Bad day in Asuncion

[rossman]

Decided to go out yesterday. Been trying to get to an area in the bay called Los Chorros which is a big surf spot for the locals and some nice rocky structure that holds Yellowtail. Been trying to find a closer launch spot because it looked like a 4 mile paddle if I launched in the village but couldn't find any place protected along that whole coastline. Yesterday looked like a nice day with little wind predicted, albeit high surf, so I decided to launch in the village and paddle over there. We'll first of all, my kayak tipped over while carting it down to the launch and the pressure put on the rod in one of my flush mounts tore out two of the 3 screws of the flush mount. Launched and paddled to the area, which turned out to be a bit over 5 miles. Found a nice spot of chunky calicos and some of the biggest sandies that I have seen down here but no yellows. Decided to work the surf line on the way back, slow trolling krocs. There is some big surf going on here right now but the closer I got to the village the more protected it was so I could troll in 5 to 8 ft of water but with my head on a swivel to watch for some sneakers. Had a pretty steady pick on corvina corbina and small butts. Got to a spot where both of my rods went off. Pulled in one corbina which had tangled with my other line which also had a fish on it. Was busy unhooking and untangling and looked up from my work and had enough time to say OH Shit! Before a 5 ft wave crashed on me and I went for a tumble. Was basically on shore when I was able to stand up in the middle of a yard sale. Luckily I had so much line out on my other rod, by the time I was done tumbling, myself, my yak and all 4 rods were lashed together in a spectra Web. The yak was heavy because the broken seal on the flush mount let in a good deal of water. Slowly got untangled and organized on the shore and started to survey the wreckage. Not too bad considering. Lost my pliers and scissors, one plastic tackle box with a few jigs, lost my glasses, broken buckle on my seat back. One plastic tackle box, my lunch, and my gaff washed ashore. Probably took an hour to get reorganized, all the time worrying about the relaunch. After a bit more waiting there was a nice lull and was able to get out without even a wave over the bow.
Got home and was able the jury rig the seat but not sure how I am going to fix the flush mount. Tried to put some fender washers underneath and rivet it back in but wasn't real successful and have now run out of rivets. Today was reel cleaning day. Got everything running smooth again with the exception of my Bait runner which I am afraid is a lost cause