Myself and Gary(BullShark) made it up to ORC. The WX the day of was great, a bit choppy in the AM and then it got real nice. The drift was funny, it started North to South at about 1.3mph and then it switch to South to North at about 1mph, I never really felt the drift switch. Also the fog never really lifted but was lighter towards the end of day with a light breeze throughout the day. I seen a bunch of grey whales pass through and some kind of bulbous nosed dolphins.

I fished a new bait I'm working on all day and never switched, targeting cabs specifically, I was all in  . I caught 11 or so cabbies (two were identical 12lbers at 26" and 27") and maybe 4 were over 10lbs. I caught 3 lings biggest 28", one which was hooked in the side and I thought I had a zilla fish as I reeled up... hahaha NOPE. I also caught 3 nice blacks around 19" for tacos. My highlight was a really big fish that I lost and bent my hook!  But no cabzilla in the boat for me, although I did see a 16lb'r at the weigh in... Holy Sheet that was a toad!!! I did give it my best and I'm happy with my new personal best Cabby which has become kind of a ghost fish for me for the last few years, but I think I finally found a specific cabby bait I feel confident in.

Thge event had 116 or so registered and as always the event was run professionally. They had one of the best collection of prizes I've seen for any one tourney. They had some nice prizes for the top ten and all competitors received something which made everyone extremely happy and it was a good vibe throughout. They really did a great job.

Congrats to all the winners and it was nice to see a few other NCKA brothers/sisters at the event. We did our best to represent. Here are the official results....

