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Everyone should watch and read this the ocean can swallow you up in a blink of an eye..

The ling that won..

went offshore in the evening yesterday, paddled to the bob hall standpipe..i washed my kayak out and checked it all over before going..i tightened the plug and went inside for and hour, loaded up the yak and headed out..about halfway to the standpipe i checked the hull for water because it was feeling tippy..pure shock when i opened the hatch it was half full of water..i bailed out as much water as i could and kept paddling(should have read the warning signs and headed to the beach) every 10 minutes i was bailing water, i figured if i could get the rig and tie up i could bail all the water out and reassess the situation(i thought i was taking water on from the crack under my seat)

Got to the rig and was tired from the effort of paddling and bailing out water..bailed all the water out and started fishing..put a live blue runner way out on a float and started fishing cut bait under the yak..saw a bunch of undersized ling under the yak..had to bail the yak out after 15minutes, at this point i knew it wasn't the crack under my seat i hadn't taken any water over the top..caught and released a nice ling caught on my Calcutta 400TE estimated at 36inches..bailed the yak out again(should have made the journey home)

hooked another ling halfway down the water column this one was a beast! the fight went on too long and i took too much water..ended up flipping the yak in 42feet of water holding the ling i estimated at 45 inches..it is on video, kinda gives me chills to watch it, if you go frame by frame you can see the ling and the rod i caught it on heading for the depths..lost my wallet(don't know how it came out of my pocket), one of my rods(Calcutta 400TE on a trevalla) and my knife(cold steel recon, buy one they are awesome)may have lost some other stuff but i can't remember so whatever..

so here i am in 42feet of water with a yak that's too tippy to get on(i tried it flipped again) and i have been chumming for the last hour..decided to get the important things that were floating..paddle and water baler were on the top of the list..went to the front hatch and started bailing water..got about half of it out when i look up to see a center console cruising by a hundred yards away..i go their attention and got onboard my blue runner on a float was still out and i got tangled in the braid as the prop of the boat wrapped it up(cut the Sh!t out of my feet) they were VERY nice and knew who i was..

they gave me and the yak a ride back a little passed bob hall it was getting kinda dark by now..i got on the tippy yak and headed in the first breaker pretty much flipped me so i just swam it in the rest of the way..could have been allot worse, could be sitting on the standpipe right now or in a sharks belly..pretty sure i could have got it sorted out myself, but i am VERY thankful to the guys that helped out..pretty sure i swallow some salt water..still don't feel very good..

so when i got to the beach i turned the yak over and looked it over..it has a 3 inch crack under the the yak in the back and the PLUG WAS UNSCREWED! i screwed the plug in i remember doing it and checking that it was tight..i didn't unscrew it neither did my wife..my honest opinion is someone came into my yard and sabotaged it in the hour i was inside my house..wouldn't be the first time someone has tried to kill me in the last few years(i have a very good idea of who it was, they have tried to kill me before..but paid someone else to do it) don't really think calling the cops will do anything so i will continue to carry my 1911 and live my life the way i have been...

there was shovel sitting near the yak in the hour i was inside my house before i left, i put it in the crack and it fit perfectly...someone did that to my kayak..

the Tarpon100 will never go BTB again it may not even be usable anymore..will be doing a serious check on my yak at the beach from now on..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0qJkjc5io&feature=plcp
Everyone should watch and read this the ocean can swallow you up in a blink of an eye..
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Bighead · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:51 am Post subject:

Take it as a lesson learned. A bit of pain and fear can do miraculous things for learning, especially if you survive the ordeal.

I'm glad you're safe SB.

FYI...why didn't you take that Cobra FnD out instead?

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SharkBait · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:55 am Post subject:

just haven't set the FND up yet next time i go it will be in it...i liked the Tarpon100 because its easy to handle transporting by myself i also don't have a good way to film in the cobra...have been taking some heat for posting this, i honestly don't care i did it so others could learn from my mistakes..im glad i am okay, not worried about the gear lost(the wallet sucks though meant to through it in the glove box before going out)
anyway live and learn i guess..
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illmatic · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:01 am Post subject:

Why on Earth would someone be trying to kill you?

SharkBait · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:03 am Post subject:

money....
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:11 am Post subject:

SB, I'm not trying to dis you here, I'm glad that it all worked out for you, just my observations and thoughts.

I honestly don't think I'd go far from shore in water over my head in a yak without doing a complete check just before , not the night before mind you. In a regular fishing boat it's bad enough, but a properly rigged boat has bilge pumps, goods batteries, etc. ANY boat is a life support device kind of like an airplane, but unlike the latter a boat floats even if the propulsion unit dies (or get tried!!!!) instead of dropping from the sky. Just as in flying and the preflight checklist, a prefloat checklist would be a darn good and smart habit!

My dad was a pilot for 22 years in the Marines and a corporate pilot for 15 years after that and never had a problem that couldn't have been found doing such, and he DID find some doing them!!! Shocked

He never got complacent as so many pilots do, and the Yak thingy would be a great place to implement such a strategy.

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SharkBait · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:15 am Post subject:

there was definetly more than a few things i did wrong, and i paid the price..im just happy to be spending the day with the family..i hope this post will get anyone who fishes the big drink to take safety more seriously..i know it changed my perspective for ever..
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JOHNNYREB · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:18 am Post subject:

Ok.....the end of that was pretty eerie! He who shall not be mentioned, i thought you were apart of a botched robbery??????

and why in the hell do you eat those nasty kings and throw back one of the tastiest fish in the ocean Laughing

Nice ling by the way!

nofish2day · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:31 am Post subject:

Bluffer · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:33 am Post subject:

Wow, your very lucky.
Always good idea to check yak for taking on water. When you 1st noticed it shuda headed back in right then. Good thing a boat was around that day.
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SharkBait · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:45 am Post subject:

[quote="Bluffer"]
Always good idea to check yak for taking on water. When you 1st noticed it shuda headed back in right then.[quote="Bluffer"]

X1000
knew i should have gone in didnt do it, paid the price..
i honestly though it was the crack under my seat..i knew when i tied up it wouldn't take any water from there..once i figured out it wasnt that i should have bailed it and headed in as fast as possible...
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horse51 · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:58 am Post subject:

im glad your ok bud. maybee its time to move to a different neighborhood. if people are able to get into your yard and do stuff like that then they are brave enought ot go into your house. a gun will not prevent it from happening. stay safe bud.
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SaltyMutt · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject:

Glad your safe SB, cant believe someone would have the cahoonas to mess with your yak on such a high traffic area. Have you asked your neighbors if they saw anything? Time to consider some hidden cameras!
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riverrat · Finger Mullet Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 24

1 Pre- float check, safety equip & general fitness of craft

2 File float plan. Tell people where you plan on going

3 Your "crack" looks more like Road Rash, from the blurry pic,
not the work of a shovel.