YeeOwww - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kareem korn · 10-21-2011, 11:03 AM

Good post. To add, stingrays don't always just leave a nice little hole. Some umpteen years ago i got a 3" x 1/2" clean gash on my calf. They also secrete an anticoagulant that can keep your wound bleeding like a stuck pig for hours.

romspacenut · 10-21-2011, 11:18 AM

Went through your waders Jim?

Deamon · 10-21-2011, 11:51 AM

The nets in my lap with a keeper bug and sting ray in it. I'm securing the bug, of course! Seemingly in slow motion, in the corner of my eye, I see the rays tail poke out of the net and then slowly lunge at my leg. My mind is saying no way, no how can that thing be a threat and then my leg says hey stupid, something is poking me. Right through the wader and into my leg...laterally.

I let the fish go on with its life and said to myself..."learn from this fool, now deal with it"...

Kareem! Your traps do work brotha!

maui jim · 10-21-2011, 01:34 PM

You know....I have caught a few stingrays and eels while hoopin'.....

But I had the forethought not to bring the hoopnet on baord without dumping out the stingray or the eel first....

Just a thought.....

I also know that a pot of boiling water is hot without touching the water....

Deamon · 10-21-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by maui jim

But I had the forethought not to bring the hoopnet on baord without dumping out the stingray or the eel first....

MJ, you think? Looks spacey enough on your boat but I don't have that luxury. I've dealt with no issues until now. Eels and sculpin get my full attention. But on a yak with a possible keeper bug in the hoop? That things coming onto the yak. Between bugs tailing out and an occasional hole appearing in the net (F-ing divers w/rebreathers?), I'm securing them as quickly as I can. Thanks though. Jim

10-21-2011, 01:34 PM	#4
maui jim Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cypress, CA Posts: 789	You know....I have caught a few stingrays and eels while hoopin'..... But I had the forethought not to bring the hoopnet on baord without dumping out the stingray or the eel first.... Just a thought..... I also know that a pot of boiling water is hot without touching the water.... __________________

10-21-2011, 11:03 AM	#1
kareem korn Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: C-bad Posts: 431	Good post. To add, stingrays don't always just leave a nice little hole. Some umpteen years ago i got a 3" x 1/2" clean gash on my calf. They also secrete an anticoagulant that can keep your wound bleeding like a stuck pig for hours.

10-21-2011, 11:18 AM	#2
romspacenut Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 209	Went through your waders Jim?

10-21-2011, 11:51 AM	#3
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	The nets in my lap with a keeper bug and sting ray in it. I'm securing the bug, of course! Seemingly in slow motion, in the corner of my eye, I see the rays tail poke out of the net and then slowly lunge at my leg. My mind is saying no way, no how can that thing be a threat and then my leg says hey stupid, something is poking me. Right through the wader and into my leg...laterally. I let the fish go on with its life and said to myself..."learn from this fool, now deal with it"... Kareem! Your traps do work brotha!