Hey Frenchy, that’s cool!  Plus forte des jambs!

At risk of upsetting a member (Shake, sorry bro), I'm going to post this anyway because it is a good story all the way around and there were many members in the vicinity who probably want an update.  This is why we all wear immersion gear, PFD's, and carry functioning radios.

(Shake's kayak had a catastrophic failure yesterday)

Hi All,
I wanted to say thank you again for your help today. I hope you all got fish. I honestly don't know what I would have done without you guys being on your radios and coming to help me out. That kayak is officially retired. And there was one other person in a newer green hobie, if anyone has his info, I'd like to say thanks to him as well. I owe you all a round of beers and more.

Thanks again,

Shake

Hey Shake,

I can safely say that we are all happy to help out, and for sure are thrilled that things turned out as well as they did -- both you and ALL of your gear made it safely back to shore.  That's what the community of the Forum is all about, why it was formed so long ago; we share the good times and help each other through the bad times.  If the weather had been even a little bit worse, things would NOT have turned out so well for your gear, you got lucky.

There were 2 amazing things to me about the experience:  A)  I watched those Malibu Brothers get to you incredibly FAST on their tandem; my Revo-16 is impressively fast, but they were moving across the water like a powerboat and then they got you in to the beach on their trampoline -- BRAVO Andrew and Bro!!  B) I also watched and cruised past a number of other yakkers, who were much closer to you than those of us who helped (and others who were indeed quite far away too), do absolutely nothing to help a man in true need of assistance.  That is not what the Rules of the Sea are about and not what our great NCKA is about -- we are a community that is committed to each other, the health of our waters, and the sport we all love; that not responding business was a huge disappointment for me and I hope it's because those guys are not members in the NCKA community.

That green Hobie yakker is Umichi, he helped you in the water and helped us get your boat in.  I've been fishing and spending time with both Krishna and Umichi for a couple of years now, and can say that they are my friends and I value our time together; now I suspect you appreciate them too, they are great guys, as are Andrew and his Bro -- NCKA Strong!

We are all happy to hear that you are retiring your ancient Outback, it has had a long, hard life, LOL.


Tight lines,
Bradley

Bummer

Negative, no bummer, you've checked the wrong website.  The link I supplied above is active and has the suit for $585 + $0 shipping OR + $25 for 2-3 days shipping.  Mine came in less than 5 days with the free shipping.

This is a heavy duty suit that will last, it has great features like the kangaroo zip pocket on the chest, inner suspenders with pocket (where I stash my car fob & ID & $), pee zip, and arm sleeve pocket with retainer ring for camera or iPhone X or other big phone.  The horseshoe collar zipper is fantastic, without any chafing and I can get in and out of the suit by myself.  Mine is at least 2 years old and shows little to no wear (some light fading of the red and a tear in one cuffs where I got stoopid, but the zips are perfect, no leaks, it is awesome.

I will say that as far as their sizing goes, that waist dimension is important:  It is for the waist and is very firm at the stated dimension, so measure your hips to make sure it will slide over them too.

I think Darius and his PJ-Crocs outfit are always a welcome and charming sight on the beach.  Maybe time to offer up a line of that apparel on the NCKA swag page 

Ha Nate, you're a champ to post this up buddy!  What it doesn't show is that about 5 minutes earlier, I came in and did the same darn thing, and thank goodness TLA was there to help immediately right my boat.  The difference is that I made it all the way in, with my bow up on dry (wet) sand...then came the next wave, and since my bow was pegged, the wave pushed the stern around and swallowed my gunwale, just like that!

The fact is that the swells were coming in at 9 second intervals, which means that the timing was quite unforgiving; those waves were right on top of each other and the one that ate you trailed its predecessor by 8 seconds.  I got rolled in about 12" of froth LOL, but that might be because I ride a Revo-16, so I still had a lot of boat sticking into harms way.

With any beach landing, but especially at Bobo, it pays to watch several sets go ashore, do the counting, eyeball where the waves go the farthest up the shore (that's good on a sandy beach), always check over your shoulder on the way in, and then put the paddle into high gear.

After yesterday's roll, because my Revo-16 is so horrible in a following sea (waves), I might start making my beach landings facing out to sea.

No matter what you do. DO NOT GET THE HOOK2 5 Splitshot. Im returning mine. Worse feature is the depth range. You have to adjust everytime in 20ft increment. The worse is when you are rockfishing where some drops are more that 20ft. you will lose the capabilities of the structure.

Darius, I just asked Lowrance about this, and it sounds like you may be operating in custom mode or failed to press "enter" after selecting your range.  In other words, they say your unit shouldn't be having the problem you are speaking of, or at least you should be able to customize its display and get that setting to stick.

Hope this helps buddy!

-- BP

Despite a very slow day for me, I had a great time hanging with my buddy TLA and meeting Nate & Shalom. You 2 really tore it up today and it is always a thrill to be right next to the folks who are catchin’, that’s why we do this crazy thing called “fishing…"

-BP