LJ 8/3 semi comical. Long winded

[Widgeon]

Started out a fine morning. I slept in until 5:30 in consideration of the tides. Made it a point to stop at the 24hr Mexican place for a breakfast burrito. All was well.
Then, I got to the beach. Unloading my gear, I realized I had forgotten my sabiki rod and didn't have a back up sabiki rig. Oh well, I'll make some bait somehow.
Get set up and launch about 7am. Pull the yak into knee deep water and as I go to hop in, I slipped off the edge and wound up swimming. No prob, I'm in quick dry attire.
While paddling out, I realized I had forgotten to take my Bonine. Which I generally take on rough days as a precaution. Luckily, I had it with me, but it takes about an hour to kick in.
Get out to the zone and make a Frankenstein sabiki out of a couple 2/0 hooks and a foil type candy wrapper. Hoping to get the macs interested and then snag them with the hooks. Thy occasionally showed some interest, but I couldn't hook any. After about 30-40 minutes of this, I began to feel a little green and considered paddling in.
About this time I saw a fellow yak angler near by and asked if he had a sabiki to spare. He was down to a half of one, but gladly gave me a Spanish he had hooked
I took it and began the slow troll, knowing that the paddling would help my condition. It did and shortly after, I was dried out and feeling better. About this time it started to rain. How cool would it be to fight a fat YT in the rain, I thought. But all I got was wet again.
I trolled back and forth a couple times with no luck. I must say that the one Spanish lasted a good 1.5-2 hours on the troll before I called it. He was released with a slightly enlarged nasal passage
Back at the beach, I jumped off the yak a little early and was soaked up to my neck. At least it wasn't cold out.
Lesson learned, bring extra sabiki rigs. I would consider carrying a rain coat, but I'm sure if I did, I would never see rain on the water again.
Good times