Remember Your Maiden Voyage?

used to have the PB from hell.  Will it start or drain the battery?  50-50 odds.  The last trip it took, I walked the boat about 3 miles along the mud shoreline at San Luis.  Kind of gave up on fishing.

then in 2005 saw a story about kayak fishing in a local magazine.  Called about it and signed up for a clinic with SCAllen.  From the second I started paddling I knew what I would be doing most weekends for the rest of my life.  I caught some small blues, sent one done on a livebait rig and caught an underling.  Life is good.

my younger son Nathan started 2 years ago age 12 then.  His maiden voyage was on Loch Lomond.  We got skunked on trout but you could see his love of the kayak right from the start.  He is now hardcore into it.  The other day he says, "I dont miss not having the MB Aquarium membership.  If I want to see it, I can just dive in and look for myself."  

the other day we went out of SC Harbor and passed a boat with the engine cover off his HUGE outboard.  Engine won't turn over.  As we pass, he looks longingly at our yaks and says, "you guys are lucky, your motor wont break!"

eg2 you made me almost teary-eyed

Yellow---pg 1 of the NCKA surf crashes.

Great thread  

Thanks for the nod on the thread Mooch! I also remember first time I fished with you at BH. You grabbed the huge Blue RF out of your cooler and insisted i take it home. I gladly accepted like I just won an autograph from Tiger Woods. Man, I still recall how Marvin and I agonized about the landing and we must have watched the sets for 20 minutes before committing to land without a yardsale. He he good stuff having this trip down memory lane.