5/11 Lake Natoma Fishing/Self rescue practice

I went out to Lake Natoma Saturday morning with James (Rider) for some morning fishing and afternoon self rescue practice. We were on the water by 8:00 and we were greeted with the National Anthem (it was for a rowing tournament). We couldn't stand up but we took off hats and paid our respects.
We paddle to the creeks and it felt like we were in the back woods even though we were just 20 minutes from downtown Sac. We even encounter a deer swimming right in front of us. The fishing was slow and small but fun. I caught 3 little LMB on Senko’s with the biggest being only 14”. Rider caught a couple LMB himself.
At 11:00 we paddle back to the launch area and met up with Tony (Fishcomb) to practice self rescue. Tony and James did it like pro’s right off the back. I had some issues with my technique and got winded with my multiple attempts. James paddled next to me and helped me back on my yak. After I got my wind back and went over some techniques with James and Tony I gave it another try and successfully did it. We ended up doing it a bunch of times and tried different ways to flip back our yaks. I want get out and practice some more before heading out to the salt. Thank you James and Tony for coming out and doing this with me.

Awesome dude. The more you practice/do it the easier it will be.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Nice looking bass Bones!!

Thanks for coming out and doing some self rescue with me! I really needed to try to get over the phobia of falling into the water. I freaked out in the beginning but after doing it many times i felt more comfortable doing it. I wanted to go back out on sunday to do some more because it was hella hot in sacramento

Thanks Bones and Tony for hooking up and practicing self rescue. It was a good time and realy makes you a lot more comfortable in your yak.

If anyone in the Sacramento are that wants to hit the salt for the first time this year need to go out and do this training. I know if your gonna go out with me I would expect you to go out and practice befOre we go out. If anyone needs someone to hookup with and go do this training PM me and I would be glad to go out and help.

Surprised this report hasn't got more attention. Congrats on the fish & thanks for practicing self-rescue, guys! More people should do it, for sure. I think this is a sweet idea = go fishing, practice rescue, and have fun! Thanks for the great report & details!

Surprised this report hasn't got more attention. Congrats on the fish & thanks for practicing self-rescue, guys! More people should do it, for sure. I think this is a sweet idea = go fishing, practice rescue, and have fun! Thanks for the great report & details!

+1.

That's one of the advantages of kayak diving. I get to practice self-rescue all the time.   

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Awesome job! I need someone to help me practice rescue and also how to enter in the yaks once you flip. 



The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

we should be doing some more self rescue practices during the summer time, feel free to come when we post it on the hook up section!