Something different for the Labor day weekend

[Catcher'sMitt]

Two weekends ago, I hit something hard with the motor and screwed it up bad. It has been in the shop to get a motor swapped from our other boat. I helped Ray at Front to Back Friday afternoon to try to get it finished and ready to roll for the Labor day weekend. Well we almost got it finished so I brought it home to finish putting in the gauges and couple of other things.......well somewhere in all the re-rigging we forgot to put the key in the boat so it was locked up in the shop. So having the boat for the weekend was out.

Going to the deer camp was iffy because I had to put up another utility pole last weekend and the leads were too short so I left it for a friend to do Saturday. and if the power company didn't have the meter in before that there would be no electricity for the weekend. That had way too many variables.


So the bride says let's bring Alden's kayak down. And see if you can borrow are rent another one. So that is what we did. Borrowed one from a buddy of mine and off we go. Libby has never fished in one so Saturday afternoon we put it in the canal at the camp and took them out to get her up to speed on it. Alden's Yak is not your run of the mill kayak. It is a 14' Hobie Pro Angler. There are quite a few bells and whistles for the first time yakaker. But it is very stable and she wouldn't have to worry about getting wet...

Here she is with her first Kayak Speck






She put it on be Saturday. she had two specks and two reds and hard head or two in the boat and had zilch. she rubbed it in all evening too!

Saturday I don't have any pictures of but it was quite an adventure. we trailered to the State Park on GI. We made a portage from the parking lot, up the ramps and over the dune and then 75 yards to the beach. Very taxing on us but we made it. I think we ended up with around 20 trout, lots of ladyfish and gafftops. I also caught 3 sharks. We fished until about 3pm and had over a 100 yard portage on the sand. We got some help getting the yaks up and down the stairs. WOW no more portages! If it is not 10 feet or less.

Sunday I was going to try to catch a 4 lb trout to try to get on the CCA leader board in the Kayak division. So Libby was going to fish with some friends in their boat and they were going to pull the Hobie out to a deep water spot. I fished from 10am to 3:30 pm and never got on the big speck bite. I did get a big bite and landed a 40+ inch Bull Red.



Here is a picture of the towing. Line was too short to go at planning speed. It was the first time trying and we learned that in a hurry. They had so much water coming through the mirage drive opening that it was scary. had to back off and go at a fast idle.

[bmac]

Good thing you didn't catch a kayak division winning trout:

"KAYAK RULES:27. For purpose of the STAR rules, a kayak is defined as any vessel that has no form of power other than that supplied by its occupant. Vessels powered by sail, combustion and electric engines are not eligible. No mothershipping (the transportation of a “kayak” by another boat or vessel to where the kayak operates independently from the boat or vessel that transports it) is allowed. Eligible fish: one speckled trout (over 14”). For the kayak division, the Louisiana Coast will be separated into four divisional competition areas; the West, South West, South East, and East; (identical to speckled trout in section 17) each having its own top prize fish."

[Catcher'sMitt]

Originally Posted by bmac

Good thing you didn't catch a kayak division winning trout:

"KAYAK RULES:27. For purpose of the STAR rules, a kayak is defined as any vessel that has no form of power other than that supplied by its occupant. Vessels powered by sail, combustion and electric engines are not eligible. No mothershipping (the transportation of a “kayak” by another boat or vessel to where the kayak operates independently from the boat or vessel that transports it) is allowed. Eligible fish: one speckled trout (over 14”). For the kayak division, the Louisiana Coast will be separated into four divisional competition areas; the West, South West, South East, and East; (identical to speckled trout in section 17) each having its own top prize fish."

Bmac, the Lord takes care of me, I couldn't remember if it was no mother ship or not......the place I fished we always catch one over 20". He knew I would have been upset to be disqualified.