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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Riverside, calif
Posts: 130
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Napping on kayak.
There has been a few times I have gotten so sleeping out on the water I thought about tieing off to some kelp and taking a short nap. It normally goes away after a while, but fear of waking up on the rocks or out of sight of land (or flipping)has kept me from taking a cat nap. Anyone ever paddle out in the middle of the kelp and catch some zzzzz's. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co.
Posts: 943
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My old Scupper Pro won't let me do it, but I'll bet it would be easy in the new PA! Just use one of those plastic extension cord keepers and clip off on a nice kelp stalk and snooze away...
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Lucky Fisher
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: too far inland
Posts: 366
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I haven't slept at the kelp beds, but I've once or twice tied to one of those sailboat parking things in the harbor and caught some shut eye.
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Daddeo
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: OC
Posts: 660
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I nap on the yak on rare occasion, but when I do, I carry a 65 lb drift-watch-kid up front....IRVINE KAYAK 2_2012 025.jpg
All kidding aside, the safest way is to raft-up with fellow nappers!IRVINE KAYAK 2_2012 026.jpg Kinda like the seals do!! ![]() |
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Team Keine Zugehörigkeit
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Way out there
Posts: 2,854
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Ask Jorge, I saw a pic of him cuddling with wiredanz on a yak.
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Diego
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This is one activity on a Kayak I will not do for the pure safety of it. If I'm that tired I'll work my way back in and call it a day. If you're tied up to kelp or anything you put yourself at risk of wakes, waves, or whatever it may be coming up to flip ya, or cast you adrift. Safety first people.
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Team Keine Zugehörigkeit
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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LOL..... It always amazes me what people think is safe, or not safe.
It's only unsafe if your dumb enough to fall off your yak or don't properly secure your yak to the kelp. Often fishing La Jolla when it gets rough in the afternoon I'll just paddle into the kelp a few hundred yards and tie up and sleep. Beats the hell out of fighting whitecaps all afternoon and is probably a lot safer then trying to paddle in tired through rough conditions. Later when I wake up I'm rested and the conditions have usually flattened down. You also get the shot at the evening bite. I remember one day when it got whitecapped out and I went in the kelp to sleep. I woke up maybe around 5:00 pm and saw Josh potholing maybe a hundred yards away in flat calm conditions. Let's just say fish were caught and I had a hell of a good time that evening. I know guys who are afraid to sleep on their boats as well. Hell if I'm tired I'll anchor up and take a nap inshore, or if offshore I'll set out a dine on a clicker and lay down on the deck. You usually get a good hour before a blue comes by and picks up the dine, and I have had days where I woke up to a screaming reel and a tuna bite. Getting a little rest even if it's only twenty minutes or so can sometimes make a hell of a difference as to how your day goes, and honestly getting a little sleep is often a lot safer then whiping yourself out to the point you can hardly make it back to shore, and then fighting traffic back home. I mean if your not comfortable doing something by all means don't do it, but don't bag on those of us who can. Jim |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: newbury park ca
Posts: 2,323
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I don't and I do have to agree with Jimmy on this one...to many things can happen plus you can sleep when you get off the water it's safer,
but to each his own... ![]()
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: on the road...
Posts: 598
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X2.....sounds like Jim has it wired.
slow mornings on the squid beds, or blown out afternoons r always a good time to catch some ZZZ's. I fish from a revo and have no prob takin siestas otw. Also for days when the fish r closer to the launch u can fish early, eat/nap on the beach in the afternoon and then do the pm sesh. |
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#12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Riverside
Posts: 108
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After 100 mile drive from Riverside to La Jolla and fishing for a few hours there is nothing better than a nap on the water. I slept alot better on my x factor, but I manage a few hours on the revo. I caught my pb yellow that way.
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Damn Hippy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Riverside
Posts: 311
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I have napped on the yak before. Passed out in long beach harbor and woke up to the tooting of a big ship. Far away from me though
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: San Bernardino, CA
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I have a question on all this what if let's say a long drive to LJ i get down there in the harbor and tie up on the dock and pass out for hours or the night would i get into trouble?
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Way out there
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Quote:
only if HTBO is around..
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Damn Hippy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Riverside
Posts: 311
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Which harbor is that?
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Riverside, calif
Posts: 130
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It's a different ballgame for some of us who drive hours to the launch and to make it worth it fish can't see to can't see and beyond. I envy you guys who can fish a few hours then be home for dinner. It's a 24 hour trip for me and I do it sometimes twice a week for months at a time. I give my boss fish to let me off. during the week. I'll be there in the morning to see if I can hook up another angel shark on my gulp squid. thanks for the feed back. See you all on the water, if I am a wake. |
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: San Bernardino, CA
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#19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Cali
Posts: 120
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If its an absolute must I need a nap, I would tie up to a buddy's kayak. He could fish while I nap.
I would hate to have my wake up call to be a big a$$ wave, sea lion jumping on my kayak lol, etcc.. |
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#20 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Riverside, calif
Posts: 130
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Never thought about a sealion join me for a nap. That would be a wake up call!
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