The Official 2014 Albion Open Results and Party Thread

Enough with the pot luck! Here's what it's all about! My bro with his first Kayak Ling!!!! First time fishing the Ocean from a Kayak... Sabiki MadNeSs!!!!

Laura and I just got home, haven't unpacked - its 96 degrees!!!
Craig, thanks for putting on such a great event.
Not sure what the right solution for the pot-luck is, but I think its a big part of our NCKA culture. I also believe there are too many folks eating and drinking the kegs and not contributing. This is sad and childish. I think this post will help out, but not sure it will solve it.
Oh ya, and I wish I was still there!

I also believe there are too many folks drinking the kegs. This is sad.

This is how I read it.  And yeah you are right Bill.  I completely agree.   

Had a great time this year. Thanks Craig and Linelle (sp). So
great I'm still there. Chadrock and I are the last straglers. Jonez left an hour ago. Sea laid down and the salmon are biting. Jonez knocked a 25 pounder this morning. Headed to Tomales in the am. Life is good. Enjoy your jobs suckas. Hehehe. 

Ed

Enough with the pot luck! Here's what it's all about! My bro with his first Kayak Ling!!!! First time fishing the Ocean from a Kayak... Sabiki MadNeSs!!!!

Might want to trim down those sabiki rigs, not so sure those are legal with more than 2 hooks

Had a great time this year. Thanks Craig and Linelle (sp). So
great I'm still there. Chadrock and I are the last straglers. Jonez left an hour ago. Sea laid down and the salmon are biting. Jonez knocked a 25 pounder this morning. Headed to Tomales in the am. Life is good. Enjoy your jobs suckas. Hehehe. 

Ed

Thanks for that, Ed. I wish I were there still, too.

Enough with the pot luck! Here's what it's all about! My bro with his first Kayak Ling!!!! First time fishing the Ocean from a Kayak... Sabiki MadNeSs!!!!

Nice way to show your brother how to fish with as many possible hooks as you can! Next time have him use 2 poles too! 

I did not partake at the potluck. Hungrier for pictures. 

Thanks Craig and all for hosting such a fun event!

There is never a shortage of food at these events!....even if the food was devoured when we got to the main potluck,  there were many side venues like Dennis and his family.. coming from Oregon to cook! ...Thanks man...first time to eat squirrel

Thanks Marv & crew for the great Pizza which was in continous production. Jingle for her famous flan, my daughter Yana for cooking all that mac and cheese, and all others who came together to make this all work out!

for me great times , great people, and just being away from work and getting out there is what it is about
here are some pics of the GREAT event

Enough with the pot luck! Here's what it's all about! My bro with his first Kayak Ling!!!! First time fishing the Ocean from a Kayak... Sabiki MadNeSs!!!!

Might want to trim down those sabiki rigs, not so sure those are legal with more than 2 hooks

He was fishing for baitfish bro. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Sounds like a great time was had by all. I wish I could have stayed for the tourney. I managed to catch a couple small Black and Yellow Rockfish on Friday for my first rock cod from a kayak. My wife and I were catching all kinds of undersized crab off the docks Thursday. Friday my traps were covered by so much kelp, I don't think the crabs could find them. I gonna put this one on my calendar for next year so I don't double book myself. 375 days to go!

Enough with the pot luck! Here's what it's all about! My bro with his first Kayak Ling!!!! First time fishing the Ocean from a Kayak... Sabiki MadNeSs!!!!

Thank you to my brother Ron and everyone for introducing me to kayak fishing on the ocean this past weekend. Now all I can think about is getting back out there, I have to inspect some roofs in Fort Bragg next Friday and La Verne in So Cal next Monday and all I want to load my yak next to my ladder just in case weather's kind and I can sneak out for a few hours. How can you work once you fully catch this fever! Thanks again for creating a community that teaches, shares and promotes our sport!

Thank you Craig + Linelle and all who help to make this another successful event.  Great to see my LS brothers/sisters and friends after another long trips in Germany!  Love you all...

I saw someone went out on Saturday (bad ocean condition) in short which kind of bother me since we discussed this topic many times here.  Not only he "endangers" himself but possible the people who trying to "assist" him.

Thanks Craig for this event which was my first time to Albion.  Not knowing what to expect I brought the whole garage with me!!! I arrived Thursday at 11ish and tried to set up camp at schooners but found my reserved site to be the size of my truck bed!!! so I headed over to albion campground and upon a grace of god I'm in line and the gal lisa had to take a phone call, some one just CANCELED a site as I was standing there!!!!  I set up on site C42 right across from the fish cleaning station, it was great being able to see all that was coming in day to day! I never hit the water Thursday but party was on the menu....

Friday wake up and hit the water at 630.  Passed through cove and went out a couple hundred yards trying to get to the whistle but after a dozen swell breaks to the face I said I'm out and tucked back into the cove!!!!! Managed some nice rockies and a decent ling but landed a PB cabbie at 22.75 it was fatty that pulled like a freight train!!!! Fridays night festivities was moreless a rebuttal of Thursday!  up late BSing with the brotherhood from camp to camp, it was great and had a bad ass time!

Sat the T day was awesome! Hit the water at 615 and jambed past the cove to the whistle rock n rollin the whole way, F it  this is T day, go big or go home right???  hit the whistle and headed south on a troll for the pink with a DDsix with a wiggle hoochie for nada for an hour switched to a krippled herring rig for nada  AHHHH F&*k it I'm hitting the bottom.  Landed one decent 27" ling put it on the stringer, landed several others smaller than the 28 kept releasing hoping for the hail mary for nada!!!!  Didn't bother weighing in my ling but it was cool to see all the pink caught by them AI mo foes plus KEN JAN the Revo Slayer!  Enjoyed the pot luck for what it was worth, I made 2 double batches of my chocolate sauced brownies and I watched them get devoured, lol least everyone liked em! but yes the MEAT was lean to be had.  Maybe rent a giant BBQ and everyone shows up with some pork beef or chk for the grill?  Stayed up late AGAIN sat.  Up BSing with them so called "A Hulls"  and thought they could of been louder cause I couldn't hear them at my campsite!!! =) 

Sunday!!! wake up with the desire to just search for chrome when I know I should just pack up camp and get home to the ol'ladie waiting at home!  I hit the water late due to the bites being late at 730, hit the water at 8.  Headed straight for the whistle and past it a ways,  headed south again with a hoochie for NADA  saw several PB catching and swinging a net....then came to a conclusion....rough seas trying to keep a trolling speed for the action needed on the bait is the problem, well when your surfing down the backside of a swell that makes it kinda hard =)  BIRD I want to know when your doing another PINK seminar! I'm close to you and can bring beer and tri-tip!!!  Finally packed up came at 3 and was on the road back to Folsom at 4, but made it home at 9 due to F&*Kn races at the track.  All I could think was damn you racin rob and your homies!!!

All n All it was an amazing first experience to be at Albion.  I will go back time and time again.  The brother hood amongst us is amazing.  Met some new NCKA bros which was sweet! Maybe next event there can be more jello shots.... Can't wait to see all you F'rs again at the next event.  Miss yall already

TEXAS 

I took 4 Pics the whole damn time I was there!!! need to pull a tote if I could understand electronics!!!