Introduction / inflatable -> hobie

Hi NCKA,

My name is Jon Takara. This is my first season fishing the Bay and coast off a kayak. I grew up shore fishing in Hawaii and go annually with my family to Alaska for the Coho run. I started the crabbing season out with a large Sevylor inflatable but recently upgraded to a Hobie after a couple of rockfish spines made the inflatable hazardous to my health. Recently, a sea-dog yearling hung out while I was crabbing in HMB.

Welcome aboard and thanks for the nice introduction Jon 

Hi NCKA,

My name is Jon Takara. This is my first season fishing the Bay and coast off a kayak. I grew up shore fishing in Hawaii and go annually with my family to Alaska for the Coho run. I started the crabbing season out with a large Sevylor inflatable by recently upgraded to a Hobie after a couple of rockfish spines made the inflatable hazardous to my health. Recently, a sea-dog yearling hung out with me for an hour while I was crabbing in HMB.

Welcome!  I would say dont encourage a seal to go onboard     Leave the "they are cute" and "they need to be protected" stuff to tourists and conservatives 

Welcome, Mr Palindrome...

I agree with that. I can also appreciate a rare encounter.  the pup was tagged and had obviously become accustomed to people, unfortunate but it is what it is.   It hopped aboard despite me bopping its nose with a plastic bottle several times.  When it became clear he just wanted to chill out I reported the encounter to the marine mammal protection agency (MMPA) who said it had been rescued and rehabilitated. 

Hi NCKA,

My name is Jon Takara. This is my first season fishing the Bay and coast off a kayak. I grew up shore fishing in Hawaii and go annually with my family to Alaska for the Coho run. I started the crabbing season out with a large Sevylor inflatable by recently upgraded to a Hobie after a couple of rockfish spines made the inflatable hazardous to my health. Recently, a sea-dog yearling hung out with me for an hour while I was crabbing in HMB.

Welcome!  I would say dont encourage a seal to go onboard     Leave the "they are cute" and "they need to be protected" stuff to tourists and conservatives 

 

Welcome, Mr Palindrome...

Welcome to the madness Jon 
Pretty cool pictures if you ask me.

Welcome man!
Pretty cool pics
Thanks for sharing the story

-j


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Welcome, Jon. 

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks for the warm welcomes. I'm looking to land my first chrome come this weekend from a hobie compass. Anybody going out or could suggest some launch points around the Bay coast?

Hobie compass

Ooooh Shiney.

love the setup, you might consider a larger net, especially if you ever go out for some salmon.

The sea dog pic is the best! Welcome.

Welcome! I'm new too, perhaps we can go out together sometime.