Sept 6th La Jolla HOW Fundraising tournament

[WCW Moderator]

About 14 hours to go! The cut off for entries will be midnight which is the earliest you are allowed to launch. Be smart and be safe!

Originally Posted by WCW Moderator

1. Robert Moore
2 Charles Wittenberg
3. Eric Noonan
4. Jorge L Villegas

3 weeks ago we only had 4 entries, this made it really hard to hit up sponsors for prizes. We considered pulling the plug, but decided to stick with it, confident that we would make a worth while contribution to Heroes on the Water. Thanks to everyone's generosity we currently have over $1000 to give to HOW and I will cut a check for the final number and present to HOW tomorrow.

Lacking in sponsored prizes OEX has added a few from our inventory to round things out.

BIG thanks to everyone who has entered and especially those that entered knowing they would not be there

Prizes will be given to the over all biggest fish, who will also win their division as well, biggest YT, biggest WSB, biggest halibut, "other" consisting of sheephead, ling cod, white fish or rock fish.

Over all winner will receive the custom rod wrapped by Skrilla
Biggest yellowtail will win a Werner Hooked Tybee Paddle and custom gaff
Biggest white seabass will win a Pisces PFD and battery box
Biggest halibut will win an OEX Ultimate tank
Biggest other category will win palm sculpted fish

Any category not filled will be raffled per angler number, you do not need to be present to win raffle.

We also have some crowd tossing sharp hooked eye pokers! give aways

We will be serving fish tacos (Thanks Tony!)starting at noon, make sure you are in line to weigh your fish by 1pm! see the map link at the top of this post.

[WCW Moderator]

How much does OEX charge for an angler package that day for veterans? My navy buddy might be interested in going.

Not sure if you are looking for a rental kayak, if so it would need to be taken care of today.

Keep in mind that there are no walk ups, he is more than welcome to fish and enjoy the tacos at the park with out entering, but prepaid $25 to enter goes right to HOW minus $1.05 payal fee. Cut off is midnight tonight!

[619-SWIM-DOG]

Best of luck to everyone tomorrow. I'll be camping with the family this week so can't make it. Looking forward to the videos and pics. Tight lines....

[FlyFishinYakr]

Since the new Outbacks are not out yet, I know I had some extra $ I could contribute to this cause (in memory of a couple of close high school friends who never came back from Nam) and for those that have come back from serving with various challenges.
FFY

[Iceman]

# 50 thanks Robert!

[ctrujillo]

im in see you all in the morning

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by WCW Moderator

Not sure if you are looking for a rental kayak, if so it would need to be taken care of today.

Keep in mind that there are no walk ups, he is more than welcome to fish and enjoy the tacos at the park with out entering, but prepaid $25 to enter goes right to HOW minus $1.05 payal fee. Cut off is midnight tonight!

ok, thanks for the info, he decided not to join us. but next time i'll let him know.

[FISH11]

It turned out to be a beautiful day at La Jolla. The surf was smaller than average and the clouds cleared early. Bait was around but greenbacks where hard to find. Afterwards at Stanley Park the Halibut fish tacos where awesome. Thank You Tony P., for the fish donation. Thank You Skrilla, for the Custom Rod and Gaff donation.The first place award for biggest fish was also largest WSB caught by Greg Barnicoat 50lbs. Largest Yellow Tail was 18.2 lbs, largest Hali was 36.4 lbs and the Rock Fish category was won by a 1.8 lbs Boccaccio. Another Great event for a great cause (Heroes on the Water) Thank You to all who couldn't participate but donated anyway. Thank You, to all the guys from OEX for all they do.

[jruiz]

Had fun. Slow fishing for me. Anyone find a gaff? I think I dropped it when loading up for the picnic.

[Widgeon]

Congrats to the winners and participants.
Wish I could have been there.

[GregAndrew]

Fun time all day long. Roby squeeked in at the last minute with a 21.8 YT to take that category. Good event for a great cause.