Seneca 7/27/13 Seneca...

[apb]

Got out a bit late..Thermocline back down where it belongs....one rigger at 56 feet the other at 61 with sliders...the 61 foot slider pops and before I could grab the rod the aerial show begins about 8 or 10 feet off the stearn!!!  Nice Bow on the slider and back in the drink!!!  A bit later the 56 footer pops and air borne again but this time it was a salmon...hmmmm.... perfect size for my brand new grill I have yet to light!!!  Quit while I was ahead. The wind and the projects at home  made that decision easy.

[Iron Duke]

Quit while your ahead method... Great job!! Always a heart racing experience when those bows hit and break the water before you can get to the rod

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[Sk8man]

Good going Andy! What is the grass and flea situation like out there now? (Just returned from the Cape so haven't heard anything since I left). Both the bows and landlocks are a lot of run and can be hard to hold on to

[apb]

Grass and fleas are not unbearable actually... They both have gotten less of a burden lately!

[rbonnell]

Where r u getting the LL and bows on the lake went out yesterday went to ssmpson and got nothing but lakers

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[Sk8man]

Thanks Andy. Keep at those fish!

[flyak]

Sat on my dock sat and watched the white caps and gust and thought it might not be a good day for the yak. Watched a guy, hop in a john boat, not wearing a pfd, row out against the wind. Rowed and rowed in what seemed a futile attempt. wind was blowing him further down then out. Finally, reaches his spot, I bet he was plum tired plus he wasn't the fittest guy, and drops an anchor. Now I'm really concerned. whitecaps are slashing over the front of the boat. I don't have my pickup truck which has a cell phone and a portable marine radio. I'm sure he is going to be swimming soon. He stays in that spot trying to fish and I continue to watch. My neighbors come down and I decide to pass on watch duty to them. Now I have paddled my kayak in some snotty weather before when the wind came out of nowhere ( 5 footers on Buzzards Bay) but I am prepared for any situation which may occur. My kayak is a sit on top. It is self bailing and I practice re-entery. I can get back onto it if need be. I always wear a pfd and would never be in a yak without it on. I also have a portable waterproof marine radio which is attached to my vest,in the event the yak flips and there is separation between me and the yak, as well as a safety whistle and knife. When I yak at night, which I do at the Cape, my yak has a lighted mast and I carry glow sticks and I would never go out at night alone. It is also equipped with a fish finder and gps. My point is, is it worth your life to take risks and if you do, are you really prepared? This guy wasn't prepared.

[apb]

Probably a renter...they do some really stupid stuff....cause they just don't  know any better....I watch renters paddle to the middle of the lake in early May.....without PFD's.....they just don't get it....

[BrookTrout]

tks for the report, sounds like a good trip