filthy arthropods.

A distress call came in to MFN world headquarters. Apparently there were a whole heap of filthy dirty arthropods crawling around in the subtidal zone of a picturesque Bay Area beach. This could be devastating to the already hard hit tourist industry, so we answered the call of duty.
The mission: Assemble operatives of the BKM (Boer Kayak Mafia) and Commander in Chief of MFN Intertidal Forces to do a sweep and clean mission, rounding up the aforementioned filthy bugs and give them a nice relaxing hot water bath.
Arriving at the tourist destination, a hop skip and a jump from the Golden Gate, We were greeted with a menicing blustery cold wind from the South East. Dam this takes dedication. A quick recon of the field of operation revealed a nasty head high shore break. The type of conditions that may be fun if you were going for a paddle with no gear, but on a tandem, loaded with 6 collapsible Promar T102 pots, this was gonna be tricky. My surf skills were put to use as I was nominated Launch Master. I walked to the far end of the beach near some rocks and pointed out a rip and associated deep water hole that was taking the punch outta the surf at this locale. Giving the tide another hour and good timing I made the call that this would be the launch point for the operation.
The arsenal was crammed with a hot load of Hali carcass wrapped in chicken wire and plastic jars stuffed with squid and dines. We needed to get this thing done. In and out with a load of High Value Prisoners to be Hot Water Boarded at an undisclosed location in the Oakland Hills.
Good timing made for an easy launch and it was a mere 150 meter paddle to the ambush point. Having done this operation before we knew there was a definite sweet spot in a tiny area. The secretive nature of the mission dictated no GPS was to be used. We had report that Arthropod Central Command was deploying GPS Jammers that would give false readings on our sets, so armed with only our wits we used landmark triangulation and dropped all the pots in a 20 meter by 20 meter area and immediately headed back to the beach. Here we waited an agonizing hour and 15 mins. The other operatives insisted we wait longer but I insisted we pull em, confident the mission would be a success. I was right. Quick limits for all involved. Here are some recently declassified recon images

mor images

and another

Evidence submitted against us at the International War Crimes Tribunal. In our defence, they were waaaaaay too tasty

That's Beautiful !

Mission accomplished.

Thank You for the Debrief Kayak troops well done!

congratulation Sharky!

Sharkster, I am missing you man. I read Kirks blog and you guys are quite the frickin' team you dog. All men to the sea and hurry!

Nicely done Sharky!!!!!

Thanks for sharing the great report and pics!

Sincerely,

Jim

BTW I just have to post this....CHICKS DIG CRABS...

My catch and release, light tackle love life has taken an unexpected turn for the better since crab season started.

Well done Sharkie, Ill be free towards the end of the week for a go at it, give me a buzz, I lost your #.

Aaah Commander GZ of the Artiste Revolutanary Army. Your battle expierence is sorley missed on these search and destroy missions. Im sure more Arthropodic Intel will need to be gatherd by the end of the week. I will confirm operations detail on a (sure to be tapped by the feds) not so secure cellphonic device. I still have your Top Secret call codes buried in my database.

Nicely done as always Sharky! I hit up the anthropods myself yesterday with my wife and tsuri and we did okay but not as good as last time. Sorry we missed you out there.


-Eliot

dang man...i was on my way down the hill with 3yr old in tow, when i got the call from the master scheduler asking if our mission that started 10 minutes later was still 'on'.  "Of course, ma'am" was the reply.

Hopefully after this storm rips through i'll get to hook up wid ya'all

Wow! That's awesome sharky to see the promar loaded with crabs like that. I was
lucky to see if there was even one in my trap last time I was out.

Jedmo

Launch Master
We had report that Arthropod Central Command was deploying GPS Jammers that would give false readings on our sets, so armed with only our wits we used landmark triangulation. Quick limits for all involved.

Launch Master, now this is my kind of report. Congrats.
BTW, a guided missile frigate was in the area recently and bombed that Arthropod Central command.
You are now free to use your gps.

Good job. Thanks for showing how it should be done.

Danny

Congrat on your successful mission!  Thanks for the report and pictures Sharky.