CCA LA Chapter meeting Wed...6:30pm

[Saba Slayer]

The list of participating supporters for the raffle at the L.A. Chapter OPEN meeting on November 11th is looking pretty good...Add some tacos and beer...how can you go wrong on a Wednesday night? (It's this Wednesday night George and Tony...not last Wednesday!)
The meeting is open to all, you don't have to be a member to attend or buy raffle tickets...Please bring a friend.
The meeting will be at the Long Beach Rod and Gun Club at 3333 Pacific in Long Beach CA 90807. The doors open at 5pm and the meeting will begin at 6:30pm.
Please RSVP at CCACALLA@yahoo.com if you can.
The Raffle is looking pretty good...especially for those new members that sign up at the meeting.
The raffle tickets will be distributed in this manner...
Everyone who signs in will get 5 free tickets.
A new member who signs up at the meeting gets an additional 25 free tickets for a total of 30 free tickets.
No Tickets will be sold!
We will have 3 or 4 special items for a silent auction.
It looks like it's worth going just for the Raffle, the Tacos and Beer, and the Fishing Friends!

Some of the raffle and auction prizes are....
$50 AFTCO gift certs...Diawa Rods and a Diawa Lexa 400...AHI Sabiki rod...Promar Halibut net...Engel Cooler...Izorline...Costa Sunglasses and hats...Fish Dope subscriptions...BD Outdoors shirts and hats...Salt Life visors...Bill Boyce print...Pierpoint Landing Gift Certs...De-Fishing Soap...Cousins Rods...Deep Apparel...Shimano...GLoomis...Power Pro...Gail Force Lobster trip passes...Redondo Beach Kayak rentals passes...Redondo Beach Marina Hoist passes...Redondo Beach Whale Watch passes...Redondo Beach Sportfishing "Indian" passes.
Brandon from Gooch juice has offered up...2 bottles of Gooch juice, 2 paks of Pads, and 2 King of the Crawl T-shirts for the raffle and he'll be there to talk lobster.
Bill Varney donated 2 surf fishing books...Amadeo Bachar donated a print to the raffle...Promar gave me a big Halibut net and a Sabiki Stick. Larry and David from the Indian at Redondo sportfishing donated two passes for the 3/4 day boat. Ryan from the Gail Force gave up 2 passes for the twilight lobster trips.

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[Hunters Pa]

Bump for a great cause.

Who else is attending? Kayakers were seriously active in keeping areas open to our access during the MLPAs. CCA has the NATIONAL backing to keep more closures from happening.

Yeah, remember those areas that the rich beachfront NIMBYs got closed "to preserve the habitat"? They are having sand berms put in place to protect their homes when the "natural" state of those beaches are just about sand-free.

Want the decision makers influenced by another parade of misguided school kids crying about the loss of coral reefs off of California to get extra credit in their civics class while their teachers are about wetting themselves with pride? Then sit back and do nothing.

A lot of people on this board put in serious time and effort before. Don't think the environuts are sitting back and not planning their next grab.

I will be there. Who else?

[Saba Slayer]

Thanks Shawn
Well said...!
We just got 3 more items for the raffle.
Dana Point Jet Ski donated 2 one hour jet ski passes and Gary " Big Fish " Sato donated a crimp kit.

[Saba Slayer]

Brandon Hayward is sending two copies of the latest issue of "The Bight" to be included in the CCA raffle.

[ful-rac]

I'd donate a sabiki 500 to the cause, but....

As you can see the assholes around here put the ol' hit job out on me and the amazing Sabiki 500tm.

[Mahigeer]

Bump for a great cause.

Want the decision makers influenced by another parade of misguided school kids crying about the loss of coral reefs off of California to get extra credit in their civics class while their teachers are about wetting themselves with pride? Then sit back and do nothing.

A lot of people on this board put in serious time and effort before. Don't think the environuts are sitting back and not planning their next grab.

I will be there. Who else?


I remember that meeting in Long Beach. I will be there.

[Aznronin]

See you there...

