Official Trinidad Rockfish Wars 4 Thread - Sept. 13th 2014

Looking good, Aaron!

And the forecast is looking fantastic!  This is seriously the best forecast of the entire summer up here!!

.SAT...N WINDS UP TO 5 KT. WAVES NW 3 FT AT 11 SECONDS.

If it materializes we should see some nice flat water - should be lake like, and pre-fishing Thursday and Friday look good too, as does post-fishing for Sunday. 

Be ready to fish hard.  Could be foggy, could be hot as hell, and even if they say "up to 5 knots" it could be windy early or more likely windy later.

I'm betting on epic.   

Hey, LAST MINUTE WAFFLERS!  Sign up!!  It doesn't get any better than this!  Fill this field up so we can all celebrate a well earned victory with 50 teams vying for much more than just two brand new kayaks. 

This is gonna be great!   

Eric, why you trying to hard sell on this!! lol. I'm about ready to pull. I'm thinking fish the tournament Saturday and go after those threshers sunday at Shelter! Pulling these all nighter trips then fishing in the morning is crazy, but hey no pain no gain.

I'm excited, Keith!   

I'm hoping to get some heavy Shelter therapy in before tourney day.

Shelter is never going to let you down, Gotta fish the shallow 20'-35' of water right in front of the harbor, there are big fish in there! Especially the Threshers, my brother and I hooked 5 of them in less than 2 hours, also saw a salmon and I believe Chris had one on for awhile. Get'em!

If anyone is around I will be fishing sunday. hope to see you guys then.

If anyone is around I will be fishing sunday. hope to see you guys then.

We hope to see you too, we'll be looking for you. 

Some big fish will be caught and sunday should be good for those who want to target a pacific halibut.  There have been a couple of 70+lbers caught in the last week as well as some smaller ones.

Don't miss out sign up today. 

Signed up last night ! Bloody decks ready to rock!

17 spots left in the tournament! Registration is closed at 6:00pm today.

Updated Roster! If I don't hear who your partner is by 6:00pm today, I will partner you up.

TRW4 Teams: Some of you need team names and members. Please review the list and let me know if everything is correct.

Team Bald Eagles - Jacks & Bald Eagle
Team Blunt Force Trama - Kastman & Greg Dickson
Team DominEric - Loleta Eric & Domenic Belli
Team Headwaters Adventures - Angler Dangler & Beenfishin
Team Humboldt Hookers - Brandi Easter & Crash
Team Kingstrom - Big Buoy & Sarah Kingstrom
Team 2 Yaks & a 6 Pack - Chewster & Mike Mollander
Team Lost Coast Anglers - Ross Lane & Mike Bailey
Team Mendo Maniacs - Chris Bell & Mike Zontos
Team Stastonoma - Codzilla & SuperVato
Team Redneck Yacht Club - Trenton Dunn & Chris Coleman
Team Rodfathers - RancinRob & ATD
Team Fish Dicks - Frenchy & Poopstick
Team Gump - Byron Pickle & Brandon Pickle
Team Straight Hook - Pine Mtn Pete & Prophet
Team Soggy Bottom Boys - Brendan Ferrell & Scott Storek
Team WannaFish - Dwannamaker & Dianna Wannamaker
Team Yak Attack - Doug Fini & Brent Ludtke
Team Cast N Blast - Andrew Holberg & Aric Holberg
Team aMayesing Brothers - MattSwayze & Clayman
Team Grass Valley - Jason Telford & Dan Maliszewski
Team Just Fishing - Victor Gonzalez & Jim Welborn
Team Necktons - Cacyz & Ian McBride
Team Scooter - Scooter & Tyler Mickelson
Team Igorison - Scott Harrison & Igor
Team ??? - Kenny Baker & James Turntine
Team ??? - Tony Parker & Chris Kerwin
Team Knot Again - JBaker & Wingshooter
Team Big Hammer - Cabezone Ling & Tigerfish
Team ??? - Rick Turk & Matt Baron
Team ??? - Kyle Reese & Nick Reese
Team Alice Grouper - Malcolm Meredith & Jerald Wayne Brown

People that need Team Members: (If you don't have a team member, I will partner you up, just let me know)

Brian Smith
James Gustin
Cameron Pascual
Brad McNeil
Ryan King aka Live2Fish
Mike Sawyer aka Saw
Craig Davis aka Ravensblack
Janice Gardner-Loster aka Big J
Adrienne Tindal aka MotherLadyBug
William Martin aka SOMA
Ronald Krznarich aka BoJangles42
John McNichols
Mark Bayles
Matt Whisenhunt aka Wizz
David Humphreys
Tim Weaver aka TW
Jim Gustin aka DrHabanero
John Calver aka Dogwood
Tim Duffy aka Fisheducator
William Patterson aka Patty

Well, I hope no one tried for Wednesday pre-fishing!   

It's hammered out there right now - 23 to 27 knots+ at Crescent City, and square swells up and down the north coast from the Cape to the border.

This isn't bad!  This means maybe the fish are hunkered down and will be hungry when it calms...   

I went out today in Trinidad but stayed south. No lings at all but a lot of very nice sized blacks in the 20 inch range.

 Weather was actually really nice where I was fishing with great visibility. The surf at the launch spot was the largest I've seen yet though! Waves came all the way up to my front tires and I got the hell out of there just in time. See you all Saturday!

I went out today in Trinidad but stayed south. No lings at all but a lot of very nice sized blacks in the 20 inch range.

 Weather was actually really nice where I was fishing with great visibility. The surf at the launch spot was the largest I've seen yet though! Waves came all the way up to my front tires and I got the hell out of there just in time. See you all Saturday!

Yeah it's important to watch the tides.  There are some 7+ft tides this week.  You don't want to be parked on the beach for those.

Fished Trinidad today.  Started out north toward the wash rocks, turned back.  Too rough for a solo paddle.  Joined other local kayakers in the bay.  Caught small blacks.  Heads up about the flies.  Gloves and shroud would have been nice today. 

POAA-

I sent you a PM yesterday.  Myself and Bojangles42 are partnered up.  Team SmokeEaters