Cambria Slam Down 3 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

guamboas · 09-29-2014, 12:38 AM

I attended Central Coast Kayak Fishing's Cambria Slam Down this weekend. It was an amazing event, the raffle prizes were absolutely amazing, they gave away a Jackson Kayak for the first place finisher and raffled off a Hobie Outback and a Malibu Kayak. I fished from 40' to 100' of water with some deadheads I made and some berkley gulp and squid. I hooked a 2 small blue rockfish and had 2 smaller lingcod follow them up and try and eat them off the line i tried to get them closer to gaff but they were not locked down on them. I landed my PB Blue Lingcod it was 32.2 inches and weighed a little over 15 pounds. I was an amazing event and I can't wait to go back next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAcHjW6IQo

GregAndrew · 09-29-2014, 10:01 AM

Nice fish and video.

wiredantz · 09-29-2014, 10:21 AM

My First Tournament

Arrived Thursday Nights, partied. COULD NOT SLEEP ( so much excitement.

and slept early.
Got prime parking at 4:45am and setup saw Bret

whistle blew and we raced out hitting each other in the face with paddles, and tossing people overboard

until the beach was left like this:

caught plenty of fish, witnesses a few nose dives and crashes

Roby and his only fish picture

John and his Catch

Frank and his catch

The people

the prizes

This guy was funny, he asked me like 7 times how did i do, but i did not understand him because he kept slurring his lines "i wonder why"

Thanks Ryan for setting this up! Super fun! good prizes

Looks at 10:20 you might see john go under

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAcHjW6IQo

*Pictures taken by other people and i just put together for this post.

alanhighhand · 09-29-2014, 10:30 AM

nice video and picture thanks for sharing.

jruiz · 09-29-2014, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guamboas

I attended Central Coast Kayak Fishing's Cambria Slam Down this weekend. It was an amazing event, the raffle prizes were absolutely amazing, they gave away a Jackson Kayak for the first place finisher and raffled off a Hobie Outback and a Malibu Kayak. I fished from 40' to 100' of water with some deadheads I made and some berkley gulp and squid. I hooked a 2 small blue rockfish and had 2 smaller lingcod follow them up and try and eat them off the line i tried to get them closer to gaff but they were not locked down on them. I landed my PB Blue Lingcod it was 32.2 inches and weighed a little over 15 pounds. I was an amazing event and I can't wait to go back next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAcHjW6IQo

That was your's truly eating it on the landing at the 10 minute mark. Dragging a heavy stringer brought my paddling efficiency to a record low and resulted in getting stuck in the kill zone.

Lipripper92592 · 09-29-2014, 10:38 AM

Epic shot, that would be my new screen saver!!! Looks like a fun time was had by all.

jruiz · 09-29-2014, 01:39 PM

1. Ricci Chavez
2. Andrew Deck
3. Casey Balch
4. John Ruiz
5. James Clendenen
6. Danny Hayes
7. Alfredo Besarea
8. Wyatt Magee
9. Eric McCnnaughey
10. Brandon Hinrichs
11. Glenn Batalla
12.Carlos Cantu
13. Craig Macdonald
14. Khoa Nguyen
15. Scott Kopp
16. Francisco Gonzalez
17. Robert Huynh
18. Ren Reidel
19. Steve Orr
20. Ryan Howell

Short report. Caught a decent ling, a nice cab, and a small rockfish. Fished til 11AM and the wind kicked up. Rolled the landing and lost a VHF and my headlamp. Came home with a foodsaver and some bragging rights. James, Frank, Roby, and Steve did well in a field of 155.

Steve got top prize in the raffle with his 2014 outback.

guamboas · 09-29-2014, 01:58 PM

Sweet I came in 21st pretty good for my first time being up there.

cabojohn · 09-29-2014, 02:14 PM

Looks like a great tourney / get together on the central coast.
Congrats on the fish caught...Thanks for the reports.

SLO- cold water & sharky. Any taxman sightings?

fatalama · 09-29-2014, 02:58 PM

Glad you had a good time brother. Its marc from the shop. You referred me to pick up the outback and we were talking about the livewelland the timer. I left you with my number. Let me know when you are free for livewell help or if you are down to go out this week locally. Thanks in advance.
Marc

roby · 09-29-2014, 07:37 PM

Good times once again at Cambria!!

