How many of you have flipped your kayak? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

jorluivil · 08-20-2011, 09:32 PM

Once, but I wasn't on it.

wiredantz · 08-20-2011, 09:50 PM

When i first started kayaking i didn't know how to turn my kayak and crashed into a bouy and i flipped had to turn it over and swim back to the beach.

kendog · 08-20-2011, 09:51 PM

yep. happend to me in newport bay. lost some tackle. eehhh it was a hot day anyway

sdfishman · 08-20-2011, 09:55 PM

Next weekend me and a couple friends are going to practice flipping our kayaks in my pool. Sucked getting back in.. Only lost my gaff..

mazilla · 08-20-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sdfishman

Only lost my gaff..

And all the chovies/dines I bought like and hour prior...

Buy and release bait? That's how we roll.

See u at the pool!

ChefT · 08-20-2011, 11:28 PM

Flipping in a yak with gear and bait.... Not fun.

I had my young nephews out from the east coast visiting
And we were in the bay playing around on the yak...
I have a new outback and thought I might be able to paddle
It like a SUP.... well.... I'm a big guy 250ish and was doing
Well when I thought ..... Well I'm in the bay...never had to
Flip over a hobie in the ocean..... So I decided to get us wet.
I tried to flip it over like they say by climbing on top and then
Rolling it.... Way way to hard.... I then tried grabing the
Handles from underneath and it flipped over super easy... But
This was a empty. No bait tank, polls, beer, lunch or a 40# fish...
None the less ... I feel much more confident now if I have to flip over
My yak......

Has any one tried flipping a PA.... like rolling a tank I bet...

YakMedic · 08-21-2011, 08:51 AM

I highly reccomend practicing wet re-entry. I practice at a friends pool and out on a lake every once in a while so if it happens anytime I know I can recover from it.

I did flip when I first started on the ocean, I was fishing out of Malibu and was turned around trying to pull something out of my tank well. I had my back turned on the ocean and a swell just hit me at the right time when my balance was off and I wend into the drink. The day after I began using rod leashes

DanaPT · 08-21-2011, 09:30 AM

Those beach take-offs and landings are where I feel most prone to tip.

After almost 1 year of kayak fishing I lost gear in my only flip/roll on a beach launch. It's bound to happen.

I'm always watching for boat wake/swell so that I'm not caught by surprise while on the water.

I'd be curious to know if anyone's flipped a yak while fighting one of those big bruiser YT or WSB?

PapaDave · 08-25-2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ChefT

Flipping in a yak with gear and bait.... Not fun.

Has any one tried flipping a PA.... like rolling a tank I bet...

I have, in the surf at LJ, misjudged incoming wave, got broadsided, all poles were in the hull (nice feature BTW), everything strapped down, only loss was my wallet... LOL... ???

tunaseeker · 01-12-2012, 05:28 PM

Who hasen't!

JohnnyCope · 08-20-2011, 09:55 PM

I was pissing off the yak and lost my footing I went off..... pfd is always ........xfator is a hard one to flip. But my boy was tied to the kelp and fliped with waders half way off ..........I wont say any names ill let him own on it.

08-20-2011, 09:32 PM	#1
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	Once, but I wasn't on it. __________________ www.facebook.com/Teamsewer

08-21-2011, 09:30 AM	#8
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,606	Don't forget to strap your $#IT down. . . Those beach take-offs and landings are where I feel most prone to tip. After almost 1 year of kayak fishing I lost gear in my only flip/roll on a beach launch. It's bound to happen. I'm always watching for boat wake/swell so that I'm not caught by surprise while on the water. I'd be curious to know if anyone's flipped a yak while fighting one of those big bruiser YT or WSB?

08-20-2011, 09:50 PM	#2
wiredantz Currently @ MLO Territory Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Under the Shadow Posts: 2,290	When i first started kayaking i didn't know how to turn my kayak and crashed into a bouy and i flipped had to turn it over and swim back to the beach.

08-20-2011, 09:51 PM	#3
kendog Junior Join Date: May 2011 Location: inland oc Posts: 15	yep. happend to me in newport bay. lost some tackle. eehhh it was a hot day anyway

08-20-2011, 09:55 PM	#4
sdfishman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 115	Next weekend me and a couple friends are going to practice flipping our kayaks in my pool. Sucked getting back in.. Only lost my gaff..

08-20-2011, 11:28 PM	#6
ChefT Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: SD Posts: 216	Flipping in a yak with gear and bait.... Not fun. I had my young nephews out from the east coast visiting And we were in the bay playing around on the yak... I have a new outback and thought I might be able to paddle It like a SUP.... well.... I'm a big guy 250ish and was doing Well when I thought ..... Well I'm in the bay...never had to Flip over a hobie in the ocean..... So I decided to get us wet. I tried to flip it over like they say by climbing on top and then Rolling it.... Way way to hard.... I then tried grabing the Handles from underneath and it flipped over super easy... But This was a empty. No bait tank, polls, beer, lunch or a 40# fish... None the less ... I feel much more confident now if I have to flip over My yak...... Has any one tried flipping a PA.... like rolling a tank I bet...

08-21-2011, 08:51 AM	#7
YakMedic Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wrightwood Posts: 623	I highly reccomend practicing wet re-entry. I practice at a friends pool and out on a lake every once in a while so if it happens anytime I know I can recover from it. I did flip when I first started on the ocean, I was fishing out of Malibu and was turned around trying to pull something out of my tank well. I had my back turned on the ocean and a swell just hit me at the right time when my balance was off and I wend into the drink. The day after I began using rod leashes

01-12-2012, 05:28 PM	#10
tunaseeker TB Metal Art Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 653	Who hasen't!

08-20-2011, 09:55 PM	#11
JohnnyCope The Four-Finger discount Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Lost Posts: 267	I was pissing off the yak and lost my footing I went off..... pfd is always ........xfator is a hard one to flip. But my boy was tied to the kelp and fliped with waders half way off ..........I wont say any names ill let him own on it.