Fishing area on south end in-between Alki Point and Restoration point, north end in-between Apple Cove point and Edwards point.

Meet afterwards at a place local to the Shilshole Launch (We are going to call the Sloop, a fine local establishment) for food, drink, and the day's results.

No tickets or sign ups, just fish and show up.

It can happen if we all pool together and make it happen. Would be a great way to end the season off.

What do you think?

BTW,
Bob, can we call it the Piscatorial Pursuits BM Flotilla? Didn't want to name it so without asking.

I might be able to make it. I will check with my fishing buddies and see if they want to go. I live south of their so usually use the alki launch dom armeni I believe. Is their a better way to get to shilsho with out turning on 45 th and hitting all those lights. Just a suggestion but the alki launch is pretty nice short run to maybe 5 minutes to west point and next to alki point and the smaller boat weather permitting can fish just off the launch . Across the street is a fine well not so fine drinking establishment the alki tavern.

Count me in! We might want to think about using the alki ramp. They also have a nice picnic area that works real well for the end of the day meeting/weight in place. The bay is also a safe place if the weather get bad. Either way let me know if there is anything I can do to help out

This sounds like a great idea, should be a chance to put some faces with the names here on the board.

count me in! is there a certain area that we can fish or is it pretty much open for where ever?

Count me in.

As far as defining the area I suggest area 10 as defined by the regs, that way people can fish Manchester as well.

I will be launching out of Alki, but Shilshoe will work as well.

Let me know what I can do to help out.

Review the first post, We were going to stick around area 10 to make it easier to meet afterwards, but that is open for discussion.

We can make the boundary on the south end the north end of Vashon. Make it easy and just call it all of Area 10.

Sounds like a good time, count me in. Either ramp works, I think the Alki Launch (Don Armeni Launch) might be a little more protected and has pretty good parking.

Sky-Guy, Since you are driving this (Thanks!) keep us informed as to final details, etc.

Looking forward to the flotilla...

Kev

Sounds good, finally a flottila I can make.
Count me in.

Hey

Gutz, ya interested?

Gents and Ladies-

I know this is a bit forward but if anyone has an open seat I would love to get out there with you and just see how what's shaking. Haven't done any bm fishing but plenty of socializing! I would be glad to buy dinner or a nice bottle for the captain that will have me. I am 24yrs old and I just love to fish all ways imagineable. Let me know if you are interested!

Josh

Lets see, Fishing and Beer, am I interested? Let me think (HELL YES) about it.

Steelieblue,

As we get closer to the Day, I am certain that either I or one of our other good hearted board members can commit to getting you out there. I didnt have my own boat until a year ago, so I know how that goes..... Stay tuned.



C'mon everyone, there are some names that have not replied yet that I would have expected to see by now!

Sky-guy

Add Pickled Herring and myself to the list.

Sounds great, but it looks like I'm going to have to sit this one out. Unfortunately I'll be off chasing a white ball around the desert.

Fish won't stand a chance with you guys out there. Have fun. I know I will.

I'm up for it. I'll get DOUG KELLY to go, too. I've been waiting for a chance to meet some of you - I suspect we have shared the same waters many times this year, but I didn't know who you were.

CD

Wish I could be out there but I'm doing the Yakima Show.

As of now count me in. Alki / Shilshole, I'll make the drive. Hey Sky-Guy, I'll be at Sportco tomorrow and I'll ask them if they want to donate something.
So are some of you going to be out there this Sunday still? I'm thinking about manchestor also.

Fish On,

ErnDog

Sunday Daybreak at West point is where we will be. If the catching reamins consistent, we will be headed home by 10:30ish.

I'll be out there myself. Sunday am. 20ft blue searay. See ya on the water

Anyone know how much a derby License is through WDFW? ...what the process is?

Page 6 of the regs, $24 for the permit. If 6 or more licensed anglers fish competitively for game fish and determine winners, regardless of prize value, is defined as a fishing contest.

http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/fish/regs/2002/2002sportregs.pdf

Kev

Count me in! I have family coming into town that weekend but I am sure I can sneak away for a while.

Launching at Armeni will be best for me. The Armeni launch puts you right in the action as soon as you leave the launch.

Count kingfisherman and the ol TrailRat77 in boat launch doesn't matter for use can make the run either way.

KFM

Im game. Would like to meet some of you. im coming up from Chehalis not very familiar with all the area would like to follow someone for the day. Who knows how and were to fish. Is this Jigging, trolling , mooching or all . May also have open seat or two will know when date gets closer.

Im game. Would like to meet some of you. im coming up from Chehalis not very familiar with all the area would like to follow someone for the day. Who knows how and were to fish. Is this Jigging, trolling , mooching or all . May also have open seat or two will know when date gets closer.

