AOTY 2023 Sponsors

With the new year brings on a new list of sponsors to be welcomed!

Pleasw show some appreciation!

Also please try to send me some pictures of fish that are caught with our sponsors gear. This will help encourage others as well as extend the relationahips with our sponsors.

The 1st package to arrive for 2023 is from Pro-Troll.
Look them up at WWW.PROTROLL.COM

Thank you Pro-Troll!

Malone Auto Racks sent an excellent prize package, 2 kayak carts with balloon beach wheels, as well as 3 kayak storage racks for garage storage.

Thank you Malone!
WWW.MALONEAUTORACKS.COM

Awesome job sir. We really appreciate your efforts!

I'd also like to say to everyone,  should you find yourself talking to any sort of tackle or gear manufacturer or sellers, perhaps politely inquire if they'd care to make a donation. Tell them how our events benefit several charities, and that it'd be some great free advertising for their product.

If ya find someone willing,  just direct em to Drifter.

I was able to recruit a couple sponsors last year, and three so far this year.

We have a new sponsor thanks to SD20R!

WTF Gear, What The Fin has an awesome line of fishing apparel!
You can check them out at WWW.WHATTHEFIN.COM

Thank you Cameron!

WORK SHARP TOOLS has returned as a sponsor and sent  one of their awesome MK2 sharpeners for one lucky winner in 2023.
I want one of these! Someday!

Check them out at WWW.WORKSHARPTOOLS.COM

If you are friends on Facebook with Brad Hole he recently posted a video using one.

Next Adventure has been an amzing sponsor of AOTY longer than I have been involed with the NWKA. They continue their dedicted support with a $500 gidt certificate for the winner of our AOTY!

Please gift them a call, stop by one of their location, or look them up at WWW.NEXTADVENTURE.NET

Mckenzie river guide Chris Wright generously donated a $50 gift certificate to his tackle shop.

North Fork Lures sent some killer spinners to us.

Bob Reese, founder of The Guide's Forecast, has donated a pair of year long Chinook level memberships,  as well as several webinar packages. In addition, our own Clayman will be doing a webinar with Bob, all about kayak fishing in the PNW, on the Guide's Forecast. Date to be announced.

Bob Reese, founder of The Guide's Forecast, has donated a pair of year long Chinook level memberships,  as well as several webinar packages. In addition, our own Clayman will be doing a webinar with Bob, all about kayak fishing in the PNW, on the Guide's Forecast. Date to be announced.

I had a great call with Bob yesterday. One question that came up is the audience for the webinar. The sky's the limit in terms of subject matter. We're wondering if we should cater the webinar to folks who are interested in getting into kayak fishing, or move into more advanced topics for those who already have some kayak fishing experience.

Most folks here are seasoned kayak anglers, but I'll ask anyway: what topics would you like us to cover in this webinar? Some topics that come to mind include: how to read surf forecasts for beach launching. How to approach new water/species/identify potential launch sites. Lingcod fishing. Ocean salmon fishing. Coastal estuary salmon fishing.

I appreciate your thoughts!

Well, because I completely suck at estuary salmon fishing, I would like that. Maybe, more specifically how to find good locations that may be outside of the herd of boats.

Surf launching I think is important to most of us

Most folks here are seasoned kayak anglers, but I'll ask anyway: what topics would you like us to cover in this webinar? Some topics that come to mind include: how to read surf forecasts for beach launching. How to approach new water/species/identify potential launch sites. Lingcod fishing. Ocean salmon fishing. Coastal estuary salmon

I think any new or experienced kayak angler would benefit from you talking about what you look for when picking an area to fish, whether it be lingcod or salmon in the bay/ocean.  Recommended methods for various areas and if the tide plays into the decision.  Depending on the timing for the discussion, the herring fishery could be a good topic.

Awesome, thanks for the feedback guys!

Another one of our great returning sponsors is Pitbull Tackle.
These folks have their bottom fishing tackle looking good!

Check them out at WWW.PITBULLTACKLE.COM

Also, they have in depth user guides and directions on their website. Good stuff!

The picture is only 1/2 of what they sent!

I would like to also welcome back EGO FISHING. They sent one of their awesome Ego S2 slider nets, it also comes with a cool aet of fish grippers complete with a tether that is great for kayaking!
Check them out and show the love at WWW.EGOFISHING.COM

Got that exact gripper, I like it! (Lost the magnet and leash, though. )