Mark, Raptor, Strummerfan, and I launched at the Goodhand Creek on Kent Island around 6:30 am.
The weather was overcast but no wind and calm. We started catching perch right away. We headed out towards Hogs Island and I caught a Cownose Ray. I went to land it in the shallows next to the island to try and retrieve my fly. One lesson learned is DO NOT try to land them in shallow water, is was about a foot deep, because it was like putting a splashing 3 year old in a wading pool. After my kayak, gear, and myself got completed soaked by the wings flapping I cut the leader and let him or her have the fly. A little while later after talking to Mark and him telling me he caught lots of perch and a striper I saw Raptor with a bent rod being pulled around. He too had a Cownose Ray on very light tackle with braided line. He played the ray so long I thought he was auditioning for a part in a remake of the movie The Old Man and the Sea. Anyway not sure if he cut the line on not he was still playing it when I headed to Kent Narrows, I believe he thought he could train it to pull him to Kent Narrows Bridge. Anyway Mark and I headed towards Kent Narrows and I hooked another Cownose Ray. This time I figured I would pull it to the side of the yak and cut the leader but he had other ideas and one hard pull and my ORVIS T3 fly rod broke (insert tears at this point). I was able to finally pull him in by hand close enough to cut the leader and let it go. We all went in around 10:30. Fun for all, with exception of fly rod incident, and will try again at Kent Narrows after my call to ORVIS for a rod replacement.
Link to short video of Raptor: http://youtu.be/_W89OSvfY3c
The weather was overcast but no wind and calm. We started catching perch right away. We headed out towards Hogs Island and I caught a Cownose Ray. I went to land it in the shallows next to the island to try and retrieve my fly. One lesson learned is DO NOT try to land them in shallow water, is was about a foot deep, because it was like putting a splashing 3 year old in a wading pool. After my kayak, gear, and myself got completed soaked by the wings flapping I cut the leader and let him or her have the fly. A little while later after talking to Mark and him telling me he caught lots of perch and a striper I saw Raptor with a bent rod being pulled around. He too had a Cownose Ray on very light tackle with braided line. He played the ray so long I thought he was auditioning for a part in a remake of the movie The Old Man and the Sea. Anyway not sure if he cut the line on not he was still playing it when I headed to Kent Narrows, I believe he thought he could train it to pull him to Kent Narrows Bridge. Anyway Mark and I headed towards Kent Narrows and I hooked another Cownose Ray. This time I figured I would pull it to the side of the yak and cut the leader but he had other ideas and one hard pull and my ORVIS T3 fly rod broke (insert tears at this point). I was able to finally pull him in by hand close enough to cut the leader and let it go. We all went in around 10:30. Fun for all, with exception of fly rod incident, and will try again at Kent Narrows after my call to ORVIS for a rod replacement.
Link to short video of Raptor: http://youtu.be/_W89OSvfY3c
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