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Blaze 01-04-2011 06:56 PM

Okay question for the evening...
I want to get another Drift chute, any reconmendations?
The ones from Academy rot! lol,
This one looks good,http://www.surftosummit.com/images/p...s/KDC100P1.jpg
but I have no idea, I want 24" to 32" for fishing, but I really don't want any bigger. Unless someone knows of a good one.
I also want to trade in my folding anchor, it doesn't do good in the soft sand here and you lose them if they get caught up on rebarb, concrete and all the other trash they put in the ocean here. I am looking at this Bruce anchor, lots of good reviews, anyone use this anchor?
http://www.anchoring.com/images/Bruc...nchor-Main.jpg

Blaze 01-08-2011 05:56 AM

Here is a very good link on knots, how to, animated.

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=ww w.animatedknots.com

Dominique 06-03-2011 05:10 AM

' Tis the season
 
At least on the east coast, I thought i'd bump this up.

Big day tomorrow. I was really looking forward to it. Until I woke up this morning to 39 degrees. WTF? 95 for 5 straight days and we were dying as it's never that hot here....any how....sunrise kayak trip at 5:30 a.m.
with what they call level 1 yakkers. They've completed the intro course and can paddle a slow one mile course and have a danish and coffee stop, and paddle back. Personally, I love taking this group out......it's the trip where they fall in love with yakking (or hate it) but its so and relaxing and for sure peaceful. I just hope it's a little warmer.

Then in the evening....big baseball weekend here.....and the game will end with a fireworks extravaganda, so by reservation only, 75 of level three or better yakkers will be out on the river for the best view ever! What a way to begin and end my day :phonegab:

Dominique 06-04-2011 07:23 AM

Am I posting to myself.............. That's ok if I am. I often speak to myself. I'm used to it. I talk to the wall, and the hand, blah blah blah.

This mornings' rivers excursion for sunrise was with out incident. It was 54 degrees. Warmer than yesterday. Some of the *newbies* were not dressed right, but you learn as you go. We had a tandum father and teenage daughter. Dad was pretty *hip* and you could see they had a nice relationship. 17 people showed. That was perfect. More than 20 on a level one (first trip) can be a handful. Two guides to a trip.

I'm going to practice knee paddaling this afternoon. I bought press and stick knee pads over the winter, its for rougher water. The rivers were calm this morning, perfect for level one and it will also be perfect for trying to learn the strokes for knee paddaling. Todays high is 82 and straight sun. I hope I don't fall in, that river water was mighty cool this morning.


Then tonight...more yak time under the stars with fireworks. The coast guard
keeps us in one relatively small area (and in the no wake zone) because everybody who has anything that floats and resembles a boat, is on the three rivers for the fireworks. They call it *skyblast*. Fireworks is a very popular thing in this city. People do lots of outside activities with our beautiful skyline, three rivers, parks and fireworks.

Yesterday was Christmas eve, today is Christmas. (to me)

AtLast 06-04-2011 07:35 AM

I used to do a lot of kayaking. A wonderful adventure!

Greco 06-04-2011 08:01 AM

talking to self
 
Understand completely about talking to yourself
do it quite a bit myself as I drink/eat my green
smoothies

sounds like you've had a good two days of doing
what you enjoy I enjoy kayaking/canoeing
anything having to do with water
and get time to do it every year
when I visit home.

Get to see there's another early bird
around here

have a great day

Greco



Quote:

Originally Posted by Yellow band (Post 352082)
Am I posting to myself.............. That's ok if I am. I often speak to myself. I'm used to it. I talk to the wall, and the hand, blah blah blah.

This mornings' rivers excursion for sunrise was with out incident. It was 54 degrees. Warmer than yesterday. Some of the *newbies* were not dressed right, but you learn as you go. We had a tandum father and teenage daughter. Dad was pretty *hip* and you could see they had a nice relationship. 17 people showed. That was perfect. More than 20 on a level one (first trip) can be a handful. Two guides to a trip.

I'm going to practice knee paddaling this afternoon. I bought press and stick knee pads over the winter, its for rougher water. The rivers were calm this morning, perfect for level one and it will also be perfect for trying to learn the strokes for knee paddaling. Todays high is 82 and straight sun. I hope I don't fall in, that river water was mighty cool this morning.