Congrats to the fellas in the top 5. I can't wait to do it again next year.

09-29-2014, 12:38 AM	#1
guamboas Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 47	Cambria Slam Down 3 I attended Central Coast Kayak Fishing's Cambria Slam Down this weekend. It was an amazing event, the raffle prizes were absolutely amazing, they gave away a Jackson Kayak for the first place finisher and raffled off a Hobie Outback and a Malibu Kayak. I fished from 40' to 100' of water with some deadheads I made and some berkley gulp and squid. I hooked a 2 small blue rockfish and had 2 smaller lingcod follow them up and try and eat them off the line i tried to get them closer to gaff but they were not locked down on them. I landed my PB Blue Lingcod it was 32.2 inches and weighed a little over 15 pounds. I was an amazing event and I can't wait to go back next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAcHjW6IQo __________________ PA 12 Dune NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (RET)

09-29-2014, 10:21 AM	#3
wiredantz Currently @ MLO Territory Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Under the Shadow Posts: 2,290	Some more pictures My First Tournament Arrived Thursday Nights, partied. COULD NOT SLEEP ( so much excitement. and slept early. Got prime parking at 4:45am and setup saw Bret whistle blew and we raced out hitting each other in the face with paddles, and tossing people overboard until the beach was left like this: caught plenty of fish, witnesses a few nose dives and crashes Roby and his only fish picture John and his Catch Frank and his catch The people the prizes This guy was funny, he asked me like 7 times how did i do, but i did not understand him because he kept slurring his lines "i wonder why" Thanks Ryan for setting this up! Super fun! good prizes Looks at 10:20 you might see john go under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAcHjW6IQo *Pictures taken by other people and i just put together for this post. __________________ Team: Disbanded You only have one chance in this life...make the right decision(s)...so you don't regret it

09-29-2014, 01:58 PM	#8
guamboas Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 47	Sweet I came in 21st pretty good for my first time being up there. __________________ PA 12 Dune NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (RET)

09-29-2014, 10:01 AM	#2
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Nice fish and video.

09-29-2014, 10:30 AM	#4
alanhighhand Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 100	nice video and picture thanks for sharing.

09-29-2014, 10:38 AM	#6
Lipripper92592 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 516	Epic shot, that would be my new screen saver!!! Looks like a fun time was had by all.

09-29-2014, 01:39 PM	#7
jruiz Large Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: La Verne, CA Posts: 1,011	1. Ricci Chavez 2. Andrew Deck 3. Casey Balch 4. John Ruiz 5. James Clendenen 6. Danny Hayes 7. Alfredo Besarea 8. Wyatt Magee 9. Eric McCnnaughey 10. Brandon Hinrichs 11. Glenn Batalla 12.Carlos Cantu 13. Craig Macdonald 14. Khoa Nguyen 15. Scott Kopp 16. Francisco Gonzalez 17. Robert Huynh 18. Ren Reidel 19. Steve Orr 20. Ryan Howell Short report. Caught a decent ling, a nice cab, and a small rockfish. Fished til 11AM and the wind kicked up. Rolled the landing and lost a VHF and my headlamp. Came home with a foodsaver and some bragging rights. James, Frank, Roby, and Steve did well in a field of 155. Steve got top prize in the raffle with his 2014 outback.

09-29-2014, 02:14 PM	#9
cabojohn PROBATION Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 656	Looks like a great tourney / get together on the central coast. Congrats on the fish caught...Thanks for the reports. SLO- cold water & sharky. Any taxman sightings?

09-29-2014, 02:58 PM	#10
fatalama Junior Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1	Glad you had a good time brother. Its marc from the shop. You referred me to pick up the outback and we were talking about the livewelland the timer. I left you with my number. Let me know when you are free for livewell help or if you are down to go out this week locally. Thanks in advance. Marc

09-29-2014, 07:37 PM	#11
roby CEO of Team Roby Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 905	Good times once again at Cambria!! Congrats to the fellas in the top 5. I can't wait to do it again next year.