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| Off-shore trip thwarted | | Print | |
| Sunday, 13 January 2008 | ||||
 things started getting a bit wishy-washy as I paddled out of the bay It's been a while since I've caught a truly respectable fish and I was determined to put an end to that trend today. I've been eyeing off Jervis Bay trips reports from various sites lately and it seems as if most of the action has been taking place some 8 mile off shore. In what was a rather over-ambitious intention, my plan was to paddle/pedal that distance out from the heads at Jervis Bay today to try and get amongst the action. When I woke this morning (later than planned) I looked at the skies and figured the gods had smiled on me. No clouds whatsoever and from what I could tell, not much wind either. Although it didn't look quite so good when I launched at around 9AM, it still looked more than good enough to go kayaking. But I soon found out that the water can be deceptively calm in the bay, and when I paddled out into open water it started getting pretty washy, with winds hammering somewhere between 20 - 25 knots. At first I didn't let it deter me and I kept on going. But I only managed to travel about 1km out from the heads (going by my GPS) before I realised how silly I was being. I probably could have reached 8 miles off shore but I'm not so certain I would have made it back. I think one would need picture-perfect conditions to do so, and perfect it wasn't. So with my tail between my legs I turned back and headed back to shore. I did spend some time fishing around the outer reaches of the bay afterwards, but not only did I fail to raise a bite, I didn't detect any activity on the sounder either. Apart from a single sea turtle sighting (I didn't know they could be found this far south) it really was a fairly event-less trip, yet again. Shame that, because I had a real taste for fish for dinner. I think I'll head out into the Basin this evening to make up for it. Unfortunately I also managed to re-injure my shoulder while lifting the kayak onto my roof rack as well. It's not too bad really, but I'll have to go easy on it for a week or two, which means my plans to take a Hobie Lanai out for some paddle surfing are on hold for a bit. Luckily I don't have to lift anything to get the kayak down into the calm waters of the Basin.    
13-01-2008 15:39 Don't worry mate I can't even get into the bay today the weather is that bad  13-01-2008 15:53 Its actually OK here mate, just too rough outside to travel as far as I'd planned. Sounds to me like the weather hasn't been too kind to you guys down south lately. That sucks. You could always try emerald lake for something different. There's a some nice trout in there :-) 13-01-2008 21:53 hehe nah I can't complain for me it has been great. Today has been the real first bad day that has upset my plans, but there is always tomorrow  Yeah from the looks of it the weather was nice but the tide meeting the wind was not to friendly! You need a section on this site where readers can upload and show off what they have been catching! I have some good ones from the past week :D 14-01-2008 14:51 Just so you know your e-mail inbox is full and you cannot receive e-mail. I have been getting bounce backs for about a week. Log into your control panel and set the e-mail buffer to unlimited I have some pics of some big fish I have caught and some other stuff to show off  14-01-2008 21:28 fixed mate. whenever that happens, ignore it - but do tell me, because I get no notification otherwise. I still get the messages. weird, I know. But yeah, I've emptied my mail forwarding box, so all should be cool now. Only registered users can write comments. Powered by AkoComment Tweaked Special Edition v.1.4.6 |
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