flipped the boat at LJ - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

miguelitro · 05-08-2010, 01:22 PM

bummer about your lost stuff, but are you saying there is now a treble hooked iron somewhere in the surf zone?
Watch your feet fellows...

f'nsabiki · 05-08-2010, 04:16 PM

bummer about your lost stuff, but are you saying there is now a treble hooked iron somewhere in the surf zone?
Watch your feet fellows

Actually, it was in the back of someone's truck as of 7:00 Sat morn.
I was getting my stuff ready to launch Sat morning while someone was walking their kayak out through the surf. He came back in with a very nice looking rod and Torium reel. He handed it off to someone else getting ready who put it in his truck.

Hypoxic1 · 05-08-2010, 05:31 PM

Thanks for the heads up. It was pretty shallow but i just couldnt seem to spot it. Lets see if the person finding it cares about getting it back to me.....be an interesting study in human behaviour. Good luck out there guys. This was the rare landing where I forgot to leash up and actually should have. NEVER AGAIN.

Chris

wbrewski · 05-08-2010, 06:06 PM

We all learn that we are not perfect, I lost 4 rods and was in the bay. I know the heart break of loosing a good rod. From my flip over I always have my rod leashed now, If in LJ my gear is stowed, a little extra time is money not spent double. I have also donated one to LJ.
PS if you need new rods I have a rod building shop. Drop me an e-mail if you want.

GregAndrew · 05-08-2010, 06:43 PM

A couple of weeks ago I was out there at about 3:30am and saw a guy dragging an odd metal detector over the sand in an ultra low tide. I would bet that is where some of that gear ended up.

yakrider · 05-09-2010, 07:42 AM

wow, it really sucks to lose gear for sure...
I feel your pain, I have a Trinidad 14 on a Custom Gloomis out there somewhere...

as for crash landings...
some people...(and they shall remane nameless)...
have, on occasion, given me substantial amounts of grief for stowing my stuff even on the smallest of days...
it has been my experience that it IS and has been the smallest of days that will knock me out of my boat! guard down I guess...

so, to all the grief givers...
feel free to contunue to give me grief, go ahead and call me a wuss,
but when, not if, when I tip over in the surf...
my reels are still clean, safe, and happy stowed inside in a dry bag inside the yak and my rods just get a little sandy...
the biggest damage done is my hurt pride...
but hell, I am usually laughing so hard, dat don't matter either...

thanks for sharing your misadventure

Yakking101 · 05-09-2010, 08:23 AM

That sucks! I hope it turns up if it was the one that someone found.

But if everyone took as long as Mr Yakrider here... we would have some serious landing traffic jams!

05-08-2010, 04:16 PM	#2
f'nsabiki Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 313	found bummer about your lost stuff, but are you saying there is now a treble hooked iron somewhere in the surf zone? Watch your feet fellows Actually, it was in the back of someone's truck as of 7:00 Sat morn. I was getting my stuff ready to launch Sat morning while someone was walking their kayak out through the surf. He came back in with a very nice looking rod and Torium reel. He handed it off to someone else getting ready who put it in his truck.

05-08-2010, 01:22 PM	#1
miguelitro Team Bad Habits Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 119	bummer about your lost stuff, but are you saying there is now a treble hooked iron somewhere in the surf zone? Watch your feet fellows...

05-08-2010, 05:31 PM	#3
Hypoxic1 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oceanside Posts: 215	Thanks for the heads up. It was pretty shallow but i just couldnt seem to spot it. Lets see if the person finding it cares about getting it back to me.....be an interesting study in human behaviour. Good luck out there guys. This was the rare landing where I forgot to leash up and actually should have. NEVER AGAIN. Chris

05-08-2010, 06:06 PM	#4
wbrewski Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Ana Posts: 334	We all learn that we are not perfect, I lost 4 rods and was in the bay. I know the heart break of loosing a good rod. From my flip over I always have my rod leashed now, If in LJ my gear is stowed, a little extra time is money not spent double. I have also donated one to LJ. PS if you need new rods I have a rod building shop. Drop me an e-mail if you want.

05-08-2010, 06:43 PM	#5
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	A couple of weeks ago I was out there at about 3:30am and saw a guy dragging an odd metal detector over the sand in an ultra low tide. I would bet that is where some of that gear ended up.

05-09-2010, 07:42 AM	#6
yakrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 611	wow, it really sucks to lose gear for sure... I feel your pain, I have a Trinidad 14 on a Custom Gloomis out there somewhere... as for crash landings... some people...(and they shall remane nameless)... have, on occasion, given me substantial amounts of grief for stowing my stuff even on the smallest of days... it has been my experience that it IS and has been the smallest of days that will knock me out of my boat! guard down I guess... so, to all the grief givers... feel free to contunue to give me grief, go ahead and call me a wuss, but when, not if, when I tip over in the surf... my reels are still clean, safe, and happy stowed inside in a dry bag inside the yak and my rods just get a little sandy... the biggest damage done is my hurt pride... but hell, I am usually laughing so hard, dat don't matter either... thanks for sharing your misadventure

05-09-2010, 08:23 AM	#7
Yakking101 Junior Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 26	That sucks! I hope it turns up if it was the one that someone found. But if everyone took as long as Mr Yakrider here... we would have some serious landing traffic jams!