I took time and worked with my PFD. I got it fitting much better. Yesterday fishing I was amazed. About half the people out on the water didn’t have a life vest on.

Mine needed to be cinched tighter. Still not uncomfortable, but it didn’t disappear; I felt it’s presence.

Learning as I go.

the knot i'm best with is what my buddy called the Alberto Knot.  looks like an Albright to me.  (similar? Same?)

anyways, right or wrong..it is my best knot with my eyesight and sausage fingers.  it hasnt failed me yet.

thanks you all. 

i simply want a new rod because a friend switched over to all left-hand reels and he gave me a couple of his righties.  i have a loose baitcaster floating around that needs a rod.   

i have been fishing off the shore at a like a hike to, and i did build up a spinning rig to cast further.  so i have that for lighter presentations.
i'll take my time.

I haven’t posted in a long time.  I lurked.

Reminder.   I grew up in a desert.  My water-life involved a swimming pool. There Is was a bass lake a few hours away and my brother did buy a bass boat. Having said that, I was never totally comfortable in big bodies of water.

But a kayak always intrigued me.  I’ll never own a (big)boat.  To much commitment with respect to tow vehicle, storage, etc. at least not where I live.

I bought a Hobie Compass a few weeks ago.  I liked the simplicity. I like the relatively lighter weight.  I waited for my PFD order to show up and then  I took a few trips  in a local lake just to use the boat. Get familiar.   No fishing gear. I found a “last-years” model and saved a few bucks.  It fits; kind of in the bed if my pickup truck.

(Oh - Covid-19 (boredom) did rekindle my love for bass fishing. I would hike up solo to fish a lake I mountain bike past.  I was killing them there.  Those Smaller bass was the push I needed to buy the kayak.  I wanted more!)

Well yesterday was my maiden bass voyage. I fished Fountaingrove lake, just a few minutes from my home. I haven’t used a bait-cast reel for a decade, but it came back quickly and I was fairly accurate.  I cannot stand up comfortably yet.  My movements are awkward and jerky. Made me nervous. (I’ll get there)

But I caught this.  Technically my second bass. My first bass was all of 5” long. Haha. 

This one was about 19”. The nearby golfers were cheering me on.   So much fun.   I need to learn how to take a decent selfie.

I can’t wait to get confident enough to go into really big bodies of water.  I’d love to catch a rockfish.

 Just curious. Trying to learn more about beach life.

a few weeks ago..my wife did utter the words, "hey, maybe you should buy a kayak!"

her work reimburses her (up to a certain $amount) towards healthy gear..a kayak qualifies.  ahem.