Napping on kayak.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Jimmyz123

Safety first people.

LOL..... It always amazes me what people think is safe, or not safe.

It's only unsafe if your dumb enough to fall off your yak or don't properly secure your yak to the kelp. Often fishing La Jolla when it gets rough in the afternoon I'll just paddle into the kelp a few hundred yards and tie up and sleep. Beats the hell out of fighting whitecaps all afternoon and is probably a lot safer then trying to paddle in tired through rough conditions. Later when I wake up I'm rested and the conditions have usually flattened down.

You also get the shot at the evening bite.

I remember one day when it got whitecapped out and I went in the kelp to sleep. I woke up maybe around 5:00 pm and saw Josh potholing maybe a hundred yards away in flat calm conditions. Let's just say fish were caught and I had a hell of a good time that evening.

I know guys who are afraid to sleep on their boats as well. Hell if I'm tired I'll anchor up and take a nap inshore, or if offshore I'll set out a dine on a clicker and lay down on the deck. You usually get a good hour before a blue comes by and picks up the dine, and I have had days where I woke up to a screaming reel and a tuna bite. Getting a little rest even if it's only twenty minutes or so can sometimes make a hell of a difference as to how your day goes, and honestly getting a little sleep is often a lot safer then whiping yourself out to the point you can hardly make it back to shore, and then fighting traffic back home.

I mean if your not comfortable doing something by all means don't do it, but don't bag on those of us who can.

Jim

[-scallywag-]

X2.....sounds like Jim has it wired.

slow mornings on the squid beds, or blown out afternoons r always a good time to catch some ZZZ's. I fish from a revo and have no prob takin siestas otw.

Also for days when the fish r closer to the launch u can fish early, eat/nap on the beach in the afternoon and then do the pm sesh.

[INGRIDSDAD]

After 100 mile drive from Riverside to La Jolla and fishing for a few hours there is nothing better than a nap on the water. I slept alot better on my x factor, but I manage a few hours on the revo. I caught my pb yellow that way.

[Mr. Adventure]

I have napped on the yak before. Passed out in long beach harbor and woke up to the tooting of a big ship. Far away from me though

[Yakin]

I have a question on all this what if let's say a long drive to LJ i get down there in the harbor and tie up on the dock and pass out for hours or the night would i get into trouble?

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by Yakin

I have a question on all this what if let's say a long drive to LJ i get down there in the harbor and tie up on the dock and pass out for hours or the night would i get into trouble?

only if HTBO is around..

[Mr. Adventure]

Which harbor is that?

[yaky yak]

Originally Posted by Yakin

I have a question on all this what if let's say a long drive to LJ i get down there in the harbor and tie up on the dock and pass out for hours or the night would i get into trouble?

No docks at LJ so no trouble there, but the middle of that kelp does look pretty inviteing around noonish when the wind kicks up. I have a prowler 14ft now. She's stable, so long as I didn't dream I was catching a fish and roll over to much. Its calm in that kelp except for the worse conditions. You couldn't drift far if you came unanchored.
It's a different ballgame for some of us who drive hours to the launch and to make it worth it fish can't see to can't see and beyond.
I envy you guys who can fish a few hours then be home for dinner. It's a 24 hour trip for me and I do it sometimes twice a week for months at a time. I give my boss fish to let me off. during the week.
I'll be there in the morning to see if I can hook up another angel shark on my gulp squid.
thanks for the feed back. See you all on the water, if I am a wake.

[Yakin]

Originally Posted by yaky yak

No docks at LJ so no trouble there, but the middle of that kelp does look pretty inviteing around noonish when the wind kicks up. I have a prowler 14ft now. She's stable, so long as I didn't dream I was catching a fish and roll over to much. Its calm in that kelp except for the worse conditions. You couldn't drift far if you came unanchored.
It's a different ballgame for some of us who drive hours to the launch and to make it worth it fish can't see to can't see and beyond.
I envy you guys who can fish a few hours then be home for dinner. It's a 24 hour trip for me and I do it sometimes twice a week for months at a time. I give my boss fish to let me off. during the week.
I'll be there in the morning to see if I can hook up another angel shark on my gulp squid.
thanks for the feed back. See you all on the water, if I am a wake.

I agree with you here coming from running springs thats why I'm asking about the harbors i know LJ has no docks but meaning like in dp or nph but just said LJ because its the 1st place that came to mine because I love being on a charter and sleeping to the sway of the boat so me taking a drive at 3 in the morning and getting to a harbor lauching and just tying to the docks and passing out? Just didn't want to waken up to a sheriff in my face or an angry boater

[J3FFro]

If its an absolute must I need a nap, I would tie up to a buddy's kayak. He could fish while I nap.

I would hate to have my wake up call to be a big a$$ wave, sea lion jumping on my kayak lol, etcc..

[yaky yak]

Never thought about a sealion join me for a nap. That would be a wake up call!