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01-06-2014, 06:00 AM | #1 |
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Last fish of 2013, First of 2014, South Korea
Had to fly back to the parents due to their house burning down. Helped them about as much as we could. Just returned a couple weeks ago to Korea, took the kayak out for a spin.
The currents here are really strong, with the huge tidal swings making it very difficult to kayak many places. Almost anyplace that one would normally fish, has large tidal swings and strong currents. I was doing OK on the second day until I got caught in a rip current on a tip of an island where two currents met, and confused seas. I had started drifting back the opposite direction, so setup to make the drift back. In reality I was just in an eddy, and just put myself in a bad position I couldn't hardly get out of. Had to paddle AND pedal further offshore to get into some slower current. It sucked. I was watching my path on the GPS, and going as hard as I could into the current to get back where I needed to go, was still losing ground and into rougher seas. Was wearing my life jacket but didn't want to tip in the 54 degree water as I'd have had a hard time getting back in with the seas. Knees were shaking, things went from good to bad really quickly. All worked out OK, but it took me well over an hour to make the two mile trip back to the marina headed into the current. I'd get turbo fins for the Outback, but it's the old, old model with the version 1 Hobie drive. Anyway, didn't get skunked either day, here's the pics. Researching some new areas with less current, and going to rig an anchor trolley as well I think. |
01-06-2014, 06:00 AM | #2 |
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The pics
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01-06-2014, 07:50 AM | #3 |
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thanks for sharing, beatiful fish!
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01-06-2014, 09:11 AM | #4 |
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cool, fish looks like a sea robin from US East Coast
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01-06-2014, 09:23 AM | #5 |
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Wow thats a new species for me I never seen before. Way to go!
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01-06-2014, 10:50 AM | #6 |
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Pretty!
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01-06-2014, 05:51 PM | #7 |
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The last fish is frickin cool looking. Thanks for sharing.
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01-06-2014, 05:55 PM | #8 |
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Are the oysters safe to eat? And large enough?
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01-06-2014, 05:59 PM | #9 |
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that second fish of 2014 looks awesome...
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01-06-2014, 08:29 PM | #10 |
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Thanks for sharing your pics, Awesome to see new places and fish....
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01-12-2014, 05:13 AM | #11 |
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01-12-2014, 08:05 AM | #12 |
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Very cool, thanks for sharing
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