What did you Experience at the Moyer?

[sharonkayak]

My day started off not prepared. slept thru alarm, no rods ready to be fished with. got doused with water on way out.. soaking wet with just a sweatshirt to change into. left my waders in the truck I wasnt going to get a late start...

thank you guys for doing breakfast!!
whizz bang that stuff your wife made was awesome!

I just paddled out past most people to my secret way point.
got my secret way point fish and thought I might be the 1st to land one.

start peddling and paddling and ask fellow yaker if hes seen anything caught. well he tells me to turn around and of course its Eric. (deepdiver) right behind me with a grin on his face.

Well we know how that story ends.. congrats Tom...

and jasmin for 1st place...

and thank you deepdiver for that great shot of me chillaxing with my 5th place victory beer!

Great contest. So fun to be around fellow yakers. what a great community we have!

[lamb]

Originally Posted by yani

wandered around like homeless protons after a nuclear explosion.

It sux to be in the middle of the bite and not get any love from the situation.


How did my day go?


Loved it. Didn't see any fish caught, but I saw a lot of fresh fish, all green flapping on decks.


I was bummed when the wind kicked up the afternoon before, and blew throughout the night. I was sure we were going to see much worse conditions. I was stoked when I rfealised I was wrong - it was descent out there! The surf was a cake, nice conditions to fish. The wind just kicked up as the real action started.


And c'mon Yani, stop spreading disinformation.


The guy on the yellow kayak was John, not Tom. I'm glad John chipped in and set the record straight. The seal didn't pick up the yellowtail he was fighting. YT was landed, done and over with; game over. It was safely secured with game clip and hooked up to his kayak. No user errors, all tight. John is experienced kayak fisherman. He just had the tail sticking little overboard on his side, next to his butt. I didn't see it happen, but it must have been quick - one moment I see him sitting, all cool. Next thing, he's in the water.

Andy and I were the closest. We starting charging his way to give him a hand. We're trying to figure out what's going on. As I see John somewhat urgently trying to get back up on the back of his flipped kayak, not trying to flip it back up...

...I'm thinking,
you know what I'm thinking.

I pull right on the side of his flipped kayak, and I see a healthy young seal down below 3 ft wanting to tug on his hanging yellowtail. Relief! About 4 rods, all dangling down below the kayak, nicely leashed. I think the dog was intimidated with those sticks around the fish. t pulled my gaff, but I only had a short 2 fter - I couldn't reach down below to hit the fish. I finally manage to stick the fish almost in the lip. Pulled up the fish, then rods, kayak back up, John is back in biz. Sweet!


So I guess I get to gaff a fish, but couldn't catch one.

On my way back in, Gabe paddles up behind me with a green YT flapping... WTH, I don't know where I've been.


As far as Jasmin... Hail the king! NICE JOB!

It is no accident - Jasmin has always been a mighty fishy force on the water. He knows what he's doing, he's been fishing LJ for a long time. He is out there often enough to be in tune with the LJ pulse. I am stoked that he got to put Moyer Tourney win under his belt - very cool!!!

Thanks Matt, Jim and their families for all your work.
Thanks to the crew on bait boats, thanks to sponsors,
thanks to everyone who has helped with this year's tournament.
Thanks to all who came to support the event. I sure hope this won't be the last one. I was stoked to see so many new faces.


Eric, you're a class act - way to go with letting your tourney winning $$ go in to help the cause. You're setting a great example.

Congrats to all who scored this year
Hopefully, the rest of us get a chance September next year.

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[jasmin]

Thanks to everyone who helped with this year's event - Matt, Jim, all others. Thanks to all that came to support it.

I am stoked I happen to get the biggest YT. I was just the luckiest guy out there, that's all.

Tight lines.

[lambadmin]

and BTW,
I just wanted to say that Jasmin has always been big on inovating...
He loves spending time in his garage messing with things - changing the layout of his deck, the way he ties things - he is always coming up with something new.

It may as well be what it takes - the winning fish has been caught on Jasmin's "almost home made" jig - surface Salas, which looks like it was green mac pattern, that he painted white during the WSB craze....

[deepdvr]

Originally Posted by sharonkayak

and thank you deepdiver for that great shot of me chillaxing with my 5th place victory beer!

Can't take credit for the photo. Paul Leibowitz (PAL) took a bunch of great photos throughout the day: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...8961000&type=1