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Luckily, I was able to play hooky today to meet up with the crew to get some yak time. It was myself, Grady Black, Mytmouse, and Foursteps24. I arrived late, as I had to put in 4hrs of work today. They hit the water around 10am at low tide. The wind was making slow drifts a challenge, so they beached and fished from shore for a while.
Upon my arrival, they had a great laugh at my expense. So I heard the water down there can be shallow. I found out the hard way. I began my trek toward their location, motoring along. I began to play with my iPhone, shooting video. Then I heard my motor slowing down. "WTF? I just charged the battery." Then I realized what was going on. I quickly motored into water that was about 6 inches deep! I reached back and removed the motor, but still no luck. My weight alone grounded the kayak...it was that shallow. So I embarrassingly stood up and pulled my kayak to deeper water. I can hear all three of them busting their guts in laughter. It was funny...I can't lie.
Anyway, the fishing was slow (why do all of my reports say that
) A couple were caught here and there. All fish were caught on minnows. (We were also prepared with grass shrimp, night crawlers, and artificials. We ended with half a dozen fish, all in the 13" range. They were all nice fish, just few and far between. There were a few jon boats out, along with about half dozen other kayaks. As we were loading up, we were met by DNR at our cars alongside of the road. After a friendly chat and a check of our licenses and catch, we were on our way.
Great day out there on the water. Always a blast fishing/kayaking with the crew. I'm kinda over yellow perch now.
^I took this pic when I had to race to shore to avoid peeing on myself lol^
Upon my arrival, they had a great laugh at my expense. So I heard the water down there can be shallow. I found out the hard way. I began my trek toward their location, motoring along. I began to play with my iPhone, shooting video. Then I heard my motor slowing down. "WTF? I just charged the battery." Then I realized what was going on. I quickly motored into water that was about 6 inches deep! I reached back and removed the motor, but still no luck. My weight alone grounded the kayak...it was that shallow. So I embarrassingly stood up and pulled my kayak to deeper water. I can hear all three of them busting their guts in laughter. It was funny...I can't lie.
Anyway, the fishing was slow (why do all of my reports say that
) A couple were caught here and there. All fish were caught on minnows. (We were also prepared with grass shrimp, night crawlers, and artificials. We ended with half a dozen fish, all in the 13" range. They were all nice fish, just few and far between. There were a few jon boats out, along with about half dozen other kayaks. As we were loading up, we were met by DNR at our cars alongside of the road. After a friendly chat and a check of our licenses and catch, we were on our way. Great day out there on the water. Always a blast fishing/kayaking with the crew. I'm kinda over yellow perch now.
^I took this pic when I had to race to shore to avoid peeing on myself lol^
Anyway, the water temp was around 47*.
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