The alarm clock went off early this morning. I turned it off and stumbled out of bed. I shuffled to the computer to check what the wind was doing. It was blowing fifteen and gusting to twenty so I decided to head back to a warm inviting bed.
After waking up I decided to head out to the water anyways. Rolled up to the spot and it was glassy calm.
"Perfect," I thought as I rigged up the kayak. I rolled it to the water and started paddling out to the distant kelp beds. I arrived in time to see that the bait was still packed into the kelp. As I approached the start of my first drift it started to rain. Along with the rain came a stiff breeze. Both the rain and the wind continued to build. I tried to fish but the wind and current were pushing the boat way too fast to have any chance of fishing effectively. The rain started to die down but the wind kept building.
In approximately twenty minutes the wind waves built to around two feet. I decided to head home knowing that I should have come out earlier in the day. Next time I'm staying awake.
I guess I didn't learn the lesson from this day.
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Showing posts with label just go fishing. Show all posts
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Thinking Yourself Out Of Good Fishing
The internet is a wonderful resource for a fly fisherman. Real time weather observations, creel reports, river levels, free online topo and satellite maps, and online marine chart viewers make planning a trip much easier than ever before.
I met up and fished with another kayak angler a couple mornings ago. After fishing we were talking before loading up the cars and heading home. We both shared the sentiment that had we not been meeting each other to fish we both would have looked at the weather observations and forecast and rolled back into bed instead of going fishing.
While the weather wasn't ideal we found really good fishing for salmon along the kelp beds. I landed four on flies and he landed more fishing jigs. It was windier than I would have liked but I might have learned more from the tough conditions and fish seem to really bite well in crappy weather.
I will still use all the tools available but this morning I'm glad I ignored the mountain of online information and just went fishing.
I met up and fished with another kayak angler a couple mornings ago. After fishing we were talking before loading up the cars and heading home. We both shared the sentiment that had we not been meeting each other to fish we both would have looked at the weather observations and forecast and rolled back into bed instead of going fishing.
While the weather wasn't ideal we found really good fishing for salmon along the kelp beds. I landed four on flies and he landed more fishing jigs. It was windier than I would have liked but I might have learned more from the tough conditions and fish seem to really bite well in crappy weather.
I will still use all the tools available but this morning I'm glad I ignored the mountain of online information and just went fishing.
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