tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11757268247348478152011-04-21T11:25:09.085-07:00Great White Kayak Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04916748253186213493noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175726824734847815.post-32846310444811280652008-08-12T08:14:00.000-07:002008-08-12T08:34:18.968-07:00We recently held Elk Rockfish Fiesta IV and it was fantastic. Great people, awesome food, incredible camaraderie, and solid fishing!<br /><br />Long-time Nor Cal yak angler Ben (aka Guitarzan) won a brand new Trident 13 Angler courtesy of Tsunami Sales and Marketing and Ocean Kayak. Here is Ben with his FAT 17 pounder...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SKGrJGtBJQI/AAAAAAAAAYc/GZ5wcV6NJYo/s1600-h/benswinner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SKGrJGtBJQI/AAAAAAAAAYc/GZ5wcV6NJYo/s320/benswinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233652414887830786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Even though Levi moved to San Diego he returns every year with his family and friends to compete. This year he took home 2nd place with this nice 14 pound ling...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SKGrVJjCegI/AAAAAAAAAYk/MYiEbeMEw9Q/s1600-h/levissecond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SKGrVJjCegI/AAAAAAAAAYk/MYiEbeMEw9Q/s320/levissecond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233652621809711618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Alan and his buddies travel ALL the way from Utah every year. That in itself is amazing. The Utah crew took home 3rd place this year with Alan's 13 pound entry...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SKGra3c7LZI/AAAAAAAAAYs/yDDQmXKRuPk/s1600-h/alansthirdplace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SKGra3c7LZI/AAAAAAAAAYs/yDDQmXKRuPk/s320/alansthirdplace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233652720031444370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We would like to thank everyone that participated, the Greenwood Community Center, and our generous sponsors for making this event a success.<br /><br />See more pics and moments <a href="http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,14116.0.html">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1175726824734847815-3284631044481128065?l=greatwhitekayakcompany.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Great White Kayak Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04916748253186213493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175726824734847815.post-74611879149480119682008-07-16T19:16:00.000-07:002008-07-16T21:29:11.575-07:00Despite a scary forecast for the week we were blessed with glassy conditions. We had to look<br />for surf at Caspar, but we found some little anklebiters that were perfect for a first experience...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6r8a5f1cI/AAAAAAAAAWs/gOU1wxcyUV0/s1600-h/casparanklebiter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6r8a5f1cI/AAAAAAAAAWs/gOU1wxcyUV0/s320/casparanklebiter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223801672297338306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We spent a few hours learning to launch, land, surf, bracing and controling your momentum<br />and direction enough to avoid unvoluntary surfing. The guys did a great job and we all had<br />fun in the small glassy waves...<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-cca6290ecfb0a603" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dcca6290ecfb0a603%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329954398%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D22AD27F489704E0C7612738D7618A38C3D0E34A5.85799FD514AF8D5659430D489656182C282DCCE%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dcca6290ecfb0a603%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DNFxiumoQ_QD2WX6DlN3qgU_NbYM&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dcca6290ecfb0a603%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329954398%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D22AD27F489704E0C7612738D7618A38C3D0E34A5.85799FD514AF8D5659430D489656182C282DCCE%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dcca6290ecfb0a603%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DNFxiumoQ_QD2WX6DlN3qgU_NbYM&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br />After going for an open ocean cruise we all played <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>in the surf until we were pooped. I couldn't resist having a little fun myself...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6tSdgnJtI/AAAAAAAAAW0/nsYzw1QNHQI/s1600-h/casparslide.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6tSdgnJtI/AAAAAAAAAW0/nsYzw1QNHQI/s320/casparslide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223803150467016402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We warmed up at the Mendocino Bakery with<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> coffee, snacks, and a powerpoint on rockfishing<br />to prepare for Sunday. Sunday the ocean was a lake. The bite was a little slow, but it turned on<br />later in the morning. Arron caught an nice vermillionand retained a few gophers with fatal<br />barotrauma...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6uI0syHSI/AAAAAAAAAW8/rvfTBov-Umg/s1600-h/aaronsfish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6uI0syHSI/AAAAAAAAAW8/rvfTBov-Umg/s320/aaronsfish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223804084405017890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We pot-holed the kelp and found a better grade of fish hiding in the bushes. Aaron lost a pig in the kelp. Later Chad was on...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6ulBPKUHI/AAAAAAAAAXE/I_WTDfWDpxE/s1600-h/chadon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6ulBPKUHI/AAAAAAAAAXE/I_WTDfWDpxE/s320/chadon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223804568806772850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After a nice fight and a little kelp wrangling Chad<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>was rewarded with a nice thick 31 inch ling...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6vP2K9FxI/AAAAAAAAAXM/DQUR2na34DI/s1600-h/chads31er.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH6vP2K9FxI/AAAAAAAAAXM/DQUR2na34DI/s320/chads31er.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223805304570713874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />By lunch time everyone had put together a great first stringer of saltwater fish!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH7JJl4qSlI/AAAAAAAAAXU/dIRJA9xIUCI/s1600-h/sw101catch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH7JJl4qSlI/AAAAAAAAAXU/dIRJA9xIUCI/s320/sw101catch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223833784422124114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I had retained a fat verm and a few blues the day before for Sundays lunch. We had cerviche<br />tostadas and Coronas before heading home...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH7JXv4kBjI/AAAAAAAAAXc/KcXUP_HkEzE/s1600-h/lunch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Hiyl1Dl-iF0/SH7JXv4kBjI/AAAAAAAAAXc/KcXUP_HkEzE/s320/lunch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223834027624236594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks for coming guys, we had a great time!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1175726824734847815-7461187914948011968?l=greatwhitekayakcompany.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Great White Kayak Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04916748253186213493noreply@blogger.com0