Just heading out the door for Starry Flounder and 'Butts ..... full report w/ photos to follow .
Oh , Lee S. - I'll launch @ the ramp next to Nick's Cove around 10:30 ..... in case you've nothing better to do today :twisted:
David :D
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Just heading out the door for Starry Flounder and 'Butts ..... full report w/ photos to follow .
Oh , Lee S. - I'll launch @ the ramp next to Nick's Cove around 10:30 ..... in case you've nothing better to do today :twisted:
David :D
Well .... we survived .
Met Lee S. and Dinah @ Miller park , next to the old Nick's Cove - shot the shiste for a bit , and , as Lee laughed his arse off , launched into the bay on a sit-on-top deathtrap .
Have I mentioned that I hate kayaks yet ?????
Paddled (into a 15-20 knot 'breeze' ....) for the next two hours to finally reach Tom's Point - it had changed a little since I last saw it (in 1979 ....) , no longer a 'clean' sand point , but now an Eelgrass hell . Wind is now over 25 , I can't fish outta the #@$#%$^ yak , and cannot fish from the beach without clearing a swath in the grassbeds .
The fun part was coming back , almost to the launch .... without much paddling involved . Joseph N. lost a nice fish (Leopard???) on a 1/0 JigShrimp , and Candida and I drew blanks .
Shades of the Croc Hunter ..... Candida had a mid-sized BatRay slam into her yak without warning - great , loud screams .
I'll probably go back again and try the WEST side of the bay - less grass , deeper water :idea:
That's it .
David :p
Whew!!!
We were worried sick, I tell ya. A new paddle-man trying to gain expertise amongst such a dense population of "killer" rays had us very fearful that this report would be other than "first person". :lol:
It was grand BS'ing with you again and meeting Candida and Joseph. 8) You reinforce our desire to take advantage of and get better at our local opportunities. :wink:
....lee s.
Tomales CAN be done - The south side of Walker creek has sand/mud flats that reach way out into the bay ..... take a 'T' post , some rope to tye -up that $%#@$#% yak , and sight-fish the Leopards in two feet of water .
If you stick one ..... it'll run like a jet fighter out into the blue :shock:
The west side looks promising (yeah , Lee .... you told me that .... didn't you ??) - plenty of DEEP , weed-free water . Leadcore should be the ticket there ......
I'll go back again , hopefully w/ a boat and anchor :idea: . Should find somethin' fishy there .
David :D