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Central Coast Fly Fisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 10
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Landlord tried to collect the rent this morning in Cambria!
Myself and my brother in law paddle out, he is having a little trouble adjusting to sea kayaking with a little swell. He tells me they don't have any swell in Puget Sound. He showed off his reentry skills twice, he has it down. I tell him we'll hang close (50') until/if he gets comfortable. We fish a little bit, nothing but gophers. He tells me he is good to go and we can move out. We begin heading to deeper water and have passed through the paddies and are in 74' of water looking for some deeper kelp or structure. I hear him ask me if I have a destination in mind. I am about 20' ahead of him so I turned around to answer him. When I looked back I hear a loud thump and see my kayak, my brother in law, and various items on the deck flying up into the air. All being pushed upward by about 3 1/2' of shark head. It was not a huge shark by any means, but when it launches a 6'4" guy 4-5' into the air with his kayak, its big enough. The reentry lessons have paid off, because he was back on top of the kayak before I finished turning around. He is shaken up but otherwise fine. I told him numerous times that morning, if he wasn't comfortable, let me know and we'll head in. While I am doing an inventory on limbs, I see the holes that are now in the bottom of my buddy kayak. This is the point he tells me. I'm not comfortable anymore, I'd like to head back in. He wants me to gather up his tackle box and water bottle then rethinks his position (belly down on an upside down kayak in open water). He transfers over onto my kayak, we flip the other over, pull up the tethered items and start for the beach. Fortunately we were more or less 1 mile out and just north of the landing. It was about a forty-five minute paddle back in. I was glad for once to be in the beast(a Fish and Dive). Quite a work out for sure, we had the beast maxxed out. Has any one ever tried to land an overloaded kayak in the surf with two big guys on board? It was low tide and the swell had dropped to 4' or less so the last reentry of the day was clean and except for the rubber legs and fatigue all went smooth. My kayak may be up for sale to cover my hospital bills since my sister in laws, three his sisters and one his wife may beat me violently about the head and face at dinner tonight. I was already looking for another kayak, now I have another reason. I don't have to look for another brother in law though so it is of course all good. I would trade a kayak, paddle, and some assorted tackle any day for a positive outcome to a scary situation like this. PS Ryan, you can take a dump on your kayak without making a mess of your kayak. Your shorts...another story indeed! ![]() ![]() |
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#2 |
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Join Date: May 2010
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wow! glad everything turned out well. makes a helluva story
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#3 |
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 74
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wow... don't know if I'd be so brave to get back in a kayak after that ordeal.
What kinda shark do you think it was? |
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Central Coast Fly Fisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 10
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I'm no expert but I think a Great White about 10-12' long
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#5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Waiting to launch
Posts: 1,381
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YES!!!!!!!
It is legal to take a poop in a kayak!!!!!! :0 |
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#6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: SAN DIEGO
Posts: 1,086
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Many consider Cambria to be the southern border of the red triangle.
Great white takes big bite out of kayak off Cambria | Local News ... |
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#7 |
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 89
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Crazy....
Last edited by Gerry; 12-25-2013 at 04:09 AM. |
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#8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Under a bridge
Posts: 2,169
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So glad it worked out ok.
I was a little puckered up just reading about this. I can't imagine actually being in the middle of it. You got some celebrating to do with your brother in law. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: La Jolla
Posts: 1,216
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Thats crazy.....
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#10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 2,526
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Thank you
For sharing your experience with us . Glad to here everyone is ok .
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#11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 619
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Holly Shit..Glad everyone is ok.
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#12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Thousand Oaks
Posts: 182
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If I let my wife read this, I'd have my boat in no time.
Glad you guys are ok. Happy holidays to all. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 1,469
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Wow........glad you and ur bro in law made it out safely
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#14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 555
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damn it!
Every time I think of venturing out to open water I see something like this!
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#15 |
Currently @ MLO Territory
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Under the Shadow
Posts: 2,290
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Scarry! Stuff!
![]() How clear was the water? Do you think it would of been a different story, if one was out there by themselves?
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Central Coast
Posts: 398
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Scott glad everyone made it out safe. Here are some county by county stats.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,375
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Wow
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 754
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December is supposedly a lower risk time. Great white experts I've interviewed say encounters are most likely in the warmer months - likely coinciding with seal / sea lion pupping season.
Leffingwell now has the distinction of having both the earliest and the latest great white on kayak angler strikes, one in May 2012 and this one in December. It is also the only other recurring location other than Bean Hollow. Ryan, is the elephant seal rookery at San Simeon occupied year-round? |
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Central Coast
Posts: 398
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In the last two months they have deployed trackers off Piedras, and already starting marking them. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/11...eat-white.html Surprised that LJ has not had an attack on a yak in recent years with all the dang seals on the beach.
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Santa Fe Springs
Posts: 42
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holy shit bro glad all is well
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