Marine Radio suggestions

Not knowing the opening/closing fishing dates, keeper size regulations, daily bag limits is complete ignorance. But thanks for the heads up.

Standard Horizon all the way if you want a radio that lasts.

Newest model is SH HX 870. Bigger Screen, better controls, easier to use.
A lot of times GPS Store.com  has it on sale with a rebate.
Aloha,
Da Bruddah

SH HX851 I think is what some members use. You should also equip yourself with fish finder with GPS feature to find your way back instead of relying on Coast guard for rescue.

And be sure to have a compass.

Compass? Do u guys really venture out that far? Im new and plan to stay pretty close.---not trying to sound like a safety hazard but yea..

I'm new too, but fog man. Think about being out jigging Longs when you look up and just see pea soup. You have to be able to find your launch, or at least be able to tell the coast guard where you are with your new radio.

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Autocorrect on my phone...Is supposed to be Lings not Longs.

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Compass? Do u guys really venture out that far? Im new and plan to stay pretty close.---not trying to sound like a safety hazard but yea..

 " far " has nothing to do with it sometimes ...the Wx can change fast ,thing is  : aren`t you worth the price of a compass. I bet your family thinks so   

Compass? Do u guys really venture out that far? Im new and plan to stay pretty close.---not trying to sound like a safety hazard but yea..

I carry three. I just bought one to mount on my deck too. They are necessary. You also need to know how to use it. Orienteering compass and direct read compass are read differently. Shore is not always east in California, so you need to know local coastline.

Compass and knowledge of how it works is a prerequisite for going out in fog prone areas like the Central Valley and delta in wintertime or the ocean at anytime.

Compass? Do u guys really venture out that far? Im new and plan to stay pretty close.---not trying to sound like a safety hazard but yea..

 " far " has nothing to do with it sometimes ...the Wx can change fast ,thing is  : aren`t you worth the price of a compass. I bet your family thinks so   

+1. I remember coming out of HMB jaws one time. The fog engulfed us instantly. We couldn't tell which direction was land. We had to rely on the GPS on our fish finders to find our bearings. Imagine you were far out trolling for salmon and your vhf radio or ff fails, which do happen from time to time. I know sometimes we sound like a broken record preaching about safety over and over and over. But people do take safety for granted and get over confident all the time. You've seen/ read about them on the news.

I carry three. I just bought one to mount on my deck too. They are necessary. You also need to know how to use it. Orienteering compass and direct read compass are read differently. Shore is not always east in California, so you need to know local coastline.

So does that make 4 total, Doug? Please explain why so many.

Yea, wasnt trying to be ingnorant. I'm an experienced hunter and never take shortcuts when it comes to safety.
Obviously new to the yak scene so I'm all ears.

I carry three. I just bought one to mount on my deck too. They are necessary. You also need to know how to use it. Orienteering compass and direct read compass are read differently. Shore is not always east in California, so you need to know local coastline.

So does that make 4 total, Doug? Please explain why so many.

The one on the deck is for convenience.  I'm tired of diggin one out and laying it ont he deck in the fog.  Plus it is backlit, will be really easy to read.

I have my orienteering one that has been my primary.  I have one on my whistle, and there is the native compass on my iphone.  THat's three.  One is in my dry bag, one in my pfd, and the orienteering one is accessible in the cockpit.

Three summers ago when the salmon was so good up here (halcyon days, right?) we would routinely go 5 miles offshore to get them and it was often foggy.  I used the compass a lot that year.  Two years ago Ryan and I got lost in the fog at the cape when our electronics went out and had to rely on the compass to get back to the shore.  Not knowing exactly where we were when we started back in, we were about a mile south of our vehicles, and we had intentionally overshot south so we wouldn't have to guess which way the landing was when we got to shore.  We had to pick our way north.  Luckily we recognized some landmark stacks after about half an hour of not knowing our exact location.

I am out in the fog enough and rely quite a bit on the compass that I never want to be without one.  With a deck mount though I'm not as concerned about losing it, and it's not electronic so it won't fail unless something catastrophic happens to the boat, so the one on the deck and the  one on the whistle will be plenty.  I'll still have my phone in my drybag, which is also my backup GPS.

I know a guy who got lost in the wilderness once.  I'm not going to be that guy.  I have a gen 3 SPOT now too.  One push of a button and the coast guard is on the way, no radio or phone reception needed.

5 miles off shore though?!!  Wow!!

5 miles off shore though?!!  Wow!!

I can remember when I thought 5 miles seemed like a long way.  Once you get comfortable venturing out a bit, you realize that heding out a bit farther then a bit farther still isn't any diffrent.  Your comfort level changes as you progress if you keep at it.

5 miles isn't that far really.  Hour and a half of paddling/pedaling give or take.