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

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?

pchen911 · 08-21-2011, 10:00 AM

wade · 08-21-2011, 10:14 AM

I wouldn't call it flipped,...
But more like a fifteen foot plastic javelin, "Pile-Driven" from off a solid seven footer into a sand bar & your scorpioned torso is pounded into paralysis. Fun stuff at five am in the winter swells..

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!

08-21-2011, 09:30 AM	#5
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?

08-21-2011, 10:14 AM	#7
wade Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,214	I wouldn't call it flipped,... But more like a fifteen foot plastic javelin, "Pile-Driven" from off a solid seven footer into a sand bar & your scorpioned torso is pounded into paralysis. Fun stuff at five am in the winter swells.. __________________

08-20-2011, 09:55 PM	#1
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	#3
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	#4
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

08-21-2011, 10:00 AM	#6
pchen911 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 218	3 times this year already

01-12-2012, 05:28 PM	#9
tunaseeker TB Metal Art Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 653	Who hasen't!