Funny that you ask. A diver just popped up when approaching the landing. He said visibility wasn’t good. He was at 23 FOW in front of MBK

Thank you!

I went anyway. It was good enough in patches here and there. 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Welcome!!

Most of my family is still in Louisiana and I get back there once or twice a year.

Here's a few pics of some fish I've taken there in the last few years.

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Here’s some more pics of it that were posted to the FishMoss FB group.

Lot easier to tell in these pics…

 

Sincerely,

Jim

2021 CoosaHD, only used once.

Really cool kayak, but it’s just not the kind of kayak I need for what I do these days.

Here’s a link with specs, price, description, walkthrough video etc…no warranty from JK anymore since it is being resold.

https://cfoutdoors.com/jackson-kayak-coosa-hd/

MSRP is $1,949. Asking $1,200 OBO, pick up in Watsonville.

Some pics attached from the one time I used it in the summer of 2021…it had good fish mojo and I got a butt on it while messing around with my girls.   

 

Sincerely,

Jim

I had a cryoablation for the afib/tachycardia at Stanford on 11/28.

No complications, they put in 5 catheters (2 in each femoral artery and 1 in the jugular) and fed those all the way inside the heart where they found the areas of concerns and ablated them...doc said he was able to trigger the arrythmia easily and that I had AVNRT and didn't even have to go across to left atrium to get the areas where most afib starts....said he is hopeful this will fix the issue and gives me about an 80% chance that won't come back. Also off the blood thinners and don't gotta take any meds at all, which makes me very happy.

https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/blood-heart-circulation/supraventricular-tachycardia/types/atrioventricular-node-reentrant-tachycardia-avnrt.html

Felt like death for first 2 weeks after (feverish, weak, short of breath, chest pain, pulse spikes up to 190 just walking around the house etc) but since then have been feeling stronger.

Got back in water for the first time in 84 days on Saturday and did a yak dive session with my buddy Matt.

Didn't push depths or bottom times...got a nice 21.5 inch cab, found 2 reds and took one and pointed out the other to Matt to take, and at the end of the day Matt finally found the fish we were looking for all day...a big old Ling holed up in only 30 FOW.

When he came up and told me there was a big ling in the hole right next to his gun I had to restrain myself from dropping down and shooting it myself 

After he breathed up he went down and shot it right in the face...I dropped after to see if needed a second shot but could see the shooting line going right through head and knew it wasn't going anywhere...monster of a fish that was scary big looking inside the hole...back at truck taped out to 39.5 inches and 28 pounds. 

I was pretty beat the next day, but by Monday was feeling better.

Felt amazing to finally get back in the water and paddle and dive and am looking forward to getting salty with fuzz in Oahu in 2 weeks. 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Just an update on this.

Stanford docs decided that the bradycardia and pauses were most likely from the med they had me on for the A-Fib.

No pauses or blackouts since stopping the med.

Going the ablation route instead of the pacemaker, and got cleared to drive again.   

In the past month have done a stress test, multiple echo cardiograms, a cardiac MRI, and have a cardiac CT scan next Wednesday as well.

No signs of any structural issues...heart rate got up to 185 during stress test but I didn't go into Afib.

Have had a few random tachycardia episodes in past few weeks, but have all gone away by themselves.

Ablation scheduled up at Stanford on 11/28.

Haven't dove since the original Afib/Cardioversion episode and am climbing the frikkin walls...saw how much the hospital charged for the cardioversion (over $15k) and decided better to be safe and  take it easy until the ablation.

Hoping I can be back in the water by first week of January when I am meant to be out with the family in Hawaii. 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

ps..attached a pic of the ECG from the hospital from when I was in Afib... 

Any of you folks have experience living, paddling etc with a pacemaker? Seems like that is what is being recommended for me…

Backstory:

After recent afib/cardioversion episode I was wearing a heart monitor…was actually feeling better until last Thursday AM when felt myself fainting in shower and yelled to wife to call 911 before totally blacking out.

Woke up a bit later when I heard wife yelling my name…

Fire/EMT/ER said all vitals fine and no sign of heart attack or stroke.

Mailed back in monitor and results showed my heart had a bunch of “pauses” when I blacked out including a really long one of 12.6 seconds….

Guess it was a good thing I was wearing the monitor at the time so it got recorded, and that I wasn’t underwater or behind the wheel….

Will be getting 2nd opinion next Thursday from specialist up at Stanford but trying to get mentally prepared for this being reality…

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Jim

Ps…on a good note. Mercury urine test came back totally negative. Waiting on girls and Ana’s tests, still but seems like my blood test might have been so elevated cuz of spring/summer fish binges, but no chronic mercury accumulated in body (urine is supposedly better indicator of chronic accumulation and shows what is being processed by kidneys).