It was a sad day: Newport - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Fishtraker · 06-24-2013, 08:08 PM

Bro, I am sorry to hear this. About two weeks ago I almost ate it right outside of oceanside harbor. The AAVs were operating and were blasting me with wake. The next thing you know I turn around and my rudder was no where to be seen because the rear of my yak was under water. I had a rough 1/3 of a mile to paddle before i got back into the harbor and finally flipped near the rocks beside the bait barge. My leashes saved all my gear and I was able tho throw all my gear on the shore and had some hott chick watch it for me. I had to swim my yak that was full of water all the way back down to the landing and drain it. So yes i learned two lessons from my incident. Leashes work and chick love dudes that paddle.

PE.rider · 06-24-2013, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishtraker

Bro, I am sorry to hear this. About two weeks ago I almost ate it right outside of oceanside harbor. The AAVs were operating and were blasting me with wake. The next thing you know I turn around and my rudder was no where to be seen because the rear of my yak was under water. I had a rough 1/3 of a mile to paddle before i got back into the harbor and finally flipped near the rocks beside the bait barge. My leashes saved all my gear and I was able tho throw all my gear on the shore and had some hott chick watch it for me. I had to swim my yak that was full of water all the way back down to the landing and drain it. So yes i learned two lessons from my incident. Leashes work and chick love dudes that paddle.

I love a good story with a nice ending... hope you got her number

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YakAttak, I have a brand new spare folding net for use on a yak. PM me if you want it.

We all learn from our mistakes.... just don't make a habit of it

YakAttak · 06-24-2013, 08:49 PM

I've been on kayaks many time and spent a lot of hr on the water, but I never knew and now realized that it doesn't take that much to get flipped. Evidently it had happenned to a lot of people, some people were able to recovered their gears (which i'm glad), and some learned the lession the hard way like me and lost all the gears. It's heart-sinking, but I will get out there again. It will just take some time to prepare some fishing gears and I'll be back making up for all i've lost to the bottom of ocean.

What really amazed me the most on this forum is the amount of people who cared, and offered helps. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity.

Alanw: I definite thought about what you said about switching to a more stable kayak after I flipped the 2nd time. Unfortunately, it's not gonna happen anytime soon

but I definitely hope so cuz I'm kinda nervous gettng flipped again on that yak

Fishraker: thank you for sharing your experience. I hope you got her number too and she didn't disappear with all your gears when you got back LOL.

06-24-2013, 08:08 PM	#1
Fishtraker Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Oceanside CA Posts: 88	Bro, I am sorry to hear this. About two weeks ago I almost ate it right outside of oceanside harbor. The AAVs were operating and were blasting me with wake. The next thing you know I turn around and my rudder was no where to be seen because the rear of my yak was under water. I had a rough 1/3 of a mile to paddle before i got back into the harbor and finally flipped near the rocks beside the bait barge. My leashes saved all my gear and I was able tho throw all my gear on the shore and had some hott chick watch it for me. I had to swim my yak that was full of water all the way back down to the landing and drain it. So yes i learned two lessons from my incident. Leashes work and chick love dudes that paddle.

06-24-2013, 08:49 PM	#3
YakAttak Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 82	I've been on kayaks many time and spent a lot of hr on the water, but I never knew and now realized that it doesn't take that much to get flipped. Evidently it had happenned to a lot of people, some people were able to recovered their gears (which i'm glad), and some learned the lession the hard way like me and lost all the gears. It's heart-sinking, but I will get out there again. It will just take some time to prepare some fishing gears and I'll be back making up for all i've lost to the bottom of ocean. What really amazed me the most on this forum is the amount of people who cared, and offered helps. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity. Alanw: I definite thought about what you said about switching to a more stable kayak after I flipped the 2nd time. Unfortunately, it's not gonna happen anytime soon but I definitely hope so cuz I'm kinda nervous gettng flipped again on that yak Fishraker: thank you for sharing your experience. I hope you got her number too and she didn't disappear with all your gears when you got back LOL.