My van is loaded with so many prizes and items for the raffle and auction I can't see out of my rear view mirror!
I can't wait to head out for this event!

This is gonna be epic!

Heck yeah it is!

Had an awesome time! Didn't catch any scoring fish but met some great people! And was glad to contribute some money to H.O.W.!

Thanks to all that competed!!! This was an excellent turn out! Congratulations to all the winners!! Plus I'm pretty sure almost everyone went home with something! It was a tough weekend for sure. Almost everyone caught like a dozen or so 8" fish.. Well me and Jason went out Sunday morning for a few hours and I got 1 5" dink and Jason got skunked.. tough, tough, tough. So anyways, congrats to the winners!!

1st - Jay Pershin (4-fish) 77"
2nd - Nathan Debord (3-fish) 57.75"
3rd - RJ Hillman (3 fish) 44.5"

I'm very proud of you guys!! I know you've busted [censored] all year and grown and honned your skills to get to where you are. I think this is RJ's first Big Tournament and he was so pumped about it. It was awesome. Thanks again to our many vendors that sent us our Prizes: YakAttack, YakGear, Bison Coolers, Native, Scotty, Bending Branches, Super Nova Lights, Backwater Paddle, Polar Bear Coolers, Wilderness, Hoo-Rag, Hobie, NRS, Johnson Outdoors, Werner Paddles, Manley Rods, BoonDox, Smith Optics, and KJ's Custom Lures!!! This certainly would not have been so successful if it wasn't for everyone's support!! Thank You!!!

Great job with the tournament and the event everyone. Had fun hanging out and catching up with a lot of you. I'll be competing in the next one!

Lots of fun. Thanks to Aris and all the volunteers for doing all the hard work behind the scenes.

Duc and Jason did a FANTASIC job pulling this event off! We couldn't be more fortunate here at Mariner to have these guys involved in helping is grow the sport of kayak fishing. What a great windup to a season of Kayak Fishing FUN! This was one enjoyable event! This was also the largest amount of money EVER RAISED AT A G2G for HOW! The official count will be out soon - watch for details!

Something that also helped to make this event successful........Duc, Jason and Bryan's SEASON LONG effort to promote and execute our "Workingmans" events EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT for weeks and weeks and weeks on end! This first building block brought new folks into a tournament atmosphere by providing a casual experience and introduction to tournament fishing. Bravo gents! I know that you all invested quite a bit of time energy and resources to the success of these events. It is obvious you 3 aren't just "going through the motions", you are fully invested in making this experience a great one for folks wanting to participate in a tournament experience without any pressure. This is the way to grow kayak fishing!