Now I have seen it all. Buggin 2-11-10 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Sherm · 02-12-2010, 08:58 AM

I hadn't been on the water for 11 days and it was killing me. I hit the water around 4pm for the long paddle out of the harbor. The paddle out SUCKED!!!!!!!!! The tide was rippin in and it was like paddling up river. If I stopped paddling I was instantly going backwards. The wind was also in my face. The paddle that normally takes about 45 minutes took an hour and fifteen minutes this time. Oh well. The price you pay on the bug hunt.

I got out to my spot and set the hoops and waited for the darkness. I ate my carne asada burrito

and lit up a good stoagie

while I waited for the first pull. That's when I noticed something in the water by one of my floats. I didn't know what it was so I paddled over to check it out.

I got close and couldn't believe what I was looking at. A large floating ROCK!!!

This thing was about 3 feet around and bobbing like a cork. I can't imagine the damage it would do to a boat that hits it at high speed. There was nothing I could do to get it out of the water. Not that much room on the yak. So I left it and hoped no one would find it the hard way.

The bugs crawled early last night for me and then shut off. I managed five for the night with three coming on the first pull and then scraping out two more before I had to paddle back. I left around 8pm because of the slack tide. I didn't want to paddle against the tide both ways and the tide was scheduled to start heading out soon. No tide and the paddle back was thirty five minutes. What a difference.

Beautiful night with no wind at all. Just glass out there.

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peguinpower · 02-12-2010, 09:15 AM

If its a fake rock with speakers.............I want it

DESTROYER · 02-12-2010, 09:19 AM

Nice Sherm! Floating Rock

j mo · 02-12-2010, 09:29 AM

If that was indeed ambergris you just paddled a way from a few thousand bucks....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris

As of 2006, raw ambergris fetched approximately US$10 per gram, with much higher prices possible for particularly high-quality samples.

frady · 02-12-2010, 09:44 AM

Nice Job on the 5 bugs. Wish I could have made it, but didn't get done with the inspection until 4:45. If your paddle was that bad can't imagine how bad it would have been around 5:30.

We will have to add rock hound to your hooping credentials.

cjthomas · 02-12-2010, 10:00 AM

I guess that's why they call it rock lobster.... I know, lame, but someone had to do it...

wiseguy · 02-12-2010, 10:27 AM

Looks like ambergris to me!! Doh!!!

Sherm · 02-12-2010, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frady

Nice Job on the 5 bugs. Wish I could have made it, but didn't get done with the inspection until 4:45. If your paddle was that bad can't imagine how bad it would have been around 5:30.

We will have to add rock hound to your hooping credentials.

Sorry you missed it Josh. Conditions were nice once I got past the brutal paddle out.

lamb · 02-12-2010, 12:06 PM

whatever that thing is... it's weird!

Nice going on bugs Sherm

Hunter (The 80's Man) · 02-12-2010, 08:48 PM

Hmmmmmmmmm.... lets see... floating rock worth $600,000.... take the 5 lobster, divide that... that's $120,000 per bug. Hope they tasted good!

T Bone · 02-12-2010, 08:55 PM

Dude thats pumice.... Its allways nice to dream of treasure.

Gino · 02-12-2010, 09:21 PM

Quote:

" it is unlawful to possess, sell, deliver, carry, transport, or ship by any means whatsoever any parts or products of an endangered species taken within the United States. Ambergris, a secretion of the sperm whale intestine, is regarded as a marine mammal product by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Possession of it is prohibited by the Endangered Species Act of 1973"

/bing

Ambergris was only put on that Act becuase it used to be aquired by hunting sperm whales, In 2001 that was overturned, becuase Ambergris is naturally expeled from the whale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris

As of 2006, raw ambergris fetched approximately US$10 per gram, with much higher prices possible for particularly high-quality samples.^[4]^[5] In the United States, importing, buying, or selling ambergris — including ambergris that had washed ashore — was considered a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.^[6] In 2001 this ruling was overturned, and ambergris was deemed not to be a byproduct of the whaling industry, since the whale expels this substance naturally.^{[citation needed]}

^{Go get em!}

peguinpower · 02-12-2010, 10:48 PM

thanks for the ban lifting info. good stuff. /bing

ericko · 02-12-2010, 11:12 PM

Bob i cant believe u have no in put on this matter, come on you must of had an idea for shem to go back and get his floating gold hmmmmm maybe a rope and pull it back like a tug boat...I cant catch fish so i dont no what is harder to bring back.

