Hard earned hali - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

roadx · 05-10-2014, 08:07 AM

Me and a co worker started off at shelter island about 8am and headed to the newly relocated bait barge in SD bay (sewer of the south). it's quite the trek over only to find out there was mackerel only. no dines or chovie's, the good news was the mac's were on the smaller side in the 8"- 10" inch range.
we drifted the edge's and i picked up one legal 25"
after that things got ugly. me and my buddy got tangled up when we were handing beers off and some how i flip my 12' PA?? not sure how it happen but i think it may have been the combination of swell, rod in the rod holder being pulled making the yak lean and me leaning too far over the bow area. im sure many beers on the water had nothing to do with it.

my front hatch was only secured with one bungee. when i flip it allowed water to enter through the hatch and into the yak. this was the first time trying to flip a half submerged PA12. matter of fact, i had never tried re-entering a PA12 up to this point.
flipping it over would have been very difficult if not impossible by myself. first attempt about wore me out and when i did enter the yak it had too much water in it and it basically sunk and flipped again.

hanging onto the yak again while my buddy scrambled to pick up all the floating gear.
after a little breather we flipped the yak again and my buddy pumped out the yak with a hand pump i always carry. again, it would have been very difficult to hang on and pump the yak out by myself, and in the ocean, i may have not been able to do it at all !!
we got enough water out so i could climb back on with assistance.
tired i surveyed the damage. one lost rod and reel ( toro 50 / ugly stick) and one broken rod (shimano compre).
i used to go out to LJ any time day or night by myself and really never thought anything of it. now i have a different prospective. i will not be going out by myself in the ocean, the bay, maybe?
please, if you dont have a hand pump, get one! (a fiftyteen dollar item) it may save your gear, your life or even someone else's.

not hugh but good eating

05-10-2014, 08:07 AM	#1
roadx . Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,155	Hard earned hali Me and a co worker started off at shelter island about 8am and headed to the newly relocated bait barge in SD bay (sewer of the south). it's quite the trek over only to find out there was mackerel only. no dines or chovie's, the good news was the mac's were on the smaller side in the 8"- 10" inch range. we drifted the edge's and i picked up one legal 25" after that things got ugly. me and my buddy got tangled up when we were handing beers off and some how i flip my 12' PA?? not sure how it happen but i think it may have been the combination of swell, rod in the rod holder being pulled making the yak lean and me leaning too far over the bow area. im sure many beers on the water had nothing to do with it. my front hatch was only secured with one bungee. when i flip it allowed water to enter through the hatch and into the yak. this was the first time trying to flip a half submerged PA12. matter of fact, i had never tried re-entering a PA12 up to this point. flipping it over would have been very difficult if not impossible by myself. first attempt about wore me out and when i did enter the yak it had too much water in it and it basically sunk and flipped again. hanging onto the yak again while my buddy scrambled to pick up all the floating gear. after a little breather we flipped the yak again and my buddy pumped out the yak with a hand pump i always carry. again, it would have been very difficult to hang on and pump the yak out by myself, and in the ocean, i may have not been able to do it at all !! we got enough water out so i could climb back on with assistance. tired i surveyed the damage. one lost rod and reel ( toro 50 / ugly stick) and one broken rod (shimano compre). i used to go out to LJ any time day or night by myself and really never thought anything of it. now i have a different prospective. i will not be going out by myself in the ocean, the bay, maybe? please, if you dont have a hand pump, get one! (a fiftyteen dollar item) it may save your gear, your life or even someone else's. not hugh but good eating __________________ Last edited by roadx; 05-10-2014 at 01:15 PM.