I was launching out of the harbor at Depoe Bay, Oregon which is a fantastic kayak launch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USACE ... Oregon.jpg
There is no surf where the harbor meets the open ocean. That makes for an easy launch. Here Is a shot of the harbor from the parking lot above the boat launch.
Me in the Sabalo making sure my camera is ready to go.
A shot of the Sabalo popping over a wave
She rides real nice in the swells. The swells were only 4-6 feet so it was a very nice day to test her out.
Here are a couple of the black rock fish I caught.
This one won me a hand turned fish bonker for being the largest one caught from a kayak off the coast of Oregon that day. That's why the Hawg trough for measuring is lying across my lap in the photo above.
I got four black rock fish for the day, but here was my prize catch. A 24 1/2 inch ling cod. Not the largest one ever caught by any means, but legal sized and delicious. One of the other guys caught a 28 incher.
Here is a couple shots of the other guys out with me
We had a great day with beautiful weather to start with. However, by 11:30 am it was blowing pretty hard so the other 'paddler' and I headed back in. We were drifting too fast over the reef for the fishing to be productive. The two guys pedaling in the Hobies stayed out a bit longer since they were able to pedal into the wind to slow their drifts. Of course you know what that means, I will have to put a mirage drive in this winter.