02-12-2010, 08:58 AM	#1
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	Now I have seen it all. Buggin 2-11-10 I hadn't been on the water for 11 days and it was killing me. I hit the water around 4pm for the long paddle out of the harbor. The paddle out SUCKED!!!!!!!!! The tide was rippin in and it was like paddling up river. If I stopped paddling I was instantly going backwards. The wind was also in my face. The paddle that normally takes about 45 minutes took an hour and fifteen minutes this time. Oh well. The price you pay on the bug hunt. I got out to my spot and set the hoops and waited for the darkness. I ate my carne asada burrito and lit up a good stoagie while I waited for the first pull. That's when I noticed something in the water by one of my floats. I didn't know what it was so I paddled over to check it out. I got close and couldn't believe what I was looking at. A large floating ROCK!!! This thing was about 3 feet around and bobbing like a cork. I can't imagine the damage it would do to a boat that hits it at high speed. There was nothing I could do to get it out of the water. Not that much room on the yak. So I left it and hoped no one would find it the hard way. The bugs crawled early last night for me and then shut off. I managed five for the night with three coming on the first pull and then scraping out two more before I had to paddle back. I left around 8pm because of the slack tide. I didn't want to paddle against the tide both ways and the tide was scheduled to start heading out soon. No tide and the paddle back was thirty five minutes. What a difference. Beautiful night with no wind at all. Just glass out there. Attached Thumbnails __________________

02-12-2010, 09:29 AM	#4
j mo Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Encinitas Posts: 600	Ambergris? If that was indeed ambergris you just paddled a way from a few thousand bucks.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris As of 2006, raw ambergris fetched approximately US$10 per gram, with much higher prices possible for particularly high-quality samples. Attached Images

02-12-2010, 10:00 AM	#6
cjthomas Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	B-52s I guess that's why they call it rock lobster.... I know, lame, but someone had to do it...

02-12-2010, 12:06 PM	#9
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	whatever that thing is... it's weird! Nice going on bugs Sherm __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

02-12-2010, 08:48 PM	#10
Hunter (The 80's Man) Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Riverside Posts: 243	Hmmmmmmmmm.... lets see... floating rock worth $600,000.... take the 5 lobster, divide that... that's $120,000 per bug. Hope they tasted good! __________________ What's in YOUR hatch?

02-12-2010, 09:15 AM	#2
peguinpower bing! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: socal Posts: 246	If its a fake rock with speakers.............I want it

02-12-2010, 09:19 AM	#3
DESTROYER Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: "The Table" Posts: 976	Nice Sherm! Floating Rock

02-12-2010, 09:44 AM	#5
frady Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 52	Nice Job on the 5 bugs. Wish I could have made it, but didn't get done with the inspection until 4:45. If your paddle was that bad can't imagine how bad it would have been around 5:30. We will have to add rock hound to your hooping credentials.

02-12-2010, 10:27 AM	#7
wiseguy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Beach Posts: 427	Looks like ambergris to me!! Doh!!!

02-12-2010, 08:55 PM	#11
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	Dude thats pumice.... Its allways nice to dream of treasure. __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

02-12-2010, 10:48 PM	#13
peguinpower bing! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: socal Posts: 246	thanks for the ban lifting info. good stuff. /bing

02-12-2010, 11:12 PM	#14
ericko Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Huntington beach Posts: 594	Bob ? Bob i cant believe u have no in put on this matter, come on you must of had an idea for shem to go back and get his floating gold hmmmmm maybe a rope and pull it back like a tug boat...I cant catch fish so i dont no what is harder to bring back.