Then tonight...more yak time under the stars with fireworks. The coast guard
keeps us in one relatively small area (and in the no wake zone) because everybody who has anything that floats and resembles a boat, is on the three rivers for the fireworks. They call it *skyblast*. Fireworks is a very popular thing in this city. People do lots of outside activities with our beautiful skyline, three rivers, parks and fireworks.

Yesterday was Christmas eve, today is Christmas. (to me)


afixer 06-04-2011 08:12 AM

needs some paddle time
 
longtime member

maybe tomorrow after work

Dominique 06-04-2011 08:19 AM

Hi Greco!

I am an early riser.....most mornings around 4:30. By 9p.m., or when it is getting dark, I am becoming tired.

Sometimes I wish we are not scattered all over the planet earth. Those of us than can row, could tow a boat full of those that can't. The water is such a beautiful place.

The rowing club that I race dragons boats for, purchased two adaptive seats.
Rowing is now becoming ADA equipted. I'm so psyched about this. This seats are *fully* adjustable (i got in one to see what could all do, can't help some one use it if you don't know how it works) it prvides trunk and spine support for physically challenged. Out for a leisure row, or wanting to be a water athlete. Is that the coolest!

Dominique 06-05-2011 06:40 AM

christmas is over
 
Exhale

Thanks for the reps! It's some how comforting to know you are not talking to
another form of the *hand* ...lol. I'm not that sensitive!

What a wonderful day yesterday was. The fireworks were beautiful. I have this cool rack that I tow my kayak on, that I pull with my bicycle. It's perfect for nights like last when the whole world was in cars and auto traffic is horrible. I pulled my yak out of that river, strapped it to my bicycle rack and was home before people were even leaving the baseball game. It helps that I live maybe a mile from the launch point.

You'd think I lived in some big resort town. Hardly. I got a lot of sun yesterday. I had my SPF 30 on. I have these puffy little bags under my eyes this morning. Real attractive looking. So picture this. I have cucumber slices
on the puffy little bags. But I'm not about to sit here and hold them. So I have an ace bandage wraped around my head/face loosely (sort of loosely)
and it's holding the cucumber slices in place. I just slide the used slice out, and insert a new slice. The cat keeps coming over and inspecting me. LOL.
I'm sure he is like WTF(?) my human is strange.......

Dominique 06-05-2011 07:24 AM

Christmas is over part II
 
LOL, I just caught a glimpse of ace badaged face, cucumber juice and all, in the mirror....
The cat isn't inspecting me....he's smelling my brain to see if the circuits are burned out........I have to go hose out the kayak and the PDF and what ever else I don't remember, I barely made it into the house and got a shower .....I vaguely remember signing on to here last night, I think that was the end of the night for me, anyhow.....I was actually going to wear my cucumber mask outside in the driveway........:blink:THINK NOT! lol.

Hey, I forgot to tell you about the knee paddaling, it went pretty good. I have a 10.5
foot kayak....with a relatively wide opening. You do need the space to contort around to get onto your knees. I actually found I was able to shift my body weight on the knees (similar to how we use our thighs when seated in the seat) to assist with steering. Shocking how fast the kayak moved, and
the control you have. Several people asked about it.

I think that was the best part about hanging out with all the yakkers for the fireworks. You got to see tons of *whats new* in the kayak world.

Just an observation. I saw several yakkers wearing helmets last night. I've seen them worn in areas where there are rapids and boulders, but I was sort shocked to see them on a recreational float. But in discussion, (and trust me they were seasoned yakkers) they felt that paramount safety was a concern do to people drinking and driving huge boats. We were pretty defenseless.

Ok, cucumber face is going to start her day! See ya! and as per the usual, be safe out there!

Dominique 07-03-2011 09:46 AM

Any one from St. louis on here? I'm asking because I hear St. Louis is a great place to kayak in the early fall, like September.

Pittsburgh has three rivers. But what happens here is, two rivers come together and form the Ohio river. If I understood correctly, St. Louis is like an island with 4 rivers flowing around it.

The Regatta is the big event this weekend. Well, that and the Kenny Chesney Concert yesterday. Apparently, Chesney is into Boating......I'm not sure of the whole story here, but the rivers were full of boats and they were calling themselves the Chesney Navy.

Tomorrow,(early) the dragon boats will be racing. One of the local rowing clubs has a team of rowers comprised of physically challenged individuals and two blind rowers. I can't wait to see them! Thats the beauty of rowing, there is a form (of rowing) for pretty much anybody. The more I learn, the more I love.

