Everyone OK? That was some shaker. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

greenscales · 04-05-2010, 10:26 PM

I went to LJ for a late Easter WSB attempt. I was standing on my rear tire undoing the ties to my yak on the top of the 4Runner when I thought a huge gust was hitting the yak. I jumped down and saw the truck suspension bouncing and started to look for some kids screwing around on the other side. Then I noticed one of the Yak vendors almost lose a few boats stacked on top of his truck as we both realized what was going on. The sand definitely amplified the S-Waves of the quake. Not as bad or as long as Northridge though, but I was 50 miles away then, not 110 like yesterday.

As for the fishing, I took two to the chest on the way out w/o a dry top on - I will blame it on a Tsunami rather than me not wanting to put the top on until later. Got p/u three times on macks, all three raked pretty good, but they were nose hooked. By the teeth marks, two were probably from the right model (in the right area and few good marks) and the third was late just outside the preserve and was likely a but. So the conclusion, earthquakes didn't bother the fish and I still suck at capitalizing the fish I work hard to find into ones I hook.

04-05-2010, 10:26 PM	#7
greenscales greenscales Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Monrovia Posts: 116	I was at the launch at the time I went to LJ for a late Easter WSB attempt. I was standing on my rear tire undoing the ties to my yak on the top of the 4Runner when I thought a huge gust was hitting the yak. I jumped down and saw the truck suspension bouncing and started to look for some kids screwing around on the other side. Then I noticed one of the Yak vendors almost lose a few boats stacked on top of his truck as we both realized what was going on. The sand definitely amplified the S-Waves of the quake. Not as bad or as long as Northridge though, but I was 50 miles away then, not 110 like yesterday. As for the fishing, I took two to the chest on the way out w/o a dry top on - I will blame it on a Tsunami rather than me not wanting to put the top on until later. Got p/u three times on macks, all three raked pretty good, but they were nose hooked. By the teeth marks, two were probably from the right model (in the right area and few good marks) and the third was late just outside the preserve and was likely a but. So the conclusion, earthquakes didn't bother the fish and I still suck at capitalizing the fish I work hard to find into ones I hook.