[Saba Slayer]

You know how it is in Big Business Tony....some Guys will look a gift horse in the mouth and don't appreciate real true Korean workmanship...that's got to be the best looking way to hang laundry to dry that I've ever seen.
I was in the office yesterday and I heard AHI/Promar is selling their whole stock of sabikis to a third world country and investing in the "NEW" Sabiki 500...!

[makobob]

RUMOR has it that Makobob's in Gonzaga will place an order for a dozen units in all sizes available to stock our new tackle store. The Sabiki 500 will be the ONLY sabikis sold there. The TRIGGERS love them!!! Baby spottys and Spanish Macks too. Get them while you can, they will sell out fast. Expect to see these packaged as the Special Baja Edition in assorted Mexican colors.


You know how it is in Big Business Tony....some Guys will look a gift horse in the mouth and don't appreciate real true Korean workmanship...that's got to be the best looking way to hang clothes to dry that I've ever seen.
I was in the office yesterday and I heard AHI/Promar is selling their whole stock of sabikis to a third world country and investing in the "NEW" Sabiki 500...!

[ful-rac]

Now that's more like it! :luxhello: !

[Saba Slayer]

An undisclosed source has donated 1000 "NEW" Sabiki 500's to the cause and everyone in attendence will get a 10 pak of the "NEW" SABIKI 500 1.0 with the "NEW" improved thinner line, and the "NEW" stronger XXXXX hooks and the even "NEWER" Super Duper Highly Reflective Glow In The Dark beads (that don't smell a litle funny)!!!
Thanks... to our secret undisclosed source!

[Saba Slayer]

Please read the edited raffle info...
The Raffle is looking pretty good...especially for those new members that sign up at the meeting.
The raffle tickets will be distributed in this manner...
Everyone who signs in will get 5 free tickets.
A new member who signs up at the meeting gets an additional 25 free tickets for a total of 30 free tickets.
No Tickets will be sold!
We will have 3 or 4 special items for a silent auction.
It looks like it's worth going just for the Raffle, the Tacos and Beer, and the Fishing Friends!

[jorluivil]

Please read the edited raffle info...
The Raffle is looking pretty good...especially for those new members that sign up at the meeting.
The raffle tickets will be distributed in this manner...
Everyone who signs in will get 5 free tickets.
A new member who signs up at the meeting gets an additional 25 free tickets for a total of 30 free tickets.
No Tickets will be sold!
We will have 3 or 4 special items for a silent auction.
It looks like it's worth going just for the Raffle, the Tacos and Beer, and the Fishing Friends!


cash only for the new member sign ups?

[ful-rac]

Shouldn't existing CCA members....like me, get some extra tickets too? WTF?!

[Saba Slayer]

"cash only for the new member sign ups?"...no Jorge...we take American Dollars, credit cards, Pesos, first born, and virgins!

"Shouldn't existing CCA members....like me, get some extra tickets too?
Tony...you should get extra tickets just for being You!

See you knuckleheads at the meeting...!

[GeauxFish]

Well I was always a CCA member in Texas & Louisiana. The "Star Tournament" down south is huge. It has great prizes (trucks, boats, college scholarships). The tournament was for catching tagged fish and big-fish for different species. It was always a no-brainer to register for the tournament. I paid my $50 every year for the chance to win. Hopefully, the CCA of CA can grow to size needed to do the same type of tournament here. In the meantime, I will support the local chapters, have a few tacos & beer, meet other local anglers, buy a few Sabiki 500's, and maybe get a lucky raffle ticket. I definitely encourage all to attend. The future fisheries will only get better with more involvement and influence from the CCA.......See ya Wednesday

[Saba Slayer]

Grant from Okuma called and said he's coming to the meeting and he's bringing two tackle trays with Okuma's new Squish jigs for two lucky raffle winners!

[Saba Slayer]

The meeting is tonight so this is the last post on the great swag for the RAFFLE...
Some of the items I didn't mention....

