First time kayak fishing was....an experience. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Jizzling · 04-09-2016, 06:27 PM

Yep today was a an awesome day for him and I. Best upper body work out ever. On a serious note, that God there were no swells or waves. That would've been bad news.

Raskal311 · 04-09-2016, 06:38 PM

Flipped on my first outing too, inside the bay no less.

Geno Machino · 04-09-2016, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Raskal311

Flipped on my first outing too, inside the bay no less.

Flipped my yak first time out, also. LJ and fought a sea lion for my yt while in the water. Just learn from your mistakes and be prepared. I love fishing from my yak. Best fishing rush I've ever had. I worked the boats from the age of 14 and fished and worked long range for a couple of years fishing 300# yft. Still kayak fishing is the most awesome rush ever. Don't give up but be more aware and safe.

Good luck and looking forward to your next post...

Geno

Orca Winfrey · 04-09-2016, 10:14 PM

What an adventure. Love your "never say die" attitude. Sorry that you lost your rod and killed your phone. At least no one was hurt and everyone is alive. On the plus side, you learned all your "what not to do" kayaking lessons during a single trip. Get that hatch situation fixed asap. You may have flipped because your yak took on too much water. Some water in a yak is ok, but too much makes things very unstable. That's why I hate leaky hatches.

Mahigeer · 04-10-2016, 06:47 AM

First of all sorry for the bad experience. Material items though costly can be replaced in time.

By sharing you are helping others to learn from your experience.

Thanks for posting.

If you decide to change to a Malibu Xfactor 33" wide, which is considered very stable, I have one for sale.

Check the other board for pictures and information.

kirkdavis · 04-10-2016, 07:02 AM

As long as you are the kind that learns from his mistakes, you took in a lot of hard lessons and survived. I have been going out for a year now and haven't dumped yet. Part of that is because I haven't surf launched my outback yet. I Soooo want to try LJ, but I am going to do Mission bay when it warms up, and practice getting back in my yak again. The one time I did it I was successful, but it took way too much work. I gotta figure out a better technique that doesn't wear me out.

Iceman · 04-10-2016, 07:40 AM

Ouch Matt, that is not the way you want the first trip to go. My first outing in the ocean was very similar about 20 years ago. Send me a pic of the broken attachment, I may have replacement part. Did you have the neoprene bow second seal in place? If just the battery, bring it by and I will swap it out, hopefully that will help get you to next weeks tourney Keys and phone, I use a dry bag or Pelican case. Rod leashes are a good idea when getting the hang of things. hand bilge is a good safety item. Glad you were not out alone and made it in OK.

04-09-2016, 06:38 PM	#2
Raskal311 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Santa Ana/Westminster Posts: 1,256	Flipped on my first outing too, inside the bay no less. __________________ Kevin Yellow PA12

04-10-2016, 07:02 AM	#6
kirkdavis Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: SD County Posts: 360	Good news! As long as you are the kind that learns from his mistakes, you took in a lot of hard lessons and survived. I have been going out for a year now and haven't dumped yet. Part of that is because I haven't surf launched my outback yet. I Soooo want to try LJ, but I am going to do Mission bay when it warms up, and practice getting back in my yak again. The one time I did it I was successful, but it took way too much work. I gotta figure out a better technique that doesn't wear me out.

04-10-2016, 07:40 AM	#7
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,948	Ouch Matt, that is not the way you want the first trip to go. My first outing in the ocean was very similar about 20 years ago. Send me a pic of the broken attachment, I may have replacement part. Did you have the neoprene bow second seal in place? If just the battery, bring it by and I will swap it out, hopefully that will help get you to next weeks tourney Keys and phone, I use a dry bag or Pelican case. Rod leashes are a good idea when getting the hang of things. hand bilge is a good safety item. Glad you were not out alone and made it in OK. __________________

04-09-2016, 06:27 PM	#1
Jizzling Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 65	Yep today was a an awesome day for him and I. Best upper body work out ever. On a serious note, that God there were no swells or waves. That would've been bad news.

04-09-2016, 10:14 PM	#4
Orca Winfrey Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: The I. E. Posts: 353	What an adventure. Love your "never say die" attitude. Sorry that you lost your rod and killed your phone. At least no one was hurt and everyone is alive. On the plus side, you learned all your "what not to do" kayaking lessons during a single trip. Get that hatch situation fixed asap. You may have flipped because your yak took on too much water. Some water in a yak is ok, but too much makes things very unstable. That's why I hate leaky hatches.

04-10-2016, 06:47 AM	#5
Mahigeer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,910	First of all sorry for the bad experience. Material items though costly can be replaced in time. By sharing you are helping others to learn from your experience. Thanks for posting. If you decide to change to a Malibu Xfactor 33" wide, which is considered very stable, I have one for sale. Check the other board for pictures and information.