A La Jolla Fishing Tale

[tacmik]

Originally Posted by toby

Wow Bob! Not only are you a great inventor-engineer, your a John Steinbeck. That was a good read.

Steinbeck no. Hemminway, now their was a great fisherm ummm writer

[Whizz Bang]

Great write up. The place is gonna be a parking lot tomorrow.

[driftwood]

That was a fun day Bob. Thanks for reminding me.

Gabe.

[toby]

Originally Posted by tacmik

Steinbeck no. Hemminway, now their was a great fisherm ummm writer

I was wondering if I got that right. Thanks tacmik!

[blitzburgh]

Great post Bob!

[theluckypig]

am i the only evil dude that wants to see the itw pics... hehe... maybe it's the crowd i fish with, but they/i would have taken the pics... great story, sorry about the gear

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by theluckypig

am i the only evil dude that wants to see the itw pics... hehe... maybe it's the crowd i fish with, but they/i would have taken the pics... great story, sorry about the gear

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All I saw was an upside down tandum gray kayak with a bunch of empty budwiser beers cans floating all aournd. 10 seconds later, two heads come popping-up out of the water.

both guys had a good attitude about it and told me they had a little too much to drink. They thanked me for not taking any pictures.

I felt real bad for them cause i had met them 15 minutes before they flipped and they were stoked about their 2nd Y.T. hook up.

These two are the nicest guys you could ever meet and I am sorry they lost all their gear and a large Y.T.

[kayakflipper]

I don't know how it happened!

Was it that we pushed our luck with 2 full grown men + 2 fat YT in one tiny boat- no way...

Was it the 12 pack we polished off before noon?- yeah right...

A possibly foolish move to think I could turn completely around in that boat with that fish for the perfect picture?- could do it in my sleep...

Anyone going to back me up on the rogue wave that passed through Friday?

Oh well, crappy ending to an absolutely amazing day- had 3 YT on, 2 in the boat, 1 home... Bob is a kind soul to have kept that story as tame as he did (and to not have taken the ITW pics- still can't believe he resisted...)

Down, but definitely not out-

Mike

[bellcon]

Great story
love all them Yellow fish!

theluckypig: am i the only evil dude that wants to see the itw pics... hehe... maybe it's the crowd i fish with, but they/i would have taken the pics... great story, sorry about the gear

here you go Lucky:
does this feed your need for a kayak blooper:




(guess who that is in the red yak...or should I say... trying to get back in the red yak?)

[dsafety]

Mike, if this event had actually happened, I would have been happy that you and your brother made it through the incident without losing more than just some gear. Just by telling the story, there will be some good that comes of this. Whenever something like this happens, dozens of other yakfishers take notice.

Some, after hearing your story, will be more careful the next time they are out on the water. Others may offer to help you replace some of the lost gear. Still others will offer useful advice to you and others which will help reduce the pain for the next guy who has a problem like yours.

Probably the best thing that has come from last Friday's adventure is that you and your brother have discovered BWE. Welcome to the family.

Bob

[THE DARKHORSE]

There's no fish in la Jolla!

[cjthomas]

awesomeness!... except for the lost gear