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A windy Wednesday.. a good Vibe...
It was my second outing on my new Vibe Sea Ghost 130...
I have many times stated here... just get out there and do it..
A windy Wednesday.. a good Vibe......
Well I awoke at 1:30am.. after a nice 4hour sleep...
Weather NOAA reports had Wednesday at 5-10mph.. but other reports said it wouldn't be so.
And that held true.. checking my buoy webpage.. (some of you know it).. well winds were blowing.
I crossed the great divide... and I was hit by a blast of air coming through the open windows...
my first taste of the early morning... I checked the windward side... and it was crazy...
Post trip... I checked the winds... 16-18mph with plus 20mph... YIKES...
Although on a hot summer morning... it did feel good... not so much for yaking.
I worked my way to the leeward side checking on place... and I knew I could catch perch there if at all else...
But moved down to a point further south... at that had plenty of nice amenities..
I spoke to some local guys fishing... and they said the wind had picked up through the night..
It was good for casting for them as it was a westy.. and as it is a fav place.. I unloaded.
The sun was rising.... the wind protected shores beautiful... some fish splashing in the lagoon.
I tossed some perch lures out before launch.. nothing but it was fun anyway.
I paddled out about a mile... and well... wind protected shores were long gone...
And I knew... if I got much further out... and it would rage as I had earlier inspected on the windward side.
Although... winds were expected to kick down after 2pm... and.. well as originally planned..
the winds would have just blown me there.. but I had already been up since 1:30am...
and if and what would happen that time of day... I decided to make it shorter of a day.. plans
to back at launch by 1pm...
So... I paddled back in close to shore.. huge the shore line wind protected.. and perch it...
It was an area I had not explored before... which always adds to the expericence...
I did catch a 15inch rockfish... when exploring deep waters.. the week before I had caught lots of schoolies
chasing birds... so the new yak got a good slime then.
Moving along.. the shoreline.. well it wasn't really perch territory.. not much shade and lots of flat water..
I got some tugs tossing out to 8ft of water... the docks I hit.. well.. still lots of sun.. I ducked into areas but even in these areas lots of wind and 5ft of water.
I am no perch expert.. but these areas sure weren't feelin' it... but that's ok..
I am on the water exploring and learning a new area.
Not really "feeling it" for the area.. and it was time to head back.. I went out to deeper water..
Following varying depths of 10ft to 30ft... the sweet spot for baitfish was at 20ft.
And I followed these twist and turns... my kind of territory.
At about 20minutes from launch I was rewarded with a nice tug.. and my first keeper on the new Yak.
Caught on a blueish white paddle tail soft plastic.. maybe a bluefish look a like.
No monster.. but some dinner :-)
I'll conclude this very long story.. with many thanks to John, Mark, Ron, and others to post their adventures.
Keeping the spirit alive here.
Mahalo..
Rob.
It was my second outing on my new Vibe Sea Ghost 130...
I have many times stated here... just get out there and do it..
A windy Wednesday.. a good Vibe......
Well I awoke at 1:30am.. after a nice 4hour sleep...
Weather NOAA reports had Wednesday at 5-10mph.. but other reports said it wouldn't be so.
And that held true.. checking my buoy webpage.. (some of you know it).. well winds were blowing.
I crossed the great divide... and I was hit by a blast of air coming through the open windows...
my first taste of the early morning... I checked the windward side... and it was crazy...
Post trip... I checked the winds... 16-18mph with plus 20mph... YIKES...
Although on a hot summer morning... it did feel good... not so much for yaking.
I worked my way to the leeward side checking on place... and I knew I could catch perch there if at all else...
But moved down to a point further south... at that had plenty of nice amenities..
I spoke to some local guys fishing... and they said the wind had picked up through the night..
It was good for casting for them as it was a westy.. and as it is a fav place.. I unloaded.
The sun was rising.... the wind protected shores beautiful... some fish splashing in the lagoon.
I tossed some perch lures out before launch.. nothing but it was fun anyway.
I paddled out about a mile... and well... wind protected shores were long gone...
And I knew... if I got much further out... and it would rage as I had earlier inspected on the windward side.
Although... winds were expected to kick down after 2pm... and.. well as originally planned..
the winds would have just blown me there.. but I had already been up since 1:30am...
and if and what would happen that time of day... I decided to make it shorter of a day.. plans
to back at launch by 1pm...
So... I paddled back in close to shore.. huge the shore line wind protected.. and perch it...
It was an area I had not explored before... which always adds to the expericence...
I did catch a 15inch rockfish... when exploring deep waters.. the week before I had caught lots of schoolies
chasing birds... so the new yak got a good slime then.
Moving along.. the shoreline.. well it wasn't really perch territory.. not much shade and lots of flat water..
I got some tugs tossing out to 8ft of water... the docks I hit.. well.. still lots of sun.. I ducked into areas but even in these areas lots of wind and 5ft of water.
I am no perch expert.. but these areas sure weren't feelin' it... but that's ok..
I am on the water exploring and learning a new area.
Not really "feeling it" for the area.. and it was time to head back.. I went out to deeper water..
Following varying depths of 10ft to 30ft... the sweet spot for baitfish was at 20ft.
And I followed these twist and turns... my kind of territory.
At about 20minutes from launch I was rewarded with a nice tug.. and my first keeper on the new Yak.
Caught on a blueish white paddle tail soft plastic.. maybe a bluefish look a like.
No monster.. but some dinner :-)
I'll conclude this very long story.. with many thanks to John, Mark, Ron, and others to post their adventures.
Keeping the spirit alive here.
Mahalo..
Rob.
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