Ocean Cove/ Timber Cove First time in the Salt.... NO MATTER WHAT! Jun21-23

My 70 year old dad was out with me a few weeks ago for the first time and loved it. Caught a ton of fish too. It was his 4th time in a kayak ever. Handled the big drift like a pro. He was in my Ride 135. His other trips on fresh water were in one of my Tarpon 160's. My other buddy was apprehensive last year for his first time, but after about 30 mins told me he never should have worried about it.

My 70 year old dad was out with me a few weeks ago for the first time and loved it. Caught a ton of fish too. It was his 4th time in a kayak ever. Handled the big drift like a pro. He was in my Ride 135. His other trips on fresh water were in one of my Tarpon 160's. My other buddy was apprehensive last year for his first time, but after about 30 mins told me he never should have worried about it.

how were the conditions though? pretty glassy?

This is motivation for my first salt trip coming up in 2 weekends with RockFish and Rider up at Timber Cove and Anchor Bay. nice little 3 day trip set up. i hope i can have a bit of success like you. How was the feeling of being out in that big water for the first time? I would like to know more about how it felt being out there instead of the actual fishing. i am just leary for my first time and how i am going to handle all the water being around me and the conditions n what not...
i know me getting comfortable will come with time but i just want to hear as much as possible from a first timer as i can before heading out. i can listen to these seasoned guys all day but they are used to being out there and wont make a big deal out of anything that isnt that crazy gnarly. but i want to hear it from a nooblette like myself lol.

First thing, if theres any chance of being sea sick take some Dramamine. I puked up breakfast hotdogs. LOL.  Pre rig on shore, its harder when your bouncing up and down in the water. As far as being in the water, point towards the swell. There was quite a few breakers in the deep. I wasnt kidding when I said I was in some pretty good swells. Lots of white caps out there. I was riding solo out there, so no one to show me the ropes. It was my second time in a kayak. That said be like Nike and just do it.... that was cheesy lol. Really not hard at all. Just keep an eye out on your drift .... stay away from the rocks.
 

This is motivation for my first salt trip coming up in 2 weekends with RockFish and Rider up at Timber Cove and Anchor Bay. nice little 3 day trip set up. i hope i can have a bit of success like you. How was the feeling of being out in that big water for the first time? I would like to know more about how it felt being out there instead of the actual fishing. i am just leary for my first time and how i am going to handle all the water being around me and the conditions n what not...
i know me getting comfortable will come with time but i just want to hear as much as possible from a first timer as i can before heading out. i can listen to these seasoned guys all day but they are used to being out there and wont make a big deal out of anything that isnt that crazy gnarly. but i want to hear it from a nooblette like myself lol.

First thing, if theres any chance of being sea sick take some Dramamine. I puked up breakfast hotdogs. LOL.  Pre rig on shore, its harder when your bouncing up and down in the water. As far as being in the water, point towards the swell. There was quite a few breakers in the deep. I wasnt kidding when I said I was in some pretty good swells. Lots of white caps out there. I was riding solo out there, so no one to show me the ropes. It was my second time in a kayak. That said be like Nike and just do it.... that was cheesy lol. Really not hard at all. Just keep an eye out on your drift .... stay away from the rocks.

Hot dogs for breakfast before fishing? No wonder you puked it up!  I always try not to ingest too much before heading out. Protein shakes are great and bring out a couple of suds for calming myself on the water. 

I'm glad you had a good time and got some fish. I will have to admit I read the title of your post with some dismay. The "no matter what launch" reminded me of what the locals term Sacramento Syndrome (when a guy drives all the way from Sacramento to go abalone diving finds the ocean rough but decides he must get his abbs anyway and ends up being a floater that they have to fish out)

i can listen to these seasoned guys all day but they are used to being out there and wont make a big deal out of anything that isnt that crazy gnarly. but i want to hear it from a nooblette like myself lol.

Every seasoned guy was once a noob.
What separates us from the noobs is that we know what we are talking about.
The advice you may get from a noob might be as wrong as can be. Maybe something worked for them in a certain situation that one time because they happened to get lucky that one time but overall it exatly the opposite of what you should do in that given situation.
Maybe what a noob describes as crazy gnarly is actually a great day OTW or visa versa.
How could you possibly know what they say is true if they don't have other experiences to compare it to?

i can listen to these seasoned guys all day but they are used to being out there and wont make a big deal out of anything that isnt that crazy gnarly. but i want to hear it from a nooblette like myself lol.

Every seasoned guy was once a noob.
What separates us from the noobs is that we know what we are talking about.
The advice you may get from a noob might be as wrong as can be. Maybe something worked for them in a certain situation that one time because they happened to get lucky that one time but overall it exatly the opposite of what you should do in that given situation.
Maybe what a noob describes as crazy gnarly is actually a great day OTW or visa versa.
How could you possibly know what they say is true if they don't have other experiences to compare it to?

welp... cant argue with that. and i didnt mean for that to come across in a dickish way i just wanted to hear a new guys perspective since i may see it a similar way...

I'm glad you had a good time and got some fish. I will have to admit I read the title of your post with some dismay. The "no matter what launch" reminded me of what the locals term Sacramento Syndrome (when a guy drives all the way from Sacramento to go abalone diving finds the ocean rough but decides he must get his abbs anyway and ends up being a floater that they have to fish out)

Sacramento syndrome...  im probably worse,  im from NV  lol
No really, just have know yourself and know your limits. Ive been in the water before just not in a kayak. If I felt anykind of danger believe me I wouldnt put myself in that position. I have family to take care of still. The Sacramento syndrome, ive got that beat already. The first night I showed up to the cove, I didn't go in.  The third day, sunday, didnt feel comfortable, looked like a storm coming in but thats when I seen more kayaks coming in. Btw  question about that. Foggy day= calm water? Kinda makes sense to me.
And for totes comment if I said anything wrong id hope someone would correct me .
Danny   

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Foggy does not always mean smooth.