2014 Meet and Greet at Bass Pro Shop at Arundel Mills

The January 11, 2014 Meet and Greet was a great success. Over 37 Kayakers new and old showed up for this one despite the rainy, foggy, overcast day with temperatures around 48 degrees. This meeting was hosted by SurfDog (John) with help from On the Fly (Harry) and others. Bass Pro Shop donated goodies for the bucket of lures raffle. DocIrv donated his baits to the bucket of lures and to everyone who came to the Meet and Greet. Most of the baits were given out at Dave and Busters during lunch. There were member representatives of the CBKA group (Moc, Redfish12, Jfoley, ChexOne) and the HOW local chapter (Metroman and YakerSaltLife) at this meeting. Even one of Snaggedline.com creators, Jet was there also. The class room offered by Bass Pro Shops was a full house. It provided a more quite venue to discuss and vote on the upcoming Meet and Greets for 2014 The meeting went from 12 noon to 1pm. We were able to select all of the upcoming locations and got a Host assigned for each one. For the bucket of lures raffle, Coop1486 was the big winner. He got a bounty of lures and other items. After the meeting kayak anglers met up at Dave and Busters between 1 and 1:30 pm for the traditional lunch and continued fishing discussions. Lunch lasted until 3:45pm. It was a good time, thanks to everyone who participated. Here is a list of those who signed in today:

SurfDog
MOC
Chexone
Coop1486
Dson05
Mark
On the fly
Jfoley
Bgriff
J.A.Veil
Russ498
Magothyman
Sparky1423
Kevinfry
Kitkatyaker
Medicyaker
Redfish12
Rockchaser
Buzz
Whenican
Echo5oscar
Memory Maker
Monocacykayak
Wschrack
Goody
Mustafa
DaddyG (at D&B 3:30pm)
MD Dore
Capt C-Hawk
Buzzy.I.Am
Jet
DocIrv
Kuljc
Whisky
JFoley
Raptor
Metroman
Bignose
YakerSaltLife

The Meet & Greet for 2014 which occurs on the 2nd Saturday of each month is as follows:
FEB - Susquehanna for Yellow Perch - Hosted by Sparky
MAR - BellHaven on the Potomac for Blue Cats - Hosted by Rockchaser
April - Bell Grove Ponds - Hosted by Medicyaker
May - Upper Potomac for Small Mouth Bass - Hosted by Monocaykayak
June - Rumbly for Stripers, Flounder and Speckle Trout - Slobber Bob
July - Lowes Wharf Stripers, Reds, Croaker, Spots, Perch, Speckle Trout - Hosted by Coop1486
Aug - Dennis Point Marina in St. Mary's County for Cats, Rockfish and Reds - Hosted by Kevin Fry
Sep - CBKA Tournament - Hosted by MOC and the CBKA Staff
Oct - South River for Stripers - Hosted by Dogfish
Nov - Beverly Trion Park for Stripers - Hosted by SurfDog
Dec - Severn River for Stripers and Pickerel - Host by John Veil

[kevinfry]

I'm excited about St Mary's River MG in August!! I'll make sure it's a good time.

[Slobber Bob]

Cool, Rumbley was picked for June, looking forward to it already! I know it is a little bit of a trip for those on the Western Shore but the place is awesome. Quintessential Eastern Shore... beautiful scenery, undeveloped, quiet, and the specks were BIG last year!

[Buzzy.i.am]

Great time today, nice meeting you cats! Special thanks to our host and DocIrv for his samples! See you on the water!

[Rockchaser]

Looks like a good turn out for the M&G.

[whenican]

Twas great meeting everyone. I look forward to fishing w/as many of you as possible this year & to try out some
different locations & to test out DocIrv's baits.

[monocacykayak]

Was a great meeting ,and some good locations chosen ,we look forward to hosting the upper Potomac trip .
Also next weekend is the MSSA expo at the Frederick fairgrounds .There will be all of JK fishing kayaks displayed and I believe native water craft will be there also . Look forward to seeing some of you guys. MSSA really wants to get a kayak presence, next year they would like a lecture about kayak fishing the bay.

[jffoley]

Good time. Great turnout. Great meeting faces new and familiar. Thanks to John & Harry for organizing. Special thanks to Doc Irv for sharing some of his creations. Looking forward to a couple of these outings and a big turnout for the CBKA tourny.

[bignose]

It was nice finally getting to meet folks and be able to put faces on screen names.
Looking forward to seeing you all in March at the flea market.
Bring lots of money as I will have a lot of good stuff on sale.

BTW, it's Bignose not Bighose. lol.
I only wish………...

[sparky1423]

It was nice finally getting to meet folks and be able to put faces on screen names.
Looking forward to seeing you all in March at the flea market.
Bring lots of money as I will have a lot of good stuff on sale.

BTW, it's Bignose not Bighose. lol.
I only wish………...

I saw that Bro....I thought MOC knew something the rest of us didn't!

[Memory Maker]

John and Harry did a great job as usual .......... That meeting room before lunch is a winner .......... Surf dog didn't have to try to yell over the noise to get the voting done ..... Great Job guys !!!!!!!!

Great seeing old friends and meeting new ones ..........

[coop1486]

I attended the M&G which was my first one.I was luck enough to win the drawing and the whole time i was there i was fumbling in my pocket for my card.I had just found the card when surfdog called it.There where some good stuff in that box and even got one of Sparkys hand tied rigs that i really like.

[Yak Fish]

ah, I forgot about this M&G. Oh well, I'll see you guys in Feb for YP. Looks like a good lineup this year, a couple of new spots. I'll see you all around.

[Yak Fish]

I attended the M&G which was my first one.I was luck enough to win the drawing and the whole time i was there i was fumbling in my pocket for my card.I had just found the card when surfdog called it.There where some good stuff in that box and even got one of Sparkys hand tied rigs that i really like.

I guess JA Veil let someone else win something this year!
For those that don't know, he won the raffle last year as well as the DNR grand prize. 2013 was the year of Veil.

[moc]

I saw that Bro....I thought MOC knew something the rest of us didn't!

LOL...that was too funny. Too bad it was more like I had trouble reading the handwritings. I wondered about that... thanks for the correction.