I'll try to make it and bring Baitboy if he isn't working.

Count me in! We are getting a new GPS/fishfinder this would be a good way to break it in. See you all out there.


Skeets

Sky Guy, hey if I don't have to work Big-Daddy and I may show up. By the way, what channel do you guys want to moniter on the VHF? It would be nice to communicate as the day goes on.

Most guys out there monitor channel 68 on VHF.

I'd love to go if I could get a ride with someone.

Count me in with ET

I'm in, would prefer to launch at Alki but will do either. Looking forward to hitting the water. I will also be be out at Sekui the for the derby. Look for a 20' NR and say hello.

I'm some what of a newcomer to this web site, but not a newcomer to bm fishing. I own a texaco station in south bellevue, and would be willing to donate some beverages and gas for all of the boats partaking in the floatilla.I'm always eager to meet more fellow salmon fisherman. Anyway let me know if your interested. Thanks alot
Andy

Hi all,

Good commitment on this so far.

I am going to spring the $24 for the Derby registration, and if anyone wants to chip in on derbay day, or buy me a beer, that would be great. I'd rather keep everything on the up and up, since I would like to figure out a way to get a prize cache for the top placing fish.

I think we could go 1,2,3,4 in weight for an uncleaned fish, then a prize for the best combined weight of two fish for a boat. If you have any other prize category suggestions beyond what I stated, post it.

Tomorrow after fishing we are going to swing by the Sloop Tavern by Shilshole and talk to the owner, Charlie I think it is, to see if he will host us. I am sure he will because it will mean a good bump in business on a otherwwise slow Sunday afternoon. They have had an annual coho derby out of the Tav for years, so they are no strangers to fishing or derby's.


Some items that would you can help me get together for the Derby:

Scale for weigh in. Any PSA member or anyone else that is participating have a good scale they can bring?

Digital camera so we can post pics here. Easy, would/could you be our derby cameraman?

Help securing prizes. If anyone can help me get some stuff together, or you want to donate something, that would be great.

I dont want to go with cash prizes, which would force the sale of tickets and create a logistical nightmare... plus it is nice to get new lures, dodgers, other gear.


Kwik Fish-Thanks a hell of a lot for the offer. Maybe a few six packs or 12'ers for prizes from your end, if that is what you were referring to. (anyone oppose beer for prizes, hell no!)If you were going to offer a discount for gas or something, great idea there as well.


Ok, getting the gear ready for the AM. Will post results tomorrow night.

Also, God bless those Astronauts. what a horrible tragedy.

im up for it if anyone has an open seat...i want in, i can provide bait, beer or whatever to earn my keep, email me if you've got an open seat

I can be the cameraman.

Oh wait, who's going to take my picture?

sky guy,
I'm up for donating beer for prizes,and how does a $100.00 gasoline certificate sound?. Let me know if these are worthy of prizes. Andy

One last hooraa for the Blackmouth would be great,will have to see if my fishin buddy wants to go,if not i will have a seat open,will get back to you on that , fishy

It is looking like, right now, I am going to have to pass on the blackmouth flotilla on the 23rd. Got family coming in to town and I am going to have to spend time with them.

Yeah, I'm up for it! I too prefer the Alki launch if the weather is snotty, but can drive wherever I need to. Ron Bob, wanna go on this one? I'll e-mail you.

Count me in. I'll be in a 240 Coastal named Ruthless. Of course I will reserve the right to back out if the springers start to come in #'s.

Just Spoke with Charlie, owner of the Sloop Tavern in Ballard. He wholeheartedly agreed to hosting us, even said he would throw in some T-Shirts and Gift certificates for prizes. Set up some lunch specials and has a scale for us to weigh with.

Kwik- A gas certificate for a prize would be well-received I am sure.

So the date time and place is set.
Fish Sunday morning from Dawn, meeting/Weigh in is at 2:30 at the Sloop tavern. I will post directions but the address is: 2830 NW Market, Seattle WA 98107....for you mapquesters... It is about a 3 minute drive from the Shilshole launch.


Speaking of the Shilshole launch, it is very protected and there is plenty of room for a ton of boats.
If you can easily get to the area you want to fish that day from Shilshole, I would suggest launching there because it will be easier to get to the weigh in afterwards.
Or, if L&R from Don Armeni, just drive up to Ballard.

OK all, off to find some sponsors. Give me a hand if you can!

Sky-guy, sound like a blast! Thanks for the hard work. We'll see what we can do for sponsors.

Looks like fun, count me in!! - I'll be bringin the winning fish over from Eagle Harbor

I am trying to get my crew together. I do have a question. How many 55 foot long 8 foot wide drive thru slots to they have at this tavern. Will parking be a problem for those of us with bigger boats.

