Albion Open 2015 Official tourney thread

Looks like fun and good times all around!!!!

Like Halibut?

Like Salmon?

I want to thank again all the people who helped  run Albion  this year in my absence. You did an amazing job!!! Thank you thank you Thank you

Thanks to Craig for organizing another great event and all of the volunteers who made it run smooth.

For this tournament I bought some Branson sea slugs from Bransonbaits.com.  I started with the Halloween color slug and within the first fifteen minutes I land a ling about 18 pounds.  A short time later I get a small, but, legal cab.  I see my brother reeling in a nice verm and I did what he usually does to me and paddled over to him and fished right next to him.  Mission accomplished I land two decent verms myself.

My fish count for the day was:  27 blacks, 1 blue, 1 cab, 3 Chinas, 6 gophers, 12 lings, and 2 verms.  My three fish total was over 25 pounds.  All I can say is the fishing was red hot.

Even after finishing in second place all my brother would say to me is that he caught a bigger verm then I did.  The art work on the awards is outstanding.  All I know is we have some very talented people in our group.

Craig, from all the pics on Facebook I looks like you and Linelle had a great time. You lined up a great group of volunteers, and they did a top notch job. I can't say enough how hard they worked, everything went so smooth. Christine and I had a great time. It seems Albion is my kryptonite, the  fish Gods were not in my favor again. I caught a bunch of small fish, but that is the smallest part of the tourney for me, it's the people that make it great. Can't wait until next year !!!!
Jeff

Thanks to everyone who had a part in making this event happen, always a great time at Albion. 

It was good meeting you and Nick in real life, Annie. Congrats on absolutely crushing it! You did a great job of cleaning house even if you have no sole

  it was good meeting you too Pablito! You're a funny dude. See ya at the next event!

BUt not "HAHA" funny..... 

We had a great time!!!

A few more.....

Mendocino Blow Hole.

Last few....

Highlights:
Hanging with the Snapperhead clan. That 1776 bottle of beer was no joke! LOVED IT!
SHULAND. Talk about living the dream!
The Blow Hole.
Diving.
The new tent. 
And always, the NCKA crew at Albion and seeing old friends.
Becky and I had an amazing time. I took zero pics.
I was so tore up on Monday..still in recovery mode.

Quote.....Mendocino Blow Hole..





I was expecting to see a pic of TOTE..

as usual I missed it all, but I want to say THANK YOU to Snapperhead for conveying the awards up to Albion in my absence.