SAND CRAB CLASSIC #11

Catch of the day!

Hahaha!!!!! Took 3rd place with a 6"/4oz. Perch!!!
Last year I fly fished  and caught/released a bunch of small ones. When we got to the award ceremony, no one checked in a fly caught fish. So when I caught that Monsta (correct Boston spelling), I kept it, remembering last year. Sure enough, placed 3rd, beat out by a couple of perch not much bigger.
Mike(solsrf1) and I started at LaSelva and we're catching all small fish, although I hooked and lost a bigger one and Mike was broken off by something larger, so we decided to run up to the Pigeon Point area and found a good bite of walleye perch, but they were small too. 
Great conditions even if the perch were tiny. Thanks for the awesome breakfast burritos Mike.
Good to see some NCKA brothers. Fun event and the proceeds go to the Monterey Bay salmon/trout project (Thanks Bushy).
Hope you don't need surgery Alex. I had double hernia surgery 3 years ago, and I was out of action for 4-5 weeks.  Good luck.

craiglist hernia ???

Hey Bulldog-Alex,
I just had a hernia repair Feb 6th.
Laproscopic is the way to go.
2 weeks off work, 2 weeks light duty, almost back to normal.
Scotty

thanks for the reply and sorry for getting off topic  Bushy. Hopefully all shinny and new for salmon season. 

Alex

You need to stay off that site Bro !!

I am dying in laughter that it really did take 3rd place. Dare I ask what won 1st place?

yes Goz won a trophy.  smart man remembering how few weigh in fly fish.  For that category, we will accept a digital dated picture with measuring device, like AOTY.  Because those fly guys are so "sensitive."

He was not the only ncka to win however.  Imagine my surprise as I found out the grand Master winner  (from Ventura) is also AN NCKA MEMBER!!!  Joe Voss whose ncka name I cannot remember right now, but we are going to kayak fish together up here in april.  Can't tell you how proud I was of this connection.  I already liked this guy a lot.  No wonder.  Unknown to me all day, but he is already ONE OF US!!!



Here's the essentials-

Over 300 participants for the 2015 Sand Crab Classic Perch Tournament, our biggest turnout in 11 years.  Getting bigger and better every year.  As usual, a
ll proceeds go to the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project.

Anglers fished from Pacifica down to Carmel. Despite a recent slowdown for surfcasting perch, a number of impressive fish were weighed in.  Top honors this year went to Joe Voss who came all the way from Ventura for his first try at the Derby.  Joe arrived Friday and scouted locations Friday night.  He found a couple good holes at Salinas River State Beach to which he returned before sunrise Saturday.  Using bloodworms, Voss nailed a 15 1/2" Barred Surf Perch which proved to be the biggest for this year's Derby. Voss left Saturday night for his home down south.  He'll be back.

Other winners included Grace Volz, who captured the Grand Master Trophy last year, coming in #1 for Women's BSP with a fat 10 1/2-inch BSP, Caleb Arroyo winning Junior sea perch with a 135/8 Striped perch and Madison Jauregi capturing  the Junior BSP trophy with her 12 1/4 fish.


Allen Bushnell and Mike Baxter

Awesome!

Hey Allen
Great meeting you yesterday! Very much looking forward to fishing with you soon..I thought I was a member for a number of years? But apparently lurking does not count:).. So I re- registered today to take more of an active stance on this board.. Thanks for the intel on the area as your local knowledge was pivotal in getting me on the some good grade fish yesterday. I have a good read on SoCal fishing so if anyone is traveling south please look me up .. Joe

Hey Allen
Great meeting you yesterday! Very much looking forward to fishing with you soon..I thought I was a member for a number of years? But apparently lurking does not count:).. So I re- registered today to take more of an active stance on this board.. Thanks for the intel on the area as your local knowledge was pivotal in getting me on the some good grade fish yesterday. I have a good read on SoCal fishing so if anyone is traveling south please look me up .. Joe

What a nice offer.  Joe is the Real Deal, guys!!

Bushy

Damn I knew I should have entered the woman`s division... i`d have kicked ass... my BSP was 10.75'' and 14 ounces damn ( fished at Zmudkowski ,caught a lot of grass though) .. could been a contender..sorry I didnt  say hi to you Bushy..you looked hell of busy ...ran into G-Whiz ..missed everyone else..oh well next year..

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