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[jorluivil]

The meeting is tonight so this is the last post on the great swag for the RAFFLE...
Some of the items I didn't mention....

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The key to winning raffle prizes is to show up late:D

[Saba Slayer]

"I'd rather be lucky than good"...I think Pat Rilley said that after a Laker Championship...Good job Jorge!!!

What a great success!
Thanks to the all the BWE members that attended...We signed up over 30 new CCA CAL members and we had over 80 people at the meeting.
The Tacos were delicious...the beer was cold...and the "Raffle"/Drawing was Fun!
John, Wayne, and Pat talked about the CCA and our current projects, and in between speakers we gave away lots of cool prizes.
Lots of winners and happy folks at the end of the night.
Thanks for all your support!!!

If the winners of the Brandon Hayward gifts read this, please contact me so I can get your address so we can send the journal out to you.

Jim / Saba Slayer

[Mahigeer]

I attended the CCA meeting last night, joined and even won a prize!
It was very informative, and there are high hopes that as an organization we can do some good for the future of the fishing in California.

There were speeches, raffle, and even a silent auction. Delicious taco and various drinks were available for those who wanted.

Met some old friends and made some new ones too.



1-Saba Slayer is talking shop with other anglers.
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2-This was at Rod and Gun club. No club house can be without a well-stocked bar.
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3-Table full of donated items to be given away in form of a free raffle.
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4-List of some of the members with their record catch.
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5-There were about 76 attendees (not counting the officers) listening intensely to the National representative.
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6-From left—Dick*, Mahigeer, Ful-rac, George. I could NOT get Saba to come over for the picture.
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*Newly appointed board member, Dick is the owner of the now closed Purefield Tackle store in Culver City.


I won the last prize on the raffle. A Daiwa jigging rod. Two people tried to exchange their prize for mine. No way. George did better with multiple wins.
Note myself…suck in the belly for pictures.

[blitzburgh]

Way to represent guys! :luxhello:

Jim, thank you again for all you do. :luxhello: Any chance of one of these meetings being held in an inland location in the future?

[jorluivil]

Without getting into to much detail I was very pleased with CCA's agenda

However, we need more kayakers to join these meetings.

[GeauxFish]

It was a good meeting. From my experience, CCA is a solid organization that really pushes to improving fisheries and habitat. Looking forward to the future of the artificial reef projects. They are really great once they get going. Cool meeting some of you at the meeting. Tight lines to all
Joe

[Saba Slayer]

Sorry... I couldn't step away from that conversation to take a photo...The CCA State board meeting is next week and Cathy (Chairperson for the Artificial Reef Committee) was asking me to make a presentation on our last artificial reef meeting that the committee had. We have some great long range goals as well as the short term stuff, like the ships currently being prepped to sink in San Diego.
I hope this organization grows and can accomplish some of the wonderful work like that being done in the other CCA states.

Thanks to the kayakers that came out to represent...:you_rock:
Some of them seemed to have a better time than others...:cheers1:

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[Hunters Pa]

The main takeaway that I have from the meeting was that the initiatives are taken at the state level and directed by the chapters in that state. A Texas chapter has no right to direct the activities of a California chapter. The efforts are defined by those that take part.

I really liked the artificial reef initiative and I started thinking of ways to get more people involved - scout groups, schools, etc. One ship that was turned into a reef was made into a breast cancer monument by painting it pink and having survivors sign it. What a great way to tap into the energy and momentum of another movement that has passionate supporters.

We need more kayakers at these. Sorry I did not introduce myself to others in attendance that I had not met before - Mahigeer & Geauxfish. Next time.

[alanw]

Any plans for an OC chapter?

[Hunters Pa]

Any plans for an OC chapter?

Yes, they are looking for leadership.

[Saba Slayer]

Allen...the OC chapter is laging due to a lack of leadership...if you, or anyone you know is interested in being the chapter president or on the board of directors of an OC Chapter please get in touch with me, jim@sabaslayer.com or Wayne Kotow (Executive Director CCA CAL) wkotow@ccacalifornia.org.

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