Now I have seen it all. Buggin 2-11-10 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Sherm · 02-12-2010, 08:58 AM

I hadn't been on the water for 11 days and it was killing me. I hit the water around 4pm for the long paddle out of the harbor. The paddle out SUCKED!!!!!!!!! The tide was rippin in and it was like paddling up river. If I stopped paddling I was instantly going backwards. The wind was also in my face. The paddle that normally takes about 45 minutes took an hour and fifteen minutes this time. Oh well. The price you pay on the bug hunt.

I got out to my spot and set the hoops and waited for the darkness. I ate my carne asada burrito

and lit up a good stoagie

while I waited for the first pull. That's when I noticed something in the water by one of my floats. I didn't know what it was so I paddled over to check it out.

I got close and couldn't believe what I was looking at. A large floating ROCK!!!

This thing was about 3 feet around and bobbing like a cork. I can't imagine the damage it would do to a boat that hits it at high speed. There was nothing I could do to get it out of the water. Not that much room on the yak. So I left it and hoped no one would find it the hard way.

The bugs crawled early last night for me and then shut off. I managed five for the night with three coming on the first pull and then scraping out two more before I had to paddle back. I left around 8pm because of the slack tide. I didn't want to paddle against the tide both ways and the tide was scheduled to start heading out soon. No tide and the paddle back was thirty five minutes. What a difference.

Beautiful night with no wind at all. Just glass out there.

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peguinpower · 02-12-2010, 09:15 AM

If its a fake rock with speakers.............I want it

DESTROYER · 02-12-2010, 09:19 AM

Nice Sherm! Floating Rock

j mo · 02-12-2010, 09:29 AM

If that was indeed ambergris you just paddled a way from a few thousand bucks....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris

As of 2006, raw ambergris fetched approximately US$10 per gram, with much higher prices possible for particularly high-quality samples.

frady · 02-12-2010, 09:44 AM

Nice Job on the 5 bugs. Wish I could have made it, but didn't get done with the inspection until 4:45. If your paddle was that bad can't imagine how bad it would have been around 5:30.

We will have to add rock hound to your hooping credentials.

cjthomas · 02-12-2010, 10:00 AM

I guess that's why they call it rock lobster.... I know, lame, but someone had to do it...

wiseguy · 02-12-2010, 10:27 AM

Looks like ambergris to me!! Doh!!!

Sherm · 02-12-2010, 11:35 AM

Ambergis comes from Sperm whales. I don't think they are in these waters.

Sherm · 02-12-2010, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frady

Nice Job on the 5 bugs. Wish I could have made it, but didn't get done with the inspection until 4:45. If your paddle was that bad can't imagine how bad it would have been around 5:30.

We will have to add rock hound to your hooping credentials.

Sorry you missed it Josh. Conditions were nice once I got past the brutal paddle out.

lamb · 02-12-2010, 12:06 PM

whatever that thing is... it's weird!

Nice going on bugs Sherm

Fiskadoro · 02-12-2010, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sherm

Ambergis comes from Sperm whales. I don't think they are in these waters.

No they are off this coast.

If I was you Sherm... I'd go back and see if you can find it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4642722.stm

Ambergris is often smoothed by the ocean (Image: ambergris.co.nz)

An Australian couple who picked up an odd-looking fatty lump from a quiet beach are in line for a cash windfall. Leon Wright and his wife took home a 14.75kg lump of ambergris, found in the innards of sperm whales and used in perfumes after it has been vomited up.
Sought after because of its rarity, ambergris can float on the ocean for years before washing ashore.
Worth up to $20 a gram, Mr Wright's find on a South Australian beach could net his family US$295,000 (£165,300).
At first, Mr Wright and his wife Loralee left the strange lump on the beach where it was found.
However, two weeks later the couple returned to Streaky Bay and found it still lying there.

Here's a pic of the piece they found:

Looks the same to me.

Jim

j mo · 02-12-2010, 12:49 PM

yep that "shit" is like gold

Sherm · 02-12-2010, 01:05 PM

Sure looks like sedimentary lines on that floating whatever to me. Plus I pushed it witht he paddle and it sure sounded like rock.

-scallywag- · 02-12-2010, 01:23 PM

The humbolts are offshore right now so I'm sure moby dick is out there somewhere munch'in.....

Iceman · 02-12-2010, 01:26 PM

$300,000 holy crap

dos ballenas · 02-12-2010, 01:50 PM

Got the numbers?

For the lobster spot that is

Quilted Germ · 02-12-2010, 02:19 PM

Note to self.....pick up floating rocks!!!!!!!

MalibuJohnny · 02-12-2010, 02:48 PM

Could it be pumis? or Feather Rock?

