LRC 2014 - Results page 1

 

 

all done ..sorry if I dbl posted..wanted to share these..you never know who is in a pic etc

okay lied..two  more...
17" LRC cabby on ice all the way home...baked whole..and just out of the oven 

I want to thank everyone who came up to Anchor Bay and participated in this great event. I was talking with Tess & the other workers there and they all said how they enjoyed having us and how we are always welcome back. So thank you for showing what a class act our club is.

I had a killer time at LRC. I've been jonesin for some saltwater fishing for the last few weeks.   Up here in humboldt the season closed at the end of October.  This was most likely gonna be my last saltwater trip of the year...and Anchor Bay did not disappoint!

Thanks Mike and all the other event coordinators for all the hardwork.  Thanks to all the volunteers for stepping up.  Thanks to the sponsors for everything too.

Jenn and I arrived late Thursday night.   We got an early paddle in down Gualala river to the mouth(which is closed off by sandbar).  Beautiful spot.   Then we made it over to Anchor Bay to check out logistics for event.   It was kind of confusing dealing with the camp office on all the day use fees.  $5 for the car, $5 bucks each for the 2 yaks on top of the car and $3 for each person in the car! Holy s@&t!  I'm gonna miss that kidney someday!

Beach was awesome.  Blue water, sunshine, and soft sand.  Surf was pretty rough. Jenn was having a lil freak out about me paddling out in these conditions.   We stayed and watched all the kids chasing birds, dogs chasin each other and divers chasin abs.  Lulls between sets were pretty long making a launch even in these conditions doable at the chicken cove launch site.  It assuaged her fears.

Next morning at 5 I was back at the beach unloading gear.  Eye candy sunset and beautiful water conditions. Said some hellos and got otw.

I caught a lot of lings from 26-30".  They were all pretty fat and feisty!  Best kind. The rockfish bite was pretty hot too!  I caught a ton of blues, a few blacks, a couple nice coppers and a canary.   The latter 2 I had never caught before, so that was pretty sweet.  I didn't catch any prize winning hawgs or win any of the raffle prizes but goddamn I had a blast.  I met some cool people, did some awesome fishing, got to see a part of the coast I hadn't seen yet, and spent a great weekend with my woman. That's what it's all about!

I am extremely happy! Thank You all for attending our first annual Lowrance Rockfish Classic. I have to admit I was a bit nervous about having this event at Anchor Bay due to the limited size of the campground. Well, everything turned out great and it seems like smiles and laughter were everywhere. Our sponsors really stepped up and we gave away almost $4,000.00 in cash and prizes.

For next year I have reserved the entire campground (Fri and Sat night), Saturday Nov 14th. I'll be working something out with Anchor Bay Campground. Once I have something set I will post it up. 

I want to thank all the LRC volunteers...

Jim(rockfish), James (Rider0 - my co-chairs did a great job as always!
Bill (FishingForTheCure) and fellow Lowrance Prostaff - Insight Genesis contest
Eric (TexasBoy) and Tony (NovoFish) - Potluck. Food was great guys!!!! Can't wait pick off that full pig next year... 
My wife Kara, Amos (SuperVato) - 5:30AM Registration on the beach - Great Coffee guys WOW!!! ZING!!! 
Ricci (FishWorks) - Bonfire. For me, It was the perfect ending to a long day.
Rob (RacinRob) - Sidebet. Way to GO Joe!
Derrick (DirtyBassChucker) - AM beech drop off. Nice to meet you and thanks buddy!
Savannah (Skyler) - Wheeleez Demo program. Great job!

LRC Winners!!!

CP&R Rockfish Category - Points

1   Joe Flores/ Bloodbath      257
2   ken woo            255
3   Rob Knoles/ RacinRob      254
4   tim wang            251
5   Won Jung/ SmokeOnTheWater   238
6   James(Jim) Bennion/ Cranky   230
7   Craig Davis/ Ravensblack      211
8   Tyler Mickelson/ None              206
9   Eric Roberts/ TexasBoy      198
10   James(Jim) Gustin/ DrHabanero   191
11   Scott Cordtz/ Scooter         175
12   Andrew Vandenbrink         168
13   James Gosciminski/ Goz      166
14   Naoaki Ikemiyagi/ Naoaki      156
15   Derrick Roberts/  DirtyBassChucker   146
16   Gary Charles/ BullShark      130
17   William Wirt/ Sarge         121
18   Victor Woolworth/ Vwool      113
19   John La Bare/ JohnB         108
20   Amos Foreman/ SuperVato      104
21   Glenn Greenwell/ Fishpeddler   88
22   pat norton                     68
23   dylan taube            64
24   Kyle Monte/ MidwestAngler      60
25   Ken Dye/ Traildad         58

Ling Category - Weight

1   Craig Davis/ Ravensblack      18.05
2   Tim Duffy/Fisheducator      15.41
3   Amos Foreman/ SuperVato      15.3
4   Kyle Monte/ MidwestAngler      14.59
5   Herbert Reyes/ Herb Superb   14.5
6   James Gosciminski/ Goz      13.07
7   Gary Charles/ BullShark      11.94
8   John Rice/ johnrice         11.9
9   khua nguyen            11.57
10   Mike Sapp/ solsrf1         10.97
11   Naoaki Ikemiyagi/ Naoaki      10.84
12   James Gustin/ DrHabanero      10.4
13   Jim Meier/ Rockfish         9.92
14   Won Jung/ SmokeOnTheWater   9.87
15   lauren crotty            9.65
16   Ryan King/ Liv2Fish         8.55
17   William Wirt/ Sarge         7.91
18   Victor Woolworth/ Vwool      7.69
19   Scott Cordtz/ Scooter         7.63
20   James(Jim) Bennion/ Cranky   7.42
21   Tyler Mickelson/ None                   7.16
22   John Silva/ Shoprat         6.92
23   Eric Roberts/ TexasBoy      6.79
24   Glenn Greenwell/ Fishpeddler   6.67
25   Andrew Vandenbrink         6.59
26   Ken Dye/ Traildad         5.77

