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Greetings and Happy Holidays,

  As a single father with two boys in a small coastal town I thought , hey what about kayaking? Theres plenty of water around here. After renting and a quick paddle down the river (without a clue to what i was doing), I wasn't to thrilled but hey, it's something for us to do without  much money and out of doors. I bought a used OK Malibu XL. Then i thought of a "New" and nearly revolutionary idea. We could fish from kayaks! The Inuit did it, do it. We just needed to learn to fish and kayak. In a real kayak. At the same time. Hmm. For three days I was the most creative, adventurous, loving, father that walked this earth.
 
 Then. While researching kayaks, NWKA appears on a Google search. Boy these folks got it going on. Holy cow! Their launching at the Cape! I was hooked and didn't even know it.

  Two years later with the Malibu semi rigged, an OK Trident rigged but still under construction, about 18 trips in the salt for me, and some trips on the river and lakes for the boys, we still don't know how to fish or kayak but, love every minute of doing it, can't wait till the next time we get to do it, and now have fresh fish in our diet.

Thanks to NWKA and its contributing members!

  We hope to contribute in return in the future. However we do have two of the "I Sleighride skull WA" we could put in the mail to a member or give when in PC.

Merry Christmas to all.

Merry Christmas and welcome to the cure...

Hope to see you at an event or meetup soon.

iHop


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  Welcome Deafish,
  That's great you're taking your boys out.They are forming memories that will be with them always.Make as many as you possibly can,you will all be better for it. And we all encourage you to share the good times on here.We love to hear good stories.So bring em on...

Welcome DeaFish!!!

When you say PC, do you mean Pacific City?
I'm still trying to talk my boys into fishing the salt with me.  So far, only the 9y/o is game...

I look forward to your reports.

-Spot-

Thanks for the welcome folks.

As for the cure I plan to keep a bit of the sickness because this is gooood medicine to have to take.

Yes, I do mean Pacific City. Referring to it as PC is a habit hard to break.
The boys have not kayaked the ocean yet. We're thinking maybe this coming summer or fall if the conditions are right. We need to work on a few things yet so I'm confident they can recognize trouble and not panic in surprise situations. Living here we've seen all to often what disrespect, ignorance, or unpreparedness for the ocean can lead to. I'ts a wonderful playground here but, it demands you understand how minuscule and powerless you are. Don't mean to sound dramatic. Thats just how it is. 

To make good memories together we have to stay well together.

I look forward to "try" and fish with with ya'll and send many reports.







 

I'ts a wonderful playground here but, it demands you understand how minuscule and powerless you are. Don't mean to sound dramatic. Thats just how it is. 

I wish everyone had the same attitude as you did about the ocean.  We wouldn't have the routine of fatalities on the coast if they did.

DeaFish Wellcome to the group. Lots of great guys here and some of us like myself have places in LC just south of u. I have yet to take my yak out into the salt but am looking forward to it in the new year. Deluxeharley and Ling banger are also down that way. I don't have any young boys but its great your teaching them right and getting them outdoors early. Save the x-box for those nasty days. I am sure we will get to meet sooner than later.

firebunkers23

I'ts a wonderful playground here but, it demands you understand how minuscule and powerless you are. Don't mean to sound dramatic. Thats just how it is. 

I wish everyone had the same attitude as you did about the ocean.  We wouldn't have the routine of fatalities on the coast if they did.

+1

Welcome Deafish!
I am a newby to this board and saltwater kayaking myself. In fact I haven't even attempted it yet. Funny thing is I already KNOW I will love it.
I have four boys and two girls myself--three still home between 7 and 12--two boys and one girl.
While I can't help ya with kayaking I do know how to catch fish! Perhaps we should get the little people together sometime and talk fishing?
Hope to see ya in P.C. sometime soon!
Charlie

You must be a busy man Yakkityyak. All is good so long there is some time for yakin and fishin though. My youngest is 13, so it's getting easier for me. Time is constrained more by work  than the kids now. Especially since they like to yak.

Come on down. If it ain't blowing 30+, there's always football on the beach. <15mph and low surf we can catch dinner before the game is over.