Davenport Landing 8-30-06

Went out at Davenport Landing today. We launched into moderate surf at around 11 AM. The swell got huge as the tide came in, at least 7 to 9 feet high on the outside of the break. At one point, I paddled back to check out the beach for a landing trajectory and saw a HUGE wave break across the entire beach: WHUMP!!! Decided to stay outside until the tide came in all the way.

I worked the drift between 40 feet and 70 feet of water. It was a strange combo of huge swells and very little wind, so the drift was slow with a lot of up and down action. Very few fish registered on the fishfinder. I did catch a 14 inch cabezon and a nice copper colored rock bass. Both were a little too small, so it was catch and release time. My friend got dumped a few feet off the beach on the way in, so Neptune has yet another pair of sunglasses to add to his collection!

so Neptune has yet another pair of sunglasses to add to his collection!

Check this out-

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/bb/index.php?topic=116.0

so Neptune has yet another pair of sunglasses to add to his collection!

Check this out-

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/bb/index.php?topic=116.0

Yeah, I told my friend about the "lost to the sea" topic on the web site. He had never dumped in the surf before and was a little stunned. I told him it was so common there is a topic dedicated to it. He also dunked his cell phone and ruined it, so he also learned the dry bag lesson the hard way.