Has anyone done the Yukon 1000? Across the big empty......
certainly out of my league. I can not imagine sitting and rowing 18 hours a day, and pure desolation. mmm, maybe I can, sub space.

I see where Little Rock is quite a kayak destination.Something to think about maybe? Arkansas has more than 9,700 miles of rivers, stream and bayous as well as 600,000 acres of lakes. Little rock is smack dab in the middle of it all. Is anybody salavating? Listen to this!
The Arkansas River bisects the Ozark and the Quachita mountain ranges and the new Arkansas Water trails program links urban and backwoods paddling routes.

When I was learning to kayak, I recall my instructor saying to me "Breath into the nervous feelings".....what ever the hell that meant. Kayak speak for* Women thrive in a supportive environment* I'm not backwoods paddling literate, but am open to learning. My whole mission is to be
a voice for the female experience, you know...it's ok to be different.

:tea:Ok, enough from me!

Greco 07-03-2011 10:28 AM

kayaking
 
YB,

You have given me a serious desire to get to a kayak as soon as I get home, before I leave for much drier climes...I'll keep you posted on that...and I had no idea Arkansas has 600,000 acres of lakes! Jesus, I'd be on that water 24/7 if I lived there, 9,700 miles of river! hmmm...yes, I'd be on and in the water there.

I remember a number of years ago, a friend and I went canoeing in Fla around I believe it was the Orlando, or West of there anyway, she suggested going to this clear water river? no, it was more a type of clear stream but deep. Deep enough for the then almost endangered manatees. We docked the canoe on a bank and went snorkeling in the clearest, most beautiful waterway...I'll never forget that...I also adopted a manatee, her name was Luna.

YB, I appreciate your sharing about the activities you love...keep em coming.
Have a great time at the Regatta.

Greco

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yellow band (Post 371052)
Any one from St. louis on here? I'm asking because I hear St. Louis is a great place to kayak in the early fall, like September.

Pittsburgh has three rivers. But what happens here is, two rivers come together and form the Ohio river. If I understood correctly, St. Louis is like an island with 4 rivers flowing around it.

The Regatta is the big event this weekend. Well, that and the Kenny Chesney Concert yesterday. Apparently, Chesney is into Boating......I'm not sure of the whole story here, but the rivers were full of boats and they were calling themselves the Chesney Navy.

Tomorrow,(early) the dragon boats will be racing. One of the local rowing clubs has a team of rowers comprised of physically challenged individuals and two blind rowers. I can't wait to see them! Thats the beauty of rowing, there is a form (of rowing) for pretty much anybody. The more I learn, the more I love.

Has anyone done the Yukon 1000? Across the big empty......
certainly out of my league. I can not imagine sitting and rowing 18 hours a day, and pure desolation. mmm, maybe I can, sub space.

I see where Little Rock is quite a kayak destination.Something to think about maybe? Arkansas has more than 9,700 miles of rivers, stream and bayous as well as 600,000 acres of lakes. Little rock is smack dab in the middle of it all. Is anybody salavating? Listen to this!
The Arkansas River bisects the Ozark and the Quachita mountain ranges and the new Arkansas Water trails program links urban and backwoods paddling routes.

When I was learning to kayak, I recall my instructor saying to me "Breath into the nervous feelings".....what ever the hell that meant. Kayak speak for* Women thrive in a supportive environment* I'm not backwoods paddling literate, but am open to learning. My whole mission is to be
a voice for the female experience, you know...it's ok to be different.

:tea:Ok, enough from me!


little man 07-03-2011 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yellow band (Post 371052)
Any one from St. louis on here? I'm asking because I hear St. Louis is a great place to kayak in the early fall, like September.

Pittsburgh has three rivers. But what happens here is, two rivers come together and form the Ohio river. If I understood correctly, St. Louis is like an island with 4 rivers flowing around it.

The Regatta is the big event this weekend. Well, that and the Kenny Chesney Concert yesterday. Apparently, Chesney is into Boating......I'm not sure of the whole story here, but the rivers were full of boats and they were calling themselves the Chesney Navy.

Tomorrow,(early) the dragon boats will be racing. One of the local rowing clubs has a team of rowers comprised of physically challenged individuals and two blind rowers. I can't wait to see them! Thats the beauty of rowing, there is a form (of rowing) for pretty much anybody. The more I learn, the more I love.

