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Messages - Alcim11

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General Talk / Free Sevylor Tahiti kayak to NCKA member
« on: April 02, 2017, 10:25:50 AM »
Used but not worn or damaged Tahiti kayak. Good for calm beach play, lakes, or slow rivers with kids. Complete with 2 inflatable seats, but no paddle. Used with son when he was young. Stored in garage and looking for new home.
Pickup in Novato
https://www.rei.com/product/491050/sevylor-tahiti-k79-inflatable-kayak

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General Talk / Free Sevylor Tahiti kayak to NCKA member
« on: April 01, 2017, 12:48:11 PM »
No longer using this https://www.amazon.com/Sevylor-Tahiti-Classic-Inflatable-Kayak/dp/B003652EY6, many years old, but no leaks or obvious wear.  It was stored in a duffel in my garage. Complete, but no paddle.  Great for beach, lake and slow stream play with kids.
I'm in Novato. PM me if you want to pick it up.
Bob

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Safety First / Re: FLOTATION poll
« on: November 24, 2016, 12:27:06 PM »
Kayak have been sunk due to a hatch coming loose in bad weather.   My Trident 13 is full of as many pool noodles as can fit.  I had hatch straps break easily from UV damage a couple of times, and can imagine what that would be like offshore with a breaking large swell close to my comfort limits if that happened.  For a challenging surf landing I would pull some out to stash my equipment and save it if I roll at the beach.  I'd bungee the noodles on the deck and risk loosing them, not my rods. I do pay attention now to UV protection of my straps.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.

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General Talk / Dungeness Crab Testing
« on: October 03, 2016, 10:41:49 PM »
With all this talk about new crab regs, I looked at the dfg website and found these test results.  I never looked at them before last seasons problems with domoic acid, so I don't know if they are typically high in summer and then calm down in fall/winter, but they are showing some crabs over the limit at this time.
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Documents/fdbFrSSda76.pdf

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CA Regulations / Re: New Dungeness regulations begin August 1, 2016
« on: October 03, 2016, 02:41:39 PM »
Good point.  Thanks

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CA Regulations / Re: New Dungeness regulations begin August 1, 2016
« on: October 03, 2016, 02:03:36 PM »
Here is a DFG page which shows some good legal ways to rig existing traps. The only thing I wonder is why not make the openings 8" so the big adult heavy breeders can also escape. Hoops are excluded from the regs. 
Though a pain to deal with, I think it is for a good cause. 
Of course having your number on the buoy will absolutely stop poaching since the poachers just thought it was one of there traps! ( HA HA)
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=132266&inline

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http://www.myoutdoorbuddy.com/fishing_report.php?fishing=11882
Looks dangerous.  Wonder if anyone has been bitten by one.

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General Talk / Re: I did it!
« on: September 11, 2016, 07:59:01 PM »
That is one beautiful rig!  Catch a bunch.

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General Fishing Tips / Re: Loomis tip break
« on: September 10, 2016, 07:17:00 PM »
One piece Daiwa rod snagged on bottom while trolling deep and snapped.  Outdoor Pro Shop sent it back and they got me a new rod for free.
I caught a salmon mooching with the remaining 2/3 rds before I went in.
Called Loomis about a rod that had a funky grip.  They replaced it for free.  I really like Loomis rods especially for steelhead.
I think  polite  calling helps.

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Places to Launch and Camp / Re: Point Reyes ???
« on: September 09, 2016, 04:04:05 PM »
 Be careful of the wind .  I have spent a lot of time out there .  Though Drakes is wave protected, when the northwest wind picks up it rips across the peninsula and funnels down through the bay. It's really intense and hard to paddle against .   Check with the bear Valley ranger station information ranger .   Last few years elephant seals have been living year round on the lifeboat station beach and whenever seals are there they shut it down .
I was  thinking of trying to launch someplace at limantour beach since it's much closer to ithe legal fishing water and would be cross rather than upwind getting back to the launch .   I don't know how bad the beach  is for a beach launch and landing. It's pretty exposed .

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General Fishing Tips / Crab outlook may be better this year
« on: September 04, 2016, 05:25:02 PM »
Hi,
I saw this article in the Chronicle today.  The recent warning about red crabs in Half Moon Bay may not mean a bad outlook for dungeness.
Let's hope.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/Outlook-improves-for-Dungeness-crab-season-9202157.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result

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General Talk / Re: Stolen kayak
« on: August 18, 2016, 09:10:00 PM »
Best Revenge.  One late night in a McDonalds I got to talking to the only other guy there.  He had a briefcase on the table and said he supplied trapping scents.  He said they were great and asked if I wanted to smell one.  Before I could answer he cracked the lid on a small bottle.  The smell which came out wreaked  beyond anything you could imagine, and so noxious I instantly wanted to puke.  I said "wow" and asked him how the trapping scent business was.  He said great, but his main market was not to trappers, but rather to people who wanted to get even.  He said a few drops poured into the gap in a car window would make it so the car could be stripped, steam cleaned, and sandblasted and it would still have a stench.  An ounce poured under a front door would make the house uninhabitable.  Feeling evil and really want to get even with the dude?

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Did a trip with Eric on Monday out of Humboldt Bay.  I wanted to learn about the fishing up north and also to get a good shot at salmon. Eric told me about the Bay and nearby ocean, and other areas he is very familiar with.  He explained and showed me the way the area sets up and saved me years of trying to find out it's details.  He also zeroed in on the best area, where I caught a salmon on my first line drop. He caught one of his in an area where all my experience fishing for a zillion years would have told me never to try. There is always more to learn and fishing with Eric taught me a lot. Lot of fun too.
Thanks Eric.
see vid above.
Bob

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Ocean Kayaks / Re: OK Trident Series Revamped video
« on: August 09, 2016, 09:55:44 AM »
I have a 3 year old Trident 13 and they are great all around boats. Salmon fishing in mixed 10' swells with winds building to 20kts yesterday, the T13 always felt safe.
Unfortunately they have chosen to continue the one feature that I cuss out every time I fish.  It's the foot pegs levers which are a magnet to tangle lines and other stuff, and also change position when you bump them as you move around the yak.  The long orange handles  catch on anything that touches them, and are always in the wrong position when you need to get moving in a hurry.  The broader foot rests are good if they would only stay put.
They are probably great for the barefoot beach crowd, but are horrible on a fishing kayak.


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General Fishing Tips / Re: Tomales Reminder
« on: August 06, 2016, 12:29:23 PM »
There is one other detail regarding sharing the Tomales launch and maintaining good relations. In addition to my kayak which I launch there,  I have drift boat with a motor which I launch at Tomales sometimes for crab.    For the folks with trailer launched power boats there are only a limited number of spots to park a car with trailer.  One of the most frustrating things is getting there anxious to make a tide, and being unable to park due to  trailer spots filled with single cars, some tourists and some kayak guys.  It is really hard to park anywhere else with a trailer.  There are a lot of places on the hill to park a car if there are no single car spots left in the lot.  Let's all help each other out! 

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