Experienced Kayaker Gets Humbled! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

lapulapu · 04-27-2009, 10:10 AM

Launched around 8 AM Sunday and conditions were similar. Saw two guys on an orange tandem flip and lose some gear. My girl and I were about half way out into the surf zone when we took one right in the chest, and our OK Zest Two began feeling like it was made of brick. We were dragging a$$ and got bombed by three waves in the grill, the last one being a 6 footer. We made is out, and then I looked behind me and realized that our bait tank was dragging behind us (I tied it to a rope). Lucky we didn't flip...

Caught a nice whitefish, treefish, sculpin, rockfish, 2 legal sand bass, 3 sand dabs, and a legal calico, but none of what we went out there for. One day.

cobrakid · 04-27-2009, 01:17 PM

its probably just the fact that the cobra fish n dive is a tank but i have yet to flip my boat going out or coming in (knock on wood). I ve found that as long as you keep your boat pointed directly at the wave(going out) in combination with good timing you might get a boat full of water, but you wont get dumped.

Geoffkoop · 04-27-2009, 01:36 PM

Yeah, keeping the boat straight and moving forward on the launch is key. Coming in can get tricky when there are mushy waves every 5 seconds.

Jim Sammons LJKF · 04-27-2009, 01:51 PM

Yep we did the surf class yesterday, the bigger than normal surf made it a lot of fun. Did see several guys that would of benefited from the class get rolled.
It was nice to be able to do the class right there and not have to paddle all the way up to blacks to get a wave.
Hope you find your lost gear.

Craig jones · 04-27-2009, 02:25 PM

I've found that the best way to make a controlled landing is to back in, my extreme is a log, so I had to learn a better way after rolling numerous times.

Billy V · 04-27-2009, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig jones

I've found that the best way to make a controlled landing is to back in, my extreme is a log, so I had to learn a better way after rolling numerous times.

I think I'll just stick to crashing forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ac6zpUad84&NR=1

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Now This is how to land a Kayak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxpK...eature=related

JrBasser · 04-27-2009, 07:25 PM

Let me know if you don't get your tank back by the end of the week. i have the extra stuff to make a bucket bait tank you can have.

yaker81 · 04-29-2009, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billy V

I think I'll just stick to crashing forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ac6zpUad84&NR=1

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Now This is how to land a Kayak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxpK...eature=related

OUCH

04-27-2009, 01:51 PM	#4
Jim Sammons LJKF Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 947	Yep we did the surf class yesterday, the bigger than normal surf made it a lot of fun. Did see several guys that would of benefited from the class get rolled. It was nice to be able to do the class right there and not have to paddle all the way up to blacks to get a wave. Hope you find your lost gear. __________________ Jim Sammons La Jolla Kayak Fishing The Kayak Fishing Show JimSammons.com

04-27-2009, 02:25 PM	#5
Craig jones Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 27	Backing in I've found that the best way to make a controlled landing is to back in, my extreme is a log, so I had to learn a better way after rolling numerous times.

04-27-2009, 10:10 AM	#1
lapulapu Junior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6	Launched around 8 AM Sunday and conditions were similar. Saw two guys on an orange tandem flip and lose some gear. My girl and I were about half way out into the surf zone when we took one right in the chest, and our OK Zest Two began feeling like it was made of brick. We were dragging a$$ and got bombed by three waves in the grill, the last one being a 6 footer. We made is out, and then I looked behind me and realized that our bait tank was dragging behind us (I tied it to a rope). Lucky we didn't flip... Caught a nice whitefish, treefish, sculpin, rockfish, 2 legal sand bass, 3 sand dabs, and a legal calico, but none of what we went out there for. One day.

04-27-2009, 01:17 PM	#2
cobrakid Junior Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 10	its probably just the fact that the cobra fish n dive is a tank but i have yet to flip my boat going out or coming in (knock on wood). I ve found that as long as you keep your boat pointed directly at the wave(going out) in combination with good timing you might get a boat full of water, but you wont get dumped.

04-27-2009, 01:36 PM	#3
Geoffkoop Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: So. Orange County Posts: 302	Yeah, keeping the boat straight and moving forward on the launch is key. Coming in can get tricky when there are mushy waves every 5 seconds.

04-27-2009, 07:25 PM	#7
JrBasser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 260	Let me know if you don't get your tank back by the end of the week. i have the extra stuff to make a bucket bait tank you can have.