refund those of us who bail because you are talking about canceling the event that's fine, but please don't make us show up just for the chance to win a raffle.

I was typing this before I read your post Ruben. I respect what you said in its entirety.

I don't really want to fish in gale force winds. I have and it sucks. The reports I see are wind early. I don't want to take the chance of maybe having it lay down for a couple hours.  I would rather fish than sit on shore. I would go out in the conditions to compete too. If the competition is stopped I will just stay home or fish local, or if the report Fri night looks bad i will stay home. 8 hour drive round trip to fish in what I'm sure will be crap is not worth it to me. You all think all I care about is the prizes. I still don't care about prizes for fishing tournaments. I'm there to win even if for a trophy. If there is no competition I see no need to go and fight those conditions. The trip would be cool to win if it was for two. I would rather win one of the other prizes anyway. Again, not interested in driving 8 hours for a drawing and to sit on shore and drink beer. Just my thoughts.

It looks like I may have to work on Saturday.If I don't show up keep my entry fee to go towards prizes,expenses whatever.Thanks for all your effort Ruben.You have a great tournament.Good luck everyone,and please be safe.

If the event is cancelled, what time must we be there for the raffle? It looks like Saturday will be completely blown out. Sunday still has possibilities. I'm thinking about delaying and leaving home at a decent hour Saturday morning with the hope that Sunday will work out.

What about rescheduling it to Sunday?

What about rescheduling it to Sunday?

Bingo!

-Allen

Magic Seaweed nearshore forecast looks a bit less dramatic than the NDBC forecasts for Saturday.  Up to 16 knot winds close to the coast, might be different from the other forecasts because the NOAA are for waters along the coast all the way out to 10 Nautical Miles.

NDBC Forecast - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMTR.html
Key for interpreting scale on attached image - http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html
Magic Seaweed forecast - http://magicseaweed.com/California-Surf-Chart/12/?chartType=WMAG

Will be interesting to see on the morning of.

First I wanna say thanks to you all for handling this so well. I really do this for all of you as a thank you for he way you all welcomed me and continue to welcome others to this generous and friendly community.

Now, I think it might be time to think about postponing. I wanted to avoid the juggling that may ensue and I fear that some, if not many, would be unable to reschedule. But, my fears aside, I think it's time to discuss it.

Let's start with Sunday. First pros and cons. Then maybe I'll be able to come up with a pertinent question or two for a poll.

GO

Can't do Sunday Ruben. Sorry. If the WX is just as bad Sunday, then what? It's very hard to plan a coastal event. Hearts out to you bro. Watch it settle down Friday night. Yea just checked again. Updated to big wind and a 7ft swell.

I too cannot attend on Sunday (Im cooking for my Dad's b-day party).

I for one was planning on showing Saturday to help out ( with the weather forecast, it looks like some may need the assistance coming back in) and a chance to meet everyone, since I'm new here on the board. But Sunday wouldnt work for me since I'm flying out to start a week long project for work.

Steve

If the WX holds I'm out. Thanks for all your hard work Ruben.