Missing Kayak Fisherman in la Jolla 5-5-10 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Rob929 · 05-06-2010, 12:16 PM

Here's one link to the basic story..

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2...ssing-kayaker/

I'm a little confused by all of this. I'm all about safety, but this sounds like a mis-communication and some poor planning. (maybe he told his landlord to expect him in earlier?!) This report said he hadn't been seen since afternoon. (So we are talking 6 hours or so?) Does this warrant a full scale search and rescue effort? Especially if he was not alone, nor in distress. Just saying thats a lot of resources put into action possibly unnecessarily

Maybe I am missing critical details. (hopefully) But better safe than sorry I suppose.

dmrides · 05-06-2010, 12:34 PM

Definitely seems like a mis-communication and an overly eager search and rescue operation. Either way that is twice that "missing kayaker" has been in the headlines of a UT article in the last month or so. And perhaps the 4th or so publicized rescue efforts for kayakers since December. Some of these were completely unavoidable, some of them a result of poor decisions. I guess my point is, we all need to be more careful out there. We don't need to give any body any more reasons to close fishing grounds, boat launches, etc.

Aaron · 05-06-2010, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dmrides

Definitely seems like a mis-communication and an overly eager search and rescue operation. Either way that is twice that "missing kayaker" has been in the headlines of a UT article in the last month or so. And perhaps the 4th or so publicized rescue efforts for kayakers since December. Some of these were completely unavoidable, some of them a result of poor decisions. I guess my point is, we all need to be more careful out there. We don't need to give any body any more reasons to close fishing grounds, boat launches, etc.

DITTO. The headline we don't want to see is, "Safety concerns for kayak fisherman in La Jolla spark debate regarding accessibility to this fishery."

Shouldn't someone be charged for the search and rescue operation if they jump the gun? It seems odd that the CG wouldn't have told the guy to wait a bit if the information was given to them as it is presented in the article.

lamb · 05-06-2010, 06:29 PM

CG helocopter was combing LJ in the dark last night. Glad to hear it's all good.

What the hell are these kayakers doing out there so late, I wonder?!

Damn pink craze...

Good meeting you Evan!

05-06-2010, 06:29 PM	#4
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	CG helocopter was combing LJ in the dark last night. Glad to hear it's all good. What the hell are these kayakers doing out there so late, I wonder?! Damn pink craze... Good meeting you Evan! __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

05-06-2010, 12:16 PM	#1
Rob929 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 134	Here's one link to the basic story.. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2...ssing-kayaker/ I'm a little confused by all of this. I'm all about safety, but this sounds like a mis-communication and some poor planning. (maybe he told his landlord to expect him in earlier?!) This report said he hadn't been seen since afternoon. (So we are talking 6 hours or so?) Does this warrant a full scale search and rescue effort? Especially if he was not alone, nor in distress. Just saying thats a lot of resources put into action possibly unnecessarily Maybe I am missing critical details. (hopefully) But better safe than sorry I suppose.

05-06-2010, 12:34 PM	#2
dmrides Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Point Loma Posts: 584	Definitely seems like a mis-communication and an overly eager search and rescue operation. Either way that is twice that "missing kayaker" has been in the headlines of a UT article in the last month or so. And perhaps the 4th or so publicized rescue efforts for kayakers since December. Some of these were completely unavoidable, some of them a result of poor decisions. I guess my point is, we all need to be more careful out there. We don't need to give any body any more reasons to close fishing grounds, boat launches, etc.