Lowrance Insight Genesis Winners 

1st place was 'Rider' James Pratt - Elite 4HDI
2nd place was 'JohnRice' John Rice - Navionics chip Lake HD
3rd place was 'Scooter' Scott Cordtz - Navionics chip Lake Pro

Notable catches!
Tyler Mickelson/ aka None - 24.5" Verm!!! It was a pig!!
Rob Knoles/ RacinRob - 20" Copper!!!
Craig Davis/ Ravensblack - 18.05lb Ling! No one was close!

OK just a few things. If you won a $100 gift card from Pacific Outfitters please contact me.
If you did not receive your grab bag please contact me and we'll try and work something out.

I will be posting up lots picts within the next few days. Thanks and hope to see all of you at Clear Lake in the spring!

Michael Lavoie
LRC Director

I had an amazing time Mike!!!! Thanks so much for all the work you and James did on this. Plus everyone else who had a hand in it. It was a great, great way to spend some time with all the people who have come to mean so much to me. All the Sonoma homies and the safety squad love you muthas to death. I got to witness some new stuff. Mexican Fire Walker Adam Coca doing his thang at the bonfire. Walking the beach at night with Victor and Erik and seeing thousands of sand fleas gorging on bull kelp stalks.  Never saw that before. The potluck was so fun and Texas Boy was the comedian with the BBQ. I laughed my ass off every other moment. Dustin, your kids are sooooo GD cute man. What a great place for the kids to play. Im bringing my grandkids next year.

I could only manage three of the five rockfish specie. That copper and a china eluded me. The ling didn't. Its a big ocean and luck plays a huge part in putting you lure in the 1ft square slot for the strike. I was fortunate. That's all. Thanks Lowrance for a combo unit that is just about the coolest thing I've seen. I wont even need my GD glasses to see that sucka. hahahahah

The bathrooms were clean. The grounds immaculate. the potluck area couldn't have been better. Congrats Joe!!!! You Bomb from Guam.   Everyone was truly a winner who came out for this. I didn't want to go home. Ever


The last pic is when I got too close to the herd and like 50 jumped in the water and charged the kayak. I was like WTF!!!!!!! No time for anymore pics. heheheh see you later you foul smelling bitches.

Everyone did a fantastic job putting on the event. The staff at AB campground was tops. Thanks for all the hard work so we could all have a fun time. Thanks to all the sponsors. I like my new net, measuring board and kayak rental. How much was raised for "Pay It Forward"? I see I came in 26th out of 26 in both categories. Woo hoo" better than getting skunked! Maybe we need a most improved category next year.  I thought I was going to get a nice crab harvest but it was one crab caught and one crab trap lost. I guess my Danielson trap landed on a rocky spot and got stuck. I tried to get it Friday and Saturday with no luck. I'm hoping it will work itself free and I will be able to get it later. If anyone is out there, feel free to give it a tug. It is 50-100 yards out from the rock, straight out from the ramp. Red and white float with my name, phone and NCKA handle written on it. I love the photos. We have some good photographers in this group. I'm looking forward to doing it again next year! 

Looks like i missed out on a great time again.  Hopping to attend next years event.

I will start off by giving a BIG THANK YOU to Mike and Kara for visualizing the Lowrance Rockfish Classic at Anchor Bay and seeing it through it's successful completion. It was my first time to this campground and awesome fishing location as I was impressed with the launch/exit for the kayak angler! I love me some chicken!(cove that is).
The support crew for this event was pretty much flawless. Bill Fishingforthecure even gave some otw support for a brother who needed help with his Lowrance during the tourney! When I heard this, I truly believed that the tournament had reached another level of excellence.
Thanks again to James who was everywhere doing everything! Dude, what was in your coffee?
Thanks to Jim for event support and fire baked oysters! Thanks to Kara, Amos, and basschucker for the early morning check-in and logistics! Thanks to Eric and Tony for rallying on the potluck! Whatever happens in AB stays in Ab, lol!

I had fun fishing with everyone and hanging out at the bonfire! I appreciate the fact that there is a great group of folks that love the sport of kayakfishing as much as I do!

Big kudos to Solsrf1 and Jimgosc for hanging with a brother!

Thank You All!

 

 

Thanks for taking and sharing all those great pictures fellas. Congrats Joe on another win brother. Great job there Mike and family and to all that was involve in helping put this great event together. I hope to make it next year.

Jedmo

I had a BLAST. Thanks to everyone that put this on and Congrats to all the winner. I cant wait until next year.

Thanks Mike for putting this together, and everyone else that helped. Everything was smooth sailing, and the weather and fishing were fantastic.
Big congrats to Joe-Bloodbath, you did it again Bro!, and to Craig-Ravensblack, two ling jackpots in a row!
Sunday morning conditions were flat and fishy, with Tiny having his best ling day ever, and Fishunter killing it on light tackle with a 21"er.
Can't wait for LRCII, Goz