From: sunshiner
Date: 24/10/2010 12:23 PM
Participants: eyetag, carlo, sunshiner
Hi guys
Well, I fronted, despite the cracked rib. I just had to find out how far I could push it. More about that later.
I arrived at the carpark at around 0450, saw eyetag's car and knew he'd have left before daylight but wondered if Carl Green, a brand new Noosa Yakker who lives in Gympie, had turned up. Sure enough, there he was, standing on the beach next to his Prowler. I quickly went down to say hello then scampered back to the Sierra to unload the Stealth.
A few minutes later I was back with my boat. Carl must be a patient guy for he mentioned that he'd been on the beach since 0400. I then noticed that he has a VHF radio (Lowrance, with built in GPS) so on the spot, he declared his callsign 'Carlo'.
0506hrs. Here's Carlo, ready to party.
And here's the handsome devil up close. Yep, that's an old Army floppy hat.
Anyway, as you can see, the launch was a doddle. But I noticed a problem for me as soon as I hit the seat and headed toward the exit -- I couldn't paddle hard because of pain. So I had to meander gently out through the small swell. Clearly, that physical condition is unsustainable as sometimes you have to open the throttle to time your exit well and of course, coming back in is when you really need that burst of speed.
Never mind, I was out here now and it was a beautiful Laguna Bay morning. A dolphin was catching breakfast just off the end of the groyne and a couple of gannets plus a few fluttering terns ate the crumbs dropping from his table. After radio-checking with Carlo (loud and clear) I called up eyetag who responded immediately from Sunshine Reef. He'd caught a nice snapper and a good Moses Perch already.
My nagging rib pain caused me to choose not to paddle out to Jew Shoal or Sunshine but Carlo decided he'd head for JS and off he went. It seemed to me that it would be wise to hang around near the base as I'd hate to get out to Sunshine Reef (where I really wanted to be) and find that I was unable to get home without assistance.
So I trolled a couple of times across the Bay within 1.3km of base. The pain didn't get any worse but it didn't let up either so after an hour on the water I gave it away and headed in, fishless. There was bait present right in front of the groyne the whole time I was out there as the dolphin and birds continued to get a feed. No fishy predators, though.
Dragging the Stealth up that steep little beach was no fun. Boy was I glad I didn't have a 15kg mackerel aboard!
Hopefully Carlo and eyetag will let us know how they went. Now to get on with the healing process. Any tips?
Kev
Red & white Stealth Supalite, black paddle
VHF channel 09 or 22 (if alone), Call Sign: sunshiner
http://www.noosayakkers.blogspot.com/
Email from Ian
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I had a great day today with perfect conditions,catching plenty of fish and losing a few too.Sorry the report is short,but I'm exhausted after the weekends activities.
Ian Tagg
call sign;eye tag
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