My wingman was down with an illness so my junior wingman took his place. The plan was to hit SD bay for some hoopin. Planned on meeting a guy (Greg) for our first time hooping together. I guess I should have told Greg where exactly we launch. I showed up and did not see him. The junior wingman forgot his head lamp and since Greg was not there we went back to get nicks head lamp.
We arrived at the launch and there was absolutely no wind on the water. The water was like a giant mirror reflecting the lights of the city. It was awesome. The tide was rippin out and it promised to be a nice paddle. About that time I see a lone kayak paddling away from the launch and knew it was Greg. That's ok....he's on the water so I knew we would find him out there. We hit the water and started our paddle. A light rain began to fall and made the paddle a little damp. No biggie....we had foul weather gear and onward we went.
We arrived at our spot and saw Greg was already there. Aplogized for being late and hoops were set. As soon as the hoops were set the rain stopped and a light wind began to blow. The 1st pull and I knew it was going to be a good night. The hoop was heavy and loaded with bugs. Many shorts with the ocassional nice one thrown in. Nick and I made a few sets and pulls and the bug numbers increased along with the WIND!!!
We pulled for a couple of hours and the wind just kept getting stronger. Nick pulled his last net to get a limit of seven. I had six in the bag and we decided to get the hell out of there.
The paddle back to the launch was like victory at sea. The tide was moving hard behind us but the wind was stronger coming right at us. Small white caps were starting to form and every little cap sent spay into our faces. A cold wet ride in but we made it. The paddle in took 30 minutes longer than normal. It's a good thing we had plenty of bugs on board to make it worth it.
A good night of buggin even if the conditions were less than ideal.
01-26-2009, 08:39 AM
The water was like a giant mirror reflecting the lights of the city. It was awesome. The tide was rippin out and it promised to be a nice paddle. About that time I see a lone kayak paddling away from the launch and knew it was Greg. That's ok....he's on the water so I knew we would find him out there. We hit the water and started our paddle. A light rain began to fall and made the paddle a little damp. No biggie....we had foul weather gear and onward we went.
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