It floats...

http://www.grandpacliff.com/ScienceE...atingRocks.htm

h2ofishfo · 02-12-2010, 03:01 PM

dude obviously u idiots have never seen "JOE DIRT" its a piece of shit that fell off a plane u notice the lateral lines thats complimentary peanuts that came right out after someone realized they dropped 60$ for carry on

WahooUSMA · 02-12-2010, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h2ofishfo

dude obviously u idiots have never seen "JOE DIRT" its a piece of shit that fell off a plane u notice the lateral lines thats complimentary peanuts that came right out after someone realized they dropped 60$ for carry on

That's a valuable piece of shit!

02-12-2010, 08:58 AM	#1
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	Now I have seen it all. Buggin 2-11-10 I hadn't been on the water for 11 days and it was killing me. I hit the water around 4pm for the long paddle out of the harbor. The paddle out SUCKED!!!!!!!!! The tide was rippin in and it was like paddling up river. If I stopped paddling I was instantly going backwards. The wind was also in my face. The paddle that normally takes about 45 minutes took an hour and fifteen minutes this time. Oh well. The price you pay on the bug hunt. I got out to my spot and set the hoops and waited for the darkness. I ate my carne asada burrito and lit up a good stoagie while I waited for the first pull. That's when I noticed something in the water by one of my floats. I didn't know what it was so I paddled over to check it out. I got close and couldn't believe what I was looking at. A large floating ROCK!!! This thing was about 3 feet around and bobbing like a cork. I can't imagine the damage it would do to a boat that hits it at high speed. There was nothing I could do to get it out of the water. Not that much room on the yak. So I left it and hoped no one would find it the hard way. The bugs crawled early last night for me and then shut off. I managed five for the night with three coming on the first pull and then scraping out two more before I had to paddle back. I left around 8pm because of the slack tide. I didn't want to paddle against the tide both ways and the tide was scheduled to start heading out soon. No tide and the paddle back was thirty five minutes. What a difference. Beautiful night with no wind at all. Just glass out there. Attached Thumbnails __________________

02-12-2010, 09:29 AM	#4
j mo Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Encinitas Posts: 600	Ambergris? If that was indeed ambergris you just paddled a way from a few thousand bucks.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris As of 2006, raw ambergris fetched approximately US$10 per gram, with much higher prices possible for particularly high-quality samples. Attached Images

02-12-2010, 10:00 AM	#6
cjthomas Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 108	B-52s I guess that's why they call it rock lobster.... I know, lame, but someone had to do it...

02-12-2010, 12:06 PM	#10
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	whatever that thing is... it's weird! Nice going on bugs Sherm __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

02-12-2010, 01:26 PM	#15
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,948	$300,000 holy crap __________________

02-12-2010, 09:15 AM	#2
peguinpower bing! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: socal Posts: 246	If its a fake rock with speakers.............I want it

02-12-2010, 09:19 AM	#3
DESTROYER Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: "The Table" Posts: 976	Nice Sherm! Floating Rock

02-12-2010, 09:44 AM	#5
frady Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 52	Nice Job on the 5 bugs. Wish I could have made it, but didn't get done with the inspection until 4:45. If your paddle was that bad can't imagine how bad it would have been around 5:30. We will have to add rock hound to your hooping credentials.

02-12-2010, 10:27 AM	#7
wiseguy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Beach Posts: 427	Looks like ambergris to me!! Doh!!!

02-12-2010, 11:35 AM	#8
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	Ambergis comes from Sperm whales. I don't think they are in these waters.

02-12-2010, 12:49 PM	#12
j mo Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Encinitas Posts: 600	yep that "shit" is like gold

02-12-2010, 01:05 PM	#13
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	Sure looks like sedimentary lines on that floating whatever to me. Plus I pushed it witht he paddle and it sure sounded like rock.

02-12-2010, 01:23 PM	#14
-scallywag- Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: on the road... Posts: 598	The humbolts are offshore right now so I'm sure moby dick is out there somewhere munch'in.....

02-12-2010, 01:50 PM	#16
dos ballenas Vampyroteuthis infernalis Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 585	Got the numbers? For the lobster spot that is __________________ ____________________________________________

02-12-2010, 02:19 PM	#17
Quilted Germ Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cardiff, Ca Posts: 185	Note to self.....pick up floating rocks!!!!!!! __________________ Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan

02-12-2010, 02:48 PM	#18
MalibuJohnny Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lahina (I Wish) Posts: 272	Floating rock Could it be pumis? or Feather Rock? It floats... http://www.grandpacliff.com/ScienceE...atingRocks.htm __________________ Malibu Johnny must catch fish

02-12-2010, 03:01 PM	#19
h2ofishfo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santee Posts: 821	dude obviously u idiots have never seen "JOE DIRT" its a piece of shit that fell off a plane u notice the lateral lines thats complimentary peanuts that came right out after someone realized they dropped 60$ for carry on