1   Kenneth Dickens   52   Lingcod   19   14.0
2   Scott Brenneman55   Cabezon   16   14.2
3   Tim Hofer       47   Cabezon   16   6.0
4   Chad Meengs  98   Lingcod   16   3.4
5   Malcom Parker   42   Cabezon   15   10.4
6   James Case   1   Cabezon   14   5.4
7   Antione Doan   92   Cabezon   13   15.6
8   Jacob Koehler   112   Cabezon   13   13.8
9   Andy Wakeman   120   Cabezon   13   12.8
10   Justin Wesson   49   Cabezon   13   5.4
11   Paul Demers   102   Cabezon   13   2.8
12   Daivd Sharp   113   Cabezon   13   1.2
13   Jelena Wittwer   108   Cabezon   12   13.2
14   Michal Jammer   106   Cabezon   12   9.4
15   Sherman Case   99   Lingcod   12   4.6
16   Michael Lavoie   70   Cabezon   12   1.0
17   Paul Tanca   81        Cabezon   11   11.0
18   Jeff Anderson   69   Lingcod   11   9.8
19   Scott Bray     72    Cabezon   11   7.0
20   Walter Gomes   23   Cabezon   11   6.6
21   Ryan Ferris   54   Lingcod   11   2.6
22   Patrick Acree   91   Rock Fish   10   9.6
23   Dylan Doan   84   Cabezon   10   5.8
24   Steve Harper   94   Cabezon   10   2.0
25   Dan Lounds   2   Cabezon   9   15.8
26   James Westerfield   65   Cabezon   9   15.0
27   Justin Flynn   51   Cabezon   9   12.0
28   Donald Yarbrough   56   Cabezon   9   8.8
29   Lauren Smith   76   Cabezon   9   2.6
30   Shannon Anderson   33   Cabezon   9   1.6
31   Nicholas Bitonti   74   Cabezon   9   1.2
32   Wesley Shum   29   Lingcod   9   1.0
33   Anthony Selfa   71   Lingcod   8   14.4
34   Chris Hyde           66   Cabezon   8   10.0
35   Nathan Franks   38   Cabezon   8   8.8
36   Spencer Hull   48   Cabezon   8   8.1
37   Del Loose        86   Cabezon   7   14.0
38   Neil Trotman   68   Lingcod   7   11.2
39   Adam Robertson   116   Cabezon   7   11.0
40   Dana Hilden   27   Lingcod   7   10.4
41   Ben McDowell   9   Cabezon   7   9.6
42   Fred Mercado      Cabezon   7   6.6
43   James Tonick   8   Cabezon   7   5.5
44   Fred Trujillo   62   Lingcod   7   4.6
45   John Pierce   40   Lingcod   7   3.8
46   Jared Carlton   18   Lingcod   7   3.6
47   Shane Forrest   63   Cabezon   6   15.8
48   Geoff Fanning   57   Cabezon   6   15.2
49   Andrew Upson   11   Cabezon   6   11.2
50   Brian Eggleston   41   Cabezon   6   10.4
51   Christine Smith   21   Lingcod   6   10.2
52   Hugh Harris   28   Cabezon   6   3.0
53   Erik Schmidt   118   Cabezon   6   1.8
54   Aytch Roberts   26   Cabezon   6   1.0
55   Kyle McTeague   77   Cabezon   5   14.6
56   Tim Roberts   4   Cabezon   5   13.0
57   Sean Sharp   93   Lingcod   5   12.2
58   Mark Collett (Barbie)   60   Cabezon   5   9.0
59   Anthony Vanella   15   Lingcod   5   7.2
60   Samuel McDowell   82   Lingcod   5   7.0
61   Dave Corrigan   97   Cabezon   5   7.0
62   Dave Mason   109   Rock Fish   5   7.0
63   Michael Stevenson   10   Cabezon   5   6.6
64   Anthony Stickel   43   Lingcod   5   4.0
65   Dale Nelson   64   Lingcod   5   4.0
66   Hugh Harris   28   Lingcod   5   3.8
67   Paul walker   3   Rock Fish   5   3.0
68   Antonio Bilello   36   Lingcod   5   2.4
69   Eric Flath      104   Lingcod   5   2.4
70   Mike Ranland   67   Cabezon   5   1.8
71   Langson Kriel   35   Lingcod   4   15.0
72   John Hayashibara   119   Cabezon   4   15.0
73   Craig Mueller   100   Lingcod   4   13.8
74   Marie Landrum   58   Lingcod   4   13.0
75   Bill Seagren   24   Lingcod   4   13.0
76   Alan Boschee   12   Cabezon   4   13.0
77   Nate Olken        13   Lingcod   3   10.0
78   Troy Tanner   20   Rock Fish   3   7.0
79   Paul walker   3   Rock Fish   3   6.4
80   Jelena Wittwer (Barbie)   108   Cabezon   3   6.0
81   Curtis Steckler   117   Rock Fish   3   3.0
82   Joshua Rogers   31   Rock Fish   3   2.2
83   AJ Wallace   111   Rock Fish   2   8.4

- Mike

was hoping one of ya guys would bring it home

What a good time!! We really wanted to bring this home but it was wasn't in the cards. I'm really happy that they used ORC as a Hobie qualifier but the format of single biggest is tough, maybe multi species next year.

The guy who won, Kenneth Dickens of Portland, it was his first time fishing the salt!!!  Next year I'm bringing my lucky rabbits foot necklace.  hahaha.... nice!!! 

Nice report mike, any word on if the winner is going to take the trip or pass it down? I like the new bait. Big Sluggo's were always a great lure for calicoes in the jungle.

The guy who won, Kenneth Dickens of Portland, it was his first time fishing the salt!!!  Next year I'm bringing my lucky rabbits foot necklace.  hahaha.... nice!!! 
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That is the problem with just the biggest fish.

Man...the ocean looks so nice compared to the last 2 years!  Congrats to the winners and thanks for the video Michael.

This years Oregon Rockfish Classic was filmed by Angler West TV show. Here's the episode that started airing nationally last week on World Fishing Network and Comcast.
Thanks again to all the guys and girls that came up from NCKA this year to compete in the ORC. We're hoping to see even more you guys next year.
-Michael