How many of you have flipped your kayak?

[ChefT]

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]

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]

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]

3 times this year already

[wade]

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..

[dadd827]

I flipped coming in at LJ right before dark last night. The front pearled under and out I went! At least I wasn't the only one. I saw someone else roll in the surf when I was heading out.

The good news is that even thought I'm a newby at yak fishing I have read on the forums to leash everything and always lay your rods down or stow them inside if you can. I didn't lose anything and didn't break any rods.

Thanks to whoevers posts those were that I read. Saved me a lot of $$$ in gear I surely would have lost or broken.

[WahooUSMA]

Originally Posted by wade

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..

Happened to me once too.....Ended up with my Salas stuck through waders and into my calve...big lesson learned for me - I rig up out past the breakers, not on the launch, unless of course the surf is ankle slappers!

[mazilla]

I'd have been having goose with my dinner that night...

[PapaDave]

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]

Who hasen't!