Crabbing From the Kayak |
Thursday, 08 October 2009 06:20 |
The apron was my design after I caught my first crabs and tried to sort them in the kayak. You should have had pictures of that. One of the first times out testing the new crab apron, I was in Florence on the Siuslaw River in some heavy chop and a strong wind. I pulled up a pot and dumped the crabs in the apron. I must not have gotten them all in the deeper pocket, because a small Dungeness about the size of a baseball climbed up over the edge of the apron down onto my seat. Naturally not want to get bitten with the wrong place, I raised up and leaned to the left to reach under my but to find the crab when a gust of wind caught me on a wave and over I went. I came out to the surface from under the kayak with a smile because I realized I still had on my hat and sunglasses. (also my life vest) I was about 100 yards from shore in 54 degree water. Being an old Navy man this didn't concern me. I tried to to turn the kayak over but it was full of water because I had the rear hatch open for storing the crab catch. Only the nose of the kayak was showing above the water. After taking an inventory of my gear, I found that I had lost only my crab gage at a cost of $1.50. All the rest of my gear is attached with clips and stayed with the kayak. That includes the fish finder, battery, crab tongs and bait box. |
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