Misjudged The Weather

[TriCityBassin']

Well, I had an experience a week of two ago.

I was fishing for Reds and Trout in the Chesapeake Bay out of my kayak.  We had a line of storms roll through which i sat out in the truck.  Radar showed the line had passed, i gave it 15 minutes and the wind laid down, patchy blue sky, etc.  there was some green on the radar west of my position, just rain.  Myself and another guy (in a canoe with his kid) went out.  Famous last words:
Canoe guy: "you think we'll be alright to go out"

Me:  "yes, as long as we stat close to the put in"

 

Well i paddled out ~50yds but he went ~140yds out.  I was retying my jig head when a rather large wave surprised the me.  I looked up to see that i could not see the shore.  All i saw was best described as a "curtain" of water that i could not see through.  perfectly straight line of water.  Before i got out an explative... i was slammed with winds that I never experienced on the water, bass boat, jon or otherwise.  No lightning, no thunder...no warning.  Flat calm water went to +2' white caps in seconds.  I could not lift my head to see wave direction because the rain hurt that much (exactly like a bass boat in rain!)  I could not paddle or turn the boat because the wind was throwing my paddle around like a sail.  I got stuck in successive wave troughs and took one over the yak.  I ended up surfing into shore by back paddling on a whit cap...but was safe.  the sound was deafening, I recorded some video on my phone but the audio is drowned out by my clothes smacking in the wind.  The closest approximation i have is that it was remeniscent of the hurricanes that have hit C.Va.  According to wind charts i found online, my wind was sustained +/- 46mph , no gusts.

 

 

Why type all of this longness.  Because, i have been fishing for 30yrs and i realized that we NEVER have enough experience to be complacent.  This was a time where i was truly afraid and survived on instinct and adrenaline.  Probably couldn't paddle that way on purpose if I tried....glad i was "close" to shore.

 

NOT A SINGLE BITE ALL DAY! lmbo!

 

 

Be careful guys!

[Raider Nation Fisher]

Holy d**n dude. Glad y'all are OK.

[*Hootie]

That is ONE scary story!

Hootie

[Felix77]

Crazy how quickly the weather can turn.  Glad you are ok.  I am a novice with my Yak so this helps keep me alert for any craziness like that.

 

Side note - Maybe if you had a 3oz Spinnerbait you would have caught something in those waves.  

[Ratherbfishing]

Glad to hear you made it out alright.  You didn't say, however, what happened to the other fellow and his kid?

[sparky241]

glad your ok, i dont know what i would have done