Elk - August 4, 2007

& Inseine Hobbs' almost made it Ling!!!

some fish that Black Rockfish throw up...  BSteves told me what it was but I forgot...

Hey Naoaki,  as I told you on Saturday, that's a Pacific sandlance.

Congrats to JTF.. for this years win! I was lucky enough to take over for Sean at the weigh station when JTF.. made a dramatic last minute bid for first place over the king of the last minute win himself Danglin. 

Thanks to Sean and family for putting this on again, Erik for the getting the raffle organized again, everyone who brought the great grub, and the locals from Elk who wait every year for me to do more fish printing with them.  I'm a little sad in that this might have been my last NCKA event.  I'm moving to Oregon in the fall, but I'm really going to try and make it to Elk next year no matter how much WAF it costs.

Brian

You guys are killing me just reading all your reports, I want to make sure that I will be there next year....A big Congratulation to all the winners...


Kiel

Bummed that I could not make it.. Congrats to GWKC.. that looks like an insane event! Congrats JTF, a full sized ling fo sho! And nice try Danglin. Just where is that horseshoe?? 

Z

Congrats to all the winners!

Thanks to:

*Sean and Leah of GWKC and Papa Bill for making this event possible
*The community of Elk
*To all the other sponsors and to those who made personal donations for the raffle
*To those who cooked and brought all sorts of food and drinks
*To the clean-up crew after the festivities
 
Special mention: To lovely Hollie of Force 10 for carrying my kayak up the hill   And to Randall / Bigfoot for sharing the campsite at Albion   Mike / Mickfish for the cutting board, T-shirt and Hat. Mudshark for the can of Spam   Brian G. for the little "gift"  

To Vince of Aquan Sports for loaning me an OK Trident to test paddle and also for donating the Extra Sport Fishermans PFD that went to the Raffle 

To Hook1 - Mark and Karen for the $40.00 gift certificate that also went to the raffle 

It was also a pleasant surprise to see Dennis Spike during the weigh-in 

Paul / PAL = glad you made it!!

My score for the tourney was a 22.5 inch Cabezon and a nice vermilion - which was donated to the fish fry. Caught and released several smaller Rock Fish. No ling love for me 


See you all next year - peace out

some more shots of the event.....

pic 1 ~ DEEP FRYER's Row   Andy/kickn'bass/grasshopper and ChuckE/The Master on the fish side and Bill and Mooch handling all other deep-fryin duties.......BEST FISH EVER!!  and i don't even EAT the STUFF!

pic 2 ~ the BBQ Boys doing IT UP!

pic 3 ~ I think this is the table that cpkayak set-up as his bar.

and some more....

pic 1 ~ Mike/Micfish bringing it home from the beach.

pic 2 ~ the driveway that leads back to camp.

pic 3 ~ over shot of the spot

got pics?.......

pics 1&2 ~ from the outside lookin in.

pic 3 ~     I think we need a fish I.D.?  (IT DID GET FRIED with rest of them)

looks like that last fish was attacked by the princess

time to eat......

pic 1 ~ just getting started.

pics 2&3 ~ the dinning room is full.

NCKA, I would put my most precious possion in their hands and count on them to keep it safe. I was forced to do this Sat morning when I threw my back out launching at Elk. Tyler launched before me and never looked back trying to catch the group out front and I was forced to sit on the beach w/ back spasms that made me contemplate a helicopter ride out of there. I had a radio (thanks again Alien ) so I was able to talk to all and I had to make the decision on wether to pull the plug on Tyler's first ocean launch and Tournament and what would be a top ten first ever ling. Even when the fog started rolling in I was comforted by the fact that the men and women of NCKA were there to watch over and protect my Son. I did not want to put you guys in that position but you all stepped up huge. Thank you.
 I found out right before the trip that Ty Is moving too Truckee So anyone who is going too Tahoe/Truckee give him a holler. He will be working at Sweets Handmade Candies on the main drag selling candy to pretty tourist girls. His Aunt owns the White Buffalo Trinket store next door so check in there if he's not at work. If Anyone has pics of Ty please e-mail them to me, as my internet connection is timing out before I can download them from this site.
 I have decided to name the previous reigning Hobbit King Mooch as Ty's Godfather with the rest of you all as stand-ins. NCKA ROCKS!!!!
 Too the Whites, Mr. BILL, Erick, Cris and the rest, the world needs many more people like you.
   Randall

Man, you guys sure know how to throw a party!!  Sign me up for next year please... I can make an awesome babyback ribs.

Willie

and now, pics of me and my fish!

Pic 1 ~ 29" Ling I snaked from Bill(he claims) while targeting CABBIES on the way in to the beach=HAILMARY DROP-DOWN= AOTY upgrade! (Thanks for the pic PAL)

Pic 2 ~ I got my first vermillon the day before,but this one was BIGGER! 19" =AOTY upgrade baby!

Pic 3 ~ just me and my two fish that got FRIED and ATE!  (poor guys)  thanks for snappin the shot Pat! 

and my parting shot and shout-outs........

to:
    ALL NCKA CREW and FAMILY "Good people comming together for a GREAT CAUSE and KNOWING HOW TO KEEP IT FUN,SAFE and SIMPLE".......let's keep it up and continue to be " UNIQUE " in what we do for FUN!
   
    Bill ~ for allowing me to "snake" his smaller ling out of that spot, so that the BIGGER one could see his swimbait easier!

    ChuckE ~ for kickin-down some "scopace"(sea-sick meds) to try out and kept me from "throwin up all weekend"
The stuff is UNBELEIVABLE and i didn't even need a nap later....SWEET!

pic is from the ride home on hwy128.....see ya at the next one!

   

A big WTG to all of the organizers and participants - what a great event!  I really hope to make it to one some day.