wow.
I was fishing Russian Gulch State Park. another guy was way south, in Half Moon Bay. he got hit hard and sent airborne, and into the water. apparently, you can scramble back onto an upside down kayak in milliseconds property motivated.
lessons learned was a human on a inverted kayak will push water into the thing rendering it swamped. this person had positive float since he had filled it with pool noodles. I made the mental note to take the time to flip my kayak back over before I slip back on. I think it will be time well spent.
my watch sent out a Facebook note when the hit happened. at my location everyone started talking. I pulled my fish out of the water ASAP, and flipped in onto the deck..I never noticed the water looks kinda black. yeesh. me and Paul fished an hour more and we headed in.
I googled a thing called a Shark Shield, and the company went out of business!!! NO!!!! there was a used one for sale, but the guy that got punted was offered first right of refusal. and he didnt refuse.
I think he bought it that night.
sharks. great. I still think it is case of mistaken identity when they hit a kayaker. they never seem to circle back for the second hit.
yesterday? I went bass fishing...in a bass boat.