Has anyone done the Yukon 1000? Across the big empty......
certainly out of my league. I can not imagine sitting and rowing 18 hours a day, and pure desolation. mmm, maybe I can, sub space.

I see where Little Rock is quite a kayak destination.Something to think about maybe? Arkansas has more than 9,700 miles of rivers, stream and bayous as well as 600,000 acres of lakes. Little rock is smack dab in the middle of it all. Is anybody salavating? Listen to this!
The Arkansas River bisects the Ozark and the Quachita mountain ranges and the new Arkansas Water trails program links urban and backwoods paddling routes.

When I was learning to kayak, I recall my instructor saying to me "Breath into the nervous feelings".....what ever the hell that meant. Kayak speak for* Women thrive in a supportive environment* I'm not backwoods paddling literate, but am open to learning. My whole mission is to be
a voice for the female experience, you know...it's ok to be different.

:tea:Ok, enough from me!

i'm originally from the st. louis area. i've recently moved to TX and have just started kayaking since i got here.

the illinois and missouri rivers converge with the mississippi river at st. louis. quite a bit of barge traffic and recreational boaters on the mississippi. it looks fairly calm, but has a good undertow to it. the meramec river is also near st. louis, to the south. you also have the cuivre river and the big river. not sure how either of those would be for paddling, though. from what i understand, the rainfall has been pretty heavy in the area (according to dad, anyway). obviously, there will be swifter currents, but lots of of debris as well. the areas around the rivers tend to be fairly wooded and plenty of branches and such to get swept downriver. i have done some canoeing on the meramec as well as tubing. i'd be happy to answer anything for you that i can...just ask away.

little man 07-03-2011 12:16 PM

and another thing...
 
i've been paddling on town lake here in austin. it's one in a series of lakes on the colorado river. there is almost no motorized boat traffic allowed, so you don't have to fight the wakes from the drunk guys in power boats. last week, i went out with a couple of friends for an evening paddle. it was sweet. even fewer folks on the lake than in the morning and it got cooler as we paddled. a welcome break from the 100+ temps we've been having. we paddled to the congress street bridge to see the bats come out. not only was the sunset behind the bridge beautiful, it was a better view of the bats than what i'd seen from the shore. i don't have any waterproof camera gear yet, so it's a bit of a pain to take the stuff out of the dry bag and put it back in after a couple of shots...but the pics i did get were worth the effort. i've been lazy about editing my pics, but will do a couple and post them in the gallery, if anyone is interested.

i'm interested in trying out the single sculls as well. it's a total body workout (which i could use) and i figure it'll improve my range of motion in the bad knee i've got. i can certainly use some work on the abs and legs as well. getting older is hell, i tell ya. but, i'm thinking it'll be good exercise and a good way to improve my mobility for the kayak.

i want to get into some mild whitewater this fall. i got a good deal on a 10' pelican fishing yak. the cockpit is a little larger than i'd like, so am wondering if kneeling to paddle might be an option for me. i think this yak was built for someone a bit taller than i am. i've had to make some modifications to be able to even reach the footpegs. i'd like to get myself into a 9' fusion at some point. right now, they're going for about $700, so out of my range for the time being.

anyway...all this rambling. i spent june paddling on town lake. now, i'm looking to spend july paddling on smaller water with some current. trying to work my way up to quicker moving water so i can get some smaller rapids this fall.

YB, i'd be interested to know more about the knee paddling. anything you're willing to share would be helpful, i'm sure.

blaze, are you maybe thinking about a trip down this way sometime? it'd be cool to hook up and go for a paddle. i know a couple other folks from the site down here who would likely be interested in a kayak outing.

Sachita 07-03-2011 01:13 PM

I have both my kayaks in the van and we've been stealing as much time as we have to go out on the lakes. I wish they weren't 40 min away because it limits the amount time we could be spending on the water. But it's peaceful and we can float and just listen to nature. During the week there are few boats on the water. Last time we scouted some shore beaches to swim - more private over the public beach with a million screaming kids.

I love fishing off my kayak and next week I'll get my license.

Dominique 07-03-2011 04:12 PM

Sachita, Littleman, Greco, nice to see you all posting in this wonderful thread.

Littleman privately reached out to me for a source of info. Water people are like that. Good people, and also fun.