There is alot of street parking out front and down the road & 1 block west out in front of the old Hirams Restaurant. For those of you who will pull their boat out and go to the Tavern I dont think Parking will be a terrible problem. You may have to walk a block or two, but no biggie.

Sky-Guy

I chatted with a gentleman today over at Sportco / Fife. He's going to get with his Marketing Manager to see if they will be able to sponser some gear. Sound pretty positive. I told him he could log on to PP here to get all info on the derby. I informed him that you have been putting most of the work in to it, so he may contact you through this sight. If you want you can e-mail me with any info needed to pass on to this gentleman. I told him where the weigh in is going to happen and what others are trying to do to get prizes for the derby.

Fish On,

ErnDog

Glad to see this flottila is coming together. I will be there with Gutz and maybe some others. Will post here if we have extra room. We may spend Saturday night at Shilshole dock. Anyway, here is the boat we are on. Come aboard and have a cold one with us.
-rbf

Just spoke with Bruce B of WDFW, and apparently no Derby License is needed. So it is oficially a derby, then a flotilla!!

The reasoning is that Salmon are considered a foodfish and not a game fish, so no license is required. Go figure. No complaints though!

I have some great leads on prizes after speaking with local sporting businesses. Once confirmed I will post a list, shaping up nicely though!


RatherBFishin, Good idea on launching a day early, we always do that same and stay in the guest moorgae there at Shilshole, dock W. So for some of you, that may work out better so you dont have to launch that AM. I think the cost is 15 per night.


TT you all soon.

Sky-Guy - We held a small derby (eight boats) out of Eagle Harbor this November and it was a lot of fun!!!

I'll donate a bunch of fine fishin' cigars for a prize on the upcoming derby.

Hope it doesn't blow too hard or I may have a hard time getting that winning fish across the Sound to Shilshole

Cant wait for this one Jeff head here I come.
I also may have a open seat for the derby TrailRat has to go on the Auction river trip he won.

Any age thing on this derby? Me and a buddy are gonna try out salt water for the first time actually, we're both 16 and we'll be with his dad.

sounds like fun

Curtis

Sky-Guy
Probably should have asked first since you are leading the charge, but I posted this info on the other board in the event more people might want to participate.
JMS

Update on Derby-

I have a found a few Sponsors who will provide some Gear...for starters- thanks to Dave L at Three Rivers Marine!
A couple other names will remian unmentioned until confirmed.

So dont forget about this one people... we are still full steam ahead!


If you own a business, or have any good ideas for prizes-post it. I have just about run out of options.
Alot of places have already donated through the nose this last year and cannot budget in anymore gear giveaways.
The stuff doesnt have to be fishing related. That Gas prize should be nice for a lucky winner.

Big Bad Voodoo-The Derby Prizes and social will be in a 21+ Tavern. Sorry about that.

Have a great weekend everyone.

This looks great! Don't forget Outdoor Emporium and Ted's? or maybe you allready have contacted them?

Hope to see you all then.

I am up way too late to be meeting my bud for fishing at 6:45am tomorrow(today).
But hey its my 30th today so what the hell!

Special Thanks goes out to Kent and Scott of Three Rivers for donating a GLoomis GL2 rod and several hats for the derby. This is great steelhead rod, and even greater is the courtesy extended to me by 3Rivers to donate it. Thanks Guys.

I have called both the Outdoor E and Teds to see if they would donate anything, and the general reply was that they received 5 calls-per-day from people just like me looking for support for their derbys/contests. They just dont have the resources to support all of them. Totally understandable, we will just have to be more creative for fish prizes. I have a few nice things lined up that I will list off once we get close tothe 23rd, butif you can do something for the cause that would be noble.

GL to all fishing tomorrow.

If this event is going to happen, anyone know if they'll have an open seat? I have my own gear and would be happy to help pay expenses.

Hey Sky-Guy-

Are we going to do anything to indentify ourselves or our boats, so we know who's who and such? It would be nice to know who is out there from this board before and while we are on the water.
Looking forward to this, shaping up to be a lot of fun.

Kev

Kev,

Good idea...What do you suggest?

One suggestion would be to fly an American Flag. Everyone should have one, all we would have to do is rig it somewhere on your boat if you dont already have one flying. Most small boats on the water dont fly a flag, but if they did on this day we could tell who is who.

We can also jabber on the VHF68 and get an idea of who is who and where they are.

Prize update:
GLoomis GL2 Steelhead rod and 4 hats from 3 Rivers Marine.
5 free one-year subscriptions from F&H news.
Talking to the Reel News, they may provide free subscriptions as well.
Kwik Fish- Gas Certificate for $100.00 &/or beer prizes
Chip Goodhue- Cigars
Sloop Tavern- Gift Certificates and Shirts

Fishslayer or Erndog, any word on what you were looking into?