yesterdays outing was rough..not because of fishing.

[Hobious]

I eased my kayak into the cool water at dark.  I have to lift it to drop the wheels out the scupper holes.  not easy, since I have a trolling motor poking me in the chest when I do it so now I have come at it awkwardly (from the side somewhat).  as soon as I heard the wheels drop out and hit the water, I went horizontal.  yup.  I slipped on the mossy boat ramp and landed flat on my back, and my kayak landed exactly on my nuts.  thankfully, the kayak is wide, so it wasn't a concentrated load on my jewels.  I laid there waist deep in the water doing inventory of my body.  no pain..good.  I climbed out, and did some yoga stretches right there to limber up my back.  I went to into the water, hit the throttle and the kayak immediately went hard right.  my chest had twisted my motor to the side when we hit.  I went back to the ramp to straighten everything out.  as I ease to the ramp, I see my new sunglasses!! they had shot off my head and landed lens down.  I pick them up and see the scratched lens.  BOOOO!!!  bOOOOO!

I went fishing anyways.  no sense crying over spilled milk.  I race to a spot, a boat sees me coming and guns it to my spot.  then they proceed to call me names and talk about me loudly passive aggressive like the entire time.  I voice my opinion back without any name calling or cussing.  the damage is done.  I am sour.  then...Tick tick tick.  I catch a bass right in front of them.  hahha..

I fish on.  thankfully they don't buzz me or roast me with a baat.  next time, I keep my mouth slammed shut. 

I then realize I forgot to pack any water!!!  I hydrate with the apples I packed, but i got thirsty as heck. 

it was a dink-fest, but got lots of them.  still so much fun, and I focus on a  happy life.  I need to rethink my kayak launch.  I am not getting any younger and picking that thing up with the motor is unwise. 

what a day.  I emailed my sunglasses company to see about buying replacement lenses. what A DAY.  hahahah what a day. 

[caddyjoe77]

that fiberglass boat is calling your name

glad you are good to go!

[big g]

Wow that is a trip you will never forget.  Thank nothing seriously hurt.  We have one ramp famous for being slippery.  I stopped using it after a wipe out.  Thanks for the report.

[D.W. Verts]

Solar Bat Sunglasses has a crazy good BOGO sale right now (link in the description). Oops. Wrong media!

Been there and done that. Crash landings are rapidly becoming an expected thing it seems.

Dale

[Pat Dilling]

I salute you for pressing on!  Good luck with the sunglasses.