This morning as I was reading about Kayak tours I started reading about Arkansas and I thought, wow, why can't the kayakers all meet up at the reunion place and plan a kayak expedition. Then, as you saw, I just got carried away (no pun intended)

Here, where I live, there is a non profit organization that rents kayaks. Thats who I do the tours and instructional courses for. I do not get paid.
It's all for the love of the sport, and the idea is to introduce people to the outdoors and get them outside (and of course get them moving). They use flat bottomed perception kayaks with roomy cockpits and upgraded seats. Ideal for rentals. Then we have the rowing clubs, not non profit, but they keep it so the sport (and all it encompasses) can be affordable.

A tremendous amount of commerce comes through Pittsburgh on the Ohio and Allegheny rivers. I've seen the Mississippi (before I was a kayaker) in Both Baton Rouge and in New Orleans. Comparing that Mississippi to our three rivers, well, the Mississippi was scarey.

My personal kayak is an advanced element (advancedframe) (www.advancedelements.com) inflateable hybrid kayak. 10.5 long, 32 inches wide. **Littleman, the biggest reason I am able to paddle on my knees is my seat collapses into the space behind the seat giving me room for my legs. If you have room for your legs, you'll love this. I was surprised how comfortable this actually was.

Check it out!

YB



little man 07-03-2011 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yellow band (Post 371229)
Sachita, Littleman, Greco, nice to see you all posting in this wonderful thread.

Littleman privately reached out to me for a source of info. Water people are like that. Good people, and also fun.

This morning as I was reading about Kayak tours I started reading about Arkansas and I thought, wow, why can't the kayakers all meet up at the reunion place and plan a kayak expedition. Then, as you saw, I just got carried away (no pun intended)

Here, where I live, there is a non profit organization that rents kayaks. Thats who I do the tours and instructional courses for. I do not get paid.
It's all for the love of the sport, and the idea is to introduce people to the outdoors and get them outside (and of course get them moving). They use flat bottomed perception kayaks with roomy cockpits and upgraded seats. Ideal for rentals. Then we have the rowing clubs, not non profit, but they keep it so the sport (and all it encompasses) can be affordable.

A tremendous amount of commerce comes through Pittsburgh on the Ohio and Allegheny rivers. I've seen the Mississippi (before I was a kayaker) in Both Baton Rouge and in New Orleans. Comparing that Mississippi to our three rivers, well, the Mississippi was scarey.

My personal kayak is an advanced element (advancedframe) (www.advancedelements.com) inflateable hybrid kayak. 10.5 long, 32 inches wide. **Littleman, the biggest reason I am able to paddle on my knees is my seat collapses into the space behind the seat giving me room for my legs. If you have room for your legs, you'll love this. I was surprised how comfortable this actually was.

Check it out!

YB


i'm on the short side and the cockpit is on the long side...thinking maybe i can manage kneeling. i'm planning on hitting town lake early tomorrow morning, so i'll take my knee pads and see how it works out. my only real concern is whether or not the stability will be affected by shifting my weight forward a bit. we'll see how it works out.

btw...posted a couple pics in the gallery from last weekend's evening excursion.

Dominique 07-04-2011 05:39 AM

I'm dragon boat racing this morning at the regatta.

It's so frigging humid, I had gatorade for breakfast. I'm fine inside my IGLOO house.....

Hey littleman, regualr knee pads, when they get wet, slide around. These peel and stick that they sell, are two small rubber mats, and extremely soft rubber knee pads, and they work sort of like suction cups on the mat

If the lake is calm, try it, you've got nothing to loose, but lots to gain. My legs are only 29 inches, so this is very easy for me to do. Be prepared to go fast! (and have a blast!!!)

OK, gotta pack my bicycle bag. After dragon boat racing, the Pirates are back in town!

Happy July 4th to all Americans, Belated happy Cananda day neighbors.....and to all, a great day.

StillettoDoll 07-04-2011 09:52 AM

Blaze wanted me to post this pic of his Kayak


http://images.photo2.walgreens.com/2...%3B35325nu0mrj

Finally got 2 weekends in with the Prism Aquaterra that was worked on all winter.
Not bad, this bad boy caught me 2 Reds, 5 Flounder, 2 Sheepheads, and 4 Pompano at Galveston State Park trail #2. That doesn't include the 3 stingrays that I let go, lol.

Blaze

afixer 07-26-2011 09:50 AM


spent most of the day Sunday out on the lake paddling my friends kids around, fun times.
:)


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