Things I've Lost from my Yak

In case you didn't know... Jigs don't float when they fall out of your yak into the salt.  With that being said I would like to add that lost my fishing license inside a tackle box as well as my jig heads.

Sunglasses forcefully removed from my head by a rather large wave at pacific city....



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1966,351,m5od,205....3.5" lift, 2" body, 35's,

Let's see. 7 pages and I think you guys may have just about caught up with me......






Nope.

 Tack on one brand f#*k@ng new top water rod that I'd just built and rigged for this skunked IFA tournament* and had never even cast.  Must have knocked it out of the holder while I was wrestling with an under sized redfish that was too small to count.

Leashes and floats are a good thing, but I'm starting to envision some kind of butt lock in the bottom of my flush mounts.
Whatever.





*Actually it was an excellent fishing day, just nothing big enuf to measure.

Prescription Glasses, (already wired together). Rod tip, duh had the lower half tethered.  Pliers, Pliers, Pliers, water camera that I'd thrown on the deck and forgotten, actually retrieved it later but it was dead, in 3 feet of water, costco replaced it.  Pliers, knives.  I've tried attaching pliers but it's a pain so I just by a bunch of cheap ones.

Well,   Today I lost the worst thing I could possibly loose while on a Kayak...

My Balance

This ended with me in the water and an upside down kayak.  Since it happened right in front of Micahgee, a couple of power boat anglers and several bank anglers,  it caused me to loose my ....
Dignity

As far as materials,  I lost a pair of Fish Lip Grips and  Plano tray of Gulps, Jigs, Jig Heads, leader, hardware....   essentially everything I had to tempt the fish.  I just had the one jig that was on the rod which I managed to fish the rest of the day and not loose.   

My 4 year old.....briefly

Pfd'd and giggling after he hit the water....combination of a F-N-D tight rope walk and a powerboat wake....none the worse for wear afterwards. This was summer of 2011.... I suppose if it happened spring of 2012 the results may have been different.

My 4 year old.....briefly

Pfd'd and giggling after he hit the water....combination of a F-N-D tight rope walk and a powerboat wake....none the worse for wear afterwards. This was summer of 2011.... I suppose if it happened spring of 2012 the results may have been different.

Amazing how a thing as simple and cheap as a PFD can turn a potentially fatal event into a non-event.  I've never met your kid, but I like him already.

Would never think to play around water without it. After raft guiding, lifeguarding, and volunteering with the BLM training swift water rescue, I've see my share of good swimmers turn into not so good swimmers after a cold water immersion.
Both of my kiddos are always pfd'd and wetsuited during our yak adventures.

The fun part was him telling dad not to hoist him back into the kayak....he wanted to try a re-entry. He did it on his own. Granted we've played for hours up at Elk Lake doing them but it was pretty cool.

Most important thing I've taught my kiddos is whenever in life you find yourself upside down, the most important thing to remember is not to panic!

Demonick, you'd like my son, Fischer... Very appropriately named and loves fishing.

Chumming with a diamond solitaire earring got me a rockfish.

Hope it was a BRIGHT rockfish, for all that.   

LingLady,

You'll probably tell you caught a Kokanee on a Wedding Ring next! 

LingLady,

You'll probably tell you caught a Kokanee on a Wedding Ring next! 

Hop I think the story was that Lee caught a Ling on a wedding ring. A LingLady that is...


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My SANITY

There's an underling with my green FishGrip still locked on his lower lip at PC. I just baited the hook and had squid slime on my hand. Score a repeat order for Hook1. I hope he finds a way to shake it loose.

There's an underling with my green FishGrip still locked on his lower lip at PC. I just baited the hook and had squid slime on my hand. Score a repeat order for Hook1. I hope he finds a way to shake it loose.

Ditto on a fish with a blue done at Depoe Bay. NA had one Hobie branded gripper left when I was down there this weekend. I think Adler Creek also stocks them locally.