ORC 2011 Pics & Vids

There were tons of quality fish caught and you are all are lucky that the rule book spared you from the rath of this monster I pulled up from the deep!



I love how aggressive lingcod are. Straight up honey badger Sh*t right there!

There were tons of quality fish caught and you are all are lucky that the rule book spared you from the rath of this monster I pulled up from the deep!



I love how aggressive lingcod are. Straight up honey badger Sh*t right there!

"Ewww, look a giant green worm with a big ass hook.  You think the baby ling cares, no baby ling doesn't give a shit, baby ling tries to eat the giant green worm.  Eww, gross."


By the way, the best way to release that little one would have been to send it back down to the bottom still on the jig and wait for something bigger to try and rip it off for you.

That was great video,Rawkfish! Glad you didnt catch me hanging over the side of the dory.   

Great video, it was good meeting you guys. Had a great time paddling the "sinking barge" around the bay, thanks Rawkfish for not getting that on video. Mindy and the girls said they had a great time too, even if it was a little soggy. They ended up catching some small trout in the river and took some fun pics in the rain.

Reposting some pics at a smaller size.  Looks like all had a great time.  Next year for sure as I gain more experience.

Here is a shot of my New Personal Best Lingcod and some of my other catch on the deck.

A shot of pdw9mm (Roland) back at dock with his haul.

A shot of pdw9mm (Roland) back at dock with his haul.

Where is the picture of his new kayak?

What's going on, it's Tuesday and we still haven't seen a pic of Cabzilla? 

Ya. Show us the MONEY!!!   Fish porn and contest results, please.

A shot of pdw9mm (Roland) back at dock with his haul.

Where is the picture of his new kayak?

I think everyone wants to see a pic of your new kayak and Cabzilla. I'll post Roland's hobie somewhere else.

Hey y'allz!  it was so great to hang out with everybody last weekend.  First off, a HUGE thank-you to everybody who helped organize the event.  polepole and spot especially - it just wouldn't have happened without them.  And to everybody that brought stuff like the amazing food...and also HUGE thanks to Paul and Ninkasi for the 2 kegs of one of my favorite beers!  I know I am forgetting people to thank.  Sorry!  Thank you!

I was able to pre-fish Friday, which turned out to be an great weather day.  Very little swell or wind.  Saturday was a different story - cool, rainy and blustery.  Higher degree of difficulty for kayak fishing, but everybody did very very well...especially the winner, who hauled out a monster cab his first day in the salt!  I didn't do super well on saturday.  I was concentrating on live-bait because I thought that was my best shot at a monster fish.  I had alot of action, but just couldn't get them to the boat.  Even if I had though, there was nothing at the end of my line that would have won it!  But despite the somewhat poor conditions, I got a full day in and had fun.

Here's some shots I got from the event, and also a short vid I put together.  And yes, got some shots of the winner and his fish!



pre-fishing with yaksurf and stumbefish on friday


Roland lands a nice ling on saturday


Isaac hooks up!


last hangers-on: me, kykfshr, rawkfish, yaksurf and somebody else.  1:45pm on saturday.


ODFW fish counter strains to lift the winning fish


The winner!


fish filleting with bill


spicy lemongrass short ribs.  mmmm!


mulling the results


awards ceremony

Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout. What a PIG of a Cabbie. What did that puppy weigh in at? I bow down to that Yakman.
We'll, maybe I won't. Is that Polepole? What did it hit on? Whoever. You flat walked away  with that one
More pics. Keep them coming.

Bluewrx02's cabezon was 19lbs-3oz.   The biggest damn cabby I've ever seen!
He even got a decent sized ling on his first trip on the salt. 










My fish.













On the water pics.
























Gotta say this was my best day ever on the water.  Ron sold me on the Scopace pills, and that did the trick. 
Notta single urge to hurl, no queasy and no drowziness.  I could have spent all day out there if my legs and
other body parts didn't get burned out first.  Looking forward to next year already!

PreFishing on Friday Yarjammer nailed this 23" Black Rockfish