ORC questions

Thanks guys!  I won't be targeting salmon, so probably won't have barbless rigs.  If I hook one incidentally do I have to release it if caught on barbed bottom fish gear?

Interesting they're allowing retention of Canary, but not China rockfish.  Up at Hobuck the Chinas are everywhere, almost a nuisance. 

The Oregon and Washington rules state that if you catch a salmon it needs to be on a barbless hook, otherwise it needs to go back. Also, once you have a salmon onboard, you are then required to fish for your bottomfish using barbless hooks.

OK, guess any incidental salmon go back in the water then.

Fish with your big bottom gear first with barbs for lingcod and cabezon...  when you switch to catching your big black rockfish higher up in the water column a bit, make sure your hook is barbless in case of an accidental salmon.

Are salmon jaws strong enough to lip grip, or would I need a net if I wanted to land one?

Salmon jaws aren't very robust.

If you have a big salmon net, it's not a bad choice anyway for landing big lings.   

Salmon jaws aren't very robust.

If you have a big salmon net, it's not a bad choice anyway for landing big lings.   

Says the man with the largest salmon net on earth that doesn't require a smaller vessel to help deploy it.

It can double as a hammock at camp too

 If you are quick, you can lip grip the salmon and toss in your lap. Then leg lock him. 

I have a 100% success rate with this technique. 

No net needed. 

Tried to find this but couldn't unless I missed it. So the captains meeting is around 7 on Friday if I'm correct. Is that required and are we missing anything if we don't go to that? And do we have a rough time when potluck and raffle are starting for those who decided not to go out and fish but still plan on coming to those? Thanks!

If you paid your registration, you can submit your raffle tickets. We will have a list of all that paid. Also, contestants and others can buy additional raffle tickets, too.  I do not think the captain's meeting is necessary, but we will make a determination of whether or not it is a go Friday night. If you show up at the launch Saturday  and no one is there to register you, that means the weather has caused a cancellation.  All other aspects will still be held and we will get you your captain's bag.

Note: if I am wrong on any of this, the other planners can correct me.

If this has been answered already apologies; I haven't seen it.

If the official event is cancelled, where does the money that would have been paid out to the top 10 places go? It's not particularly important to me, I was just curious.

If this has been answered already apologies; I haven't seen it.

If the official event is cancelled, where does the money that would have been paid out to the top 10 places go? It's not particularly important to me, I was just curious.

That and the ramp fees.

Approximately $16.66 (1/3) of the registration fee is ear marked for the tournament cash prizes and $2 for parking fees.  The parking is tricky in that the harbor wants that paid on Friday so the timing might be tricky.

If the tournament is canceled, we have discussed 3 options.

1.) Cash Refunds...  this is a logistical nightmare the day of the tournament.  I suppose we could figure it out using Next Adventure's system later on, refunding to your credit cards.  I don't know what happens to the processing fees.

2.) Direct donation to HOW and Neighbors for Kids...  This is the easiest, not too exciting, but it would be going to good causes.

3.) Refund everybody with more raffle tickets.  This is our preferred method as it is easy to implement, our charities would still get the donation, and our sponsors would get more ROI.

We might also use part of that money (~$150) to rent the barn at Chinook Bend for the evening and get us out of the weather for the potluck and raffle.

Brian

Thank you for the info. I'm sure y'all will do the best thing. For my part I'm happy with any of those outcomes, but my vote would be one of the options where the money goes to the charities.