2015 Salmon SlayRide Derby

so any tips for curing anchovies?

  " Bring heavy anchors"

 Anchor  shmanker

 Be leaving home in an hour without an anchor. Going on some "SlieghRide" today baby. See you guys soon......


 Wonder if I should bring some Bengay for tired muscles

What's the word guys? This will be the too manieth year in a row I have to miss my favorite tournament,  Howd it go???

It's only noon Fil,  they'll be out there til 3pm.

Wow.  What a day.  Started out dicey and got worse -- gusts to 35 mph according to the forecast.  Finally settled down around 10:30am.  Took quite a bit of paddling for me to make it back to the Sunrise dock to set out a couple hours on the shore.

If this is the kind of tourney NWKA throws often, I'll be back.   

   yeah........conditions were "interesting" to say the least.

  Everyone made it back to shore.
  Lots of fish caught
  Lots of smiling faces....old and new.
  Lots more coming later----- I need coffee in a big way.

  pictures coming later today

  Mark

 edit......what the hell am I doing up at 4:00 am

Thanks to everyone in the organizing of this shindig. Awesome to see such a strong turn out with g-force wind and blinding rain on the menu for the day. The system finally moved south before noon and conditions improved rapidly. Great to see everyone who made it!

Enjoying home made ikura tonight.  Delish!

Thanks to Heroes on the Water, Dino and Scott and everyone else who made it happen! That was a good time.

I first want to Thank our Great sponsors for the great prizes.
#MalibuKayaks for donating a brand new #X-Factor Kayak
#OrionCookers, #Stohlquist, #BendingBranches, #Kokatat, #YakGear, #YakAttack, #RamMounts, #LucidFishingGrips

I also want to Thank Frank, the owner of Sunrise Motel and Dive Resort for hosting our Derby at his establishment. Hopefully next year we can return the favor by getting more of us to rent a bunk in the dorm or a room.

Huge Thanks to the NWKA crew that made it out and braved the wind and choppy water in the early mornings of the tournament....kudos to the rest of you that waited out the storm before going out and still caught limits.

We had a total of 31 participants sign up and only 1 person didn't show...must've gotten scared of some wind and rain...must be to used to living in Bend OR weather. Hahaha. Just kidding Adam12.

It was really awesome to see some folks drive up and fly in from Sacramento, CA, Portland and TriCities. I hope the experience was worth it.

Everyone that came out and signed up are all winners!

Congratulations ALL!

This was a total weight of a 4 fish bag limit tournament.

1st place goes to Ray Borbon with a total of 37.93 lbs.

2nd place Graham Travis 34.82 lbs

3rd place Ben Kohler 34.27 lbs

4th place John Knox 33.58 lbs

5th place Ariel Abulencia 33.11 lbs

6th place Leo Vergara 32.61 lbs

7th place David Santos 32.54 lbs

8th place Ray Zaragoza 32.34 lbs

9th place Zach Adams 32.26 lbs

10th place Bernie Villalobos 30.98 lbs

11th place Brad Bantilan 30.95 lbs

12th place Rob Gray 30.53 lbs
 
13th place Bob Lunod 30.14 lbs

14th place  Keith Cruz 29.86 lbs

15th place Mike Ragland 29.04 lbs

16th place Jared Rivera 27.98 lbs

17th place Dan Chaffin 27.89 lbs

18th place Richard Wark 25.53 lbs

19th place Jordan Parker 25.07 lbs

20th place James Marsh 23.88 lbs

21st place Todd Switzer 23.36 lbs

22nd place Miles Stickler 10.39 lbs

More pics. Hope some of you will post some pics and vids as well.

Few more

A couple more

Some money shots and carnage

This was an awesome event guys, I had a great time and can't wait for the next one! I learned a lot from the experience, and met a lot of great people. Look forward to meeting you all again at the next event I can attend.

-Jordan