Report for all of you that turned around at the launch today! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Aaron&Julie · 04-28-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Handymansd

"Wind variable less than 10 kt...becoming NW 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Swell W 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds." Ya right... more like 5 to 7ft with occasional sets to 10+ft at around 9 seconds.

"Launched" early 4am... and a waay outside pair of waves flipped me end over end,

after I thought I had cleared the surf zone. Glad i was wearing PFD, the set was easily 8-10ft! I have never had that happen before

. Climbed back aboard with nothing amiss but my dignity, and soggily headed to the pier, with a pile of leashed goods in my lap and just happy that no one caught that on tape!

Regor, note Handymansd's original post. He was referring to the launch area.

flydigital · 04-28-2011, 02:18 PM

FWIW fished LJ today about a 5:45am launch... the waves weren't that bad... 2-3 occasional 4-5 whammy set every 20 minutes or so. It was a bit smaller on the way in around 1. Was measuring 6-7 foot swell pretty much straight out of the west via the sonar 8-10 seconds on the period.

I got a 4 footer to the face on the way out, always fun. Landing was uneventful.

cabojohn · 04-28-2011, 02:26 PM

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04-28-2011, 02:18 PM	#2
flydigital Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 192	FWIW fished LJ today about a 5:45am launch... the waves weren't that bad... 2-3 occasional 4-5 whammy set every 20 minutes or so. It was a bit smaller on the way in around 1. Was measuring 6-7 foot swell pretty much straight out of the west via the sonar 8-10 seconds on the period. I got a 4 footer to the face on the way out, always fun. Landing was uneventful.

04-28-2011, 02:26 PM	#3
cabojohn PROBATION Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 657	.