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long time yakless lurker, but now yakked up - thanks to Paul (On The Edge) at The Sailing Scene. I thought about joining in at the Trevally Slaughter on Sunday morning but decided I should learn how to work the Outback first, so Sunday at dawn I went to the Tunks Park ramp.
too early to focus properly
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The conditions were tough
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but managed to get my first yak fish within 300m
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trolling a greenish Juro minnow.
Released him to grow bigger and continued to fight my way through the chop.
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My confidence grew, and I pedaled happily towards Castlecrag, then managed to find out exactly how far one can lean in a kayak (splash). I thanked my foresight (based on the experiences related on AKFF) in tying everything on, and achieved my first re-entry manoevre without incident. I'm presuming this is a rite of passage, but I'll be dressing to get wet in future. At this point I decided it would be appropriate to focus on the kayak side of things for the rest of the trip, and continued up Middle Harbour, thankful for the sun.
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Turned around at Bantry Bay and headed out under The Spit bridge and over to Middle Head, then headed back to the ramp. Got back at around 1200 after an excellent morning on the water. I measured my route on Google Earth and was surprised to come up with 17 km. I did do some paddling to check it out, but went almost all of the distance under pedal power. I'm starting my spadework for the Saturday Fishing Comp trip now.
long time yakless lurker, but now yakked up - thanks to Paul (On The Edge) at The Sailing Scene. I thought about joining in at the Trevally Slaughter on Sunday morning but decided I should learn how to work the Outback first, so Sunday at dawn I went to the Tunks Park ramp.
too early to focus properly
The conditions were tough
but managed to get my first yak fish within 300m
trolling a greenish Juro minnow.
Released him to grow bigger and continued to fight my way through the chop.
My confidence grew, and I pedaled happily towards Castlecrag, then managed to find out exactly how far one can lean in a kayak (splash). I thanked my foresight (based on the experiences related on AKFF) in tying everything on, and achieved my first re-entry manoevre without incident. I'm presuming this is a rite of passage, but I'll be dressing to get wet in future. At this point I decided it would be appropriate to focus on the kayak side of things for the rest of the trip, and continued up Middle Harbour, thankful for the sun.
Turned around at Bantry Bay and headed out under The Spit bridge and over to Middle Head, then headed back to the ramp. Got back at around 1200 after an excellent morning on the water. I measured my route on Google Earth and was surprised to come up with 17 km. I did do some paddling to check it out, but went almost all of the distance under pedal power. I'm starting my spadework for the Saturday Fishing Comp trip now.
