On a Serious Note - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

danjor · 06-20-2013, 09:52 AM

Be prepared for anything you never know what the ocean will throw at you. Was kayaking up in central California and when we went out in the morning the weather was borderline questionable, by the time we paddled roughly 10 miles to our fishing spot the weather picked up, by the time we made it back to where we launched surf landing was seriously a suicide mission 15+ surf and all the beaches had sleeper rocks everywhere, luckily we were smart enough to launch from a small bay, which still had 3-4 foot waves and the weather report said it was supposed to be small surf that day. If we had surf launched and had to surf land that day we would have had to call the coast guard. This is a great sport but just remember safety first.

BTW this was up by Monterey not CL if anyone got that impression

theluckypig · 06-20-2013, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by danjor

we paddled roughly 10 miles to our fishing spot

damn... suddenly, launching at leo doesn't sound so bad...

paddle man · 06-21-2013, 06:10 AM

stupid is as stupid dose

taggermike · 06-21-2013, 09:31 AM

Great post and discution. No fish is worth gettin in over your head, so
To speak. But If you don't have experince its easy to make a poor
Decition. I fished with a buddy years ago in sd bay. He flipped his yak
And had no idea how to get baCk in. If he had been off shore and solo
It mite have been bad. About every local yakker has or soon wil have a
Terrible wipe story. Its part of the sport. As is pushing your comfort zone.
The haRd part is knowing when to push. When in doubt, don't.
Mike

06-20-2013, 09:52 AM	#1
danjor Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Riverside CA Posts: 673	Be prepared for anything you never know what the ocean will throw at you. Was kayaking up in central California and when we went out in the morning the weather was borderline questionable, by the time we paddled roughly 10 miles to our fishing spot the weather picked up, by the time we made it back to where we launched surf landing was seriously a suicide mission 15+ surf and all the beaches had sleeper rocks everywhere, luckily we were smart enough to launch from a small bay, which still had 3-4 foot waves and the weather report said it was supposed to be small surf that day. If we had surf launched and had to surf land that day we would have had to call the coast guard. This is a great sport but just remember safety first. BTW this was up by Monterey not CL if anyone got that impression Last edited by danjor; 06-21-2013 at 09:17 AM.

06-21-2013, 06:10 AM	#3
paddle man Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 81	stupid is as stupid dose

06-21-2013, 09:31 AM	#4
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Great post and discution. No fish is worth gettin in over your head, so To speak. But If you don't have experince its easy to make a poor Decition. I fished with a buddy years ago in sd bay. He flipped his yak And had no idea how to get baCk in. If he had been off shore and solo It mite have been bad. About every local yakker has or soon wil have a Terrible wipe story. Its part of the sport. As is pushing your comfort zone. The haRd part is knowing when to push. When in doubt, don't. Mike