Made Every Rookie Mistake on 8/1/10 in Santa Cruz

Its a good thing it was your kayak that took the pounding and not you.
When you scrape yourself off the ground from that and you still can't wait to get back out...... You're hooked!
Welcome to Madness.

Very entertaining report -- thanks for sharing it w/us!
Those SS rivets suck, just like you said they only create a small bulge. Try to find some of these @ one of the local shops of at Hook1 online: http://kayakfishinggear.com/rivets-10perpack-blackanodized-316-seepricediscounts.aspx

Sin Coast:

Thanks, I'm on a mission for those bad-boys and marine goop as well. 

Awesome first post, that's quite the entry!  Sounds like you did your homework and still got schooled...it'll just make that next halibut that much sweeter.

I need to make a fish club for MontanN8V. I will turn one for you as well....you earned it!

Howard, thanks for sharing that very humbling incident. More importantly, I'm happy to hear that you are safe. As everyone says, "welcome to the madness" brother!!

Look forward to reading more from you and meeting you someday

EWB:

Thanks!  I didn't earn anything I WAS A COMPLETE KOOK!  I should use the club on myself.

Well at least you got the part about alcoholics in lawn chairs right. 

wow. that was adventure packed!!! tight lines and welcome aboard. bulldog

howard...and to think I was gonna put your screen name on it.

"I WAS A COMPLETE KOOK!" may just make it on there instead!

Great first post there Howard. Looking forward to fishing with you someday. Welcome aboard sir.

Jedmo

  Those reverb waves,  ( I always called em reflection waves to myself, don't know what they're supposed to be called), are deceptive as all hell. A little bitty six inch one that looks like nothing  when you first survey the beach ,can totally upend a yak because they are traveling so much faster than apppears and because the water is shallow.
   I think I almost had a knee thrown out because of one coming off a cliff up the coast at Wilder,when you could still surfcast  there.
  Nice report and welcome to the board.