W.M.DEEEZ

I remember your salmon story!

I've been kayaking a couple of times, on a lake near me.

We found a little break in some thicket and paddled through. We came out in a clearing, and some crazy Russian dude from NYC came running out of his back door, claiming I was on his property.


So, here I am, trying to tell him that I'm in the lake, and not on his property. Mind you, I'm the proverbial sitting duck, in my kayak.


So, he tells me that he's going to shoot me if I don't get off his property. I tell him again, that I'm in the lake, and he starts running to his house (presumably to get his gun.)


Did you ever see a kayak, throw up a rooster tail?!!!! Mine did.


I came back a short while later with a state trooper. He was gone...probably went back to the city a little earlier than he had planned to.

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jowey

Thanks, lucky to have access to the water....

Ironically I live close to a small lake but they play with the keys that access it - the ones on the lake keep the ones off (me) it from it. I have to get out of this state. I have a 70 pound canoe which I would carry down the hill and sneak onto the lake, then .......
...... anyway got older and it is too hard to sneak it onto the water.

Eh something to add to my list .... Need something light and fun + need money

The white water ones, round bottom tip easy ?
I am not too worried as I used to be aquatic, if there was water I was in it.

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BillCosby

Never had that happen........... Here in Calif even if the river or lake is on your property they have free easement in the water.......

I was kayaking down the Feather river two years ago & one of the fishermen I was paddling by asked us (about eight of us) if anyone (annoyed fishermen having to lower their lines I guess he meant) ever threw rocks @ us........... I said no that is why we carry a gun........

He didn't say anything more after that..........

Later we got a good laugh out of it.... The look on his face was priceless..........lol (& we don't kayak armed....)

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BillCosby

Yea the rounded ones & the narrower ones are more tippy. It is more stable w/ your center of gravity lower in the water...... If you are looking for one there are many types & some are very stable.....

I also have a canoe... It is two or three times heavier & a lot longer. I live on a man made lake so I kayak all the time......... I use the canoe only occasionally for ppl that are not able to handle a kayak (older or over weight ppl)......... I can't imagine lugging that up a hill......

I have some property on the Feather river & I have to carry the kayak up the hill about fifty feet on a steep, gravely slope but it is doable..... No way I could carry a kayak up that.....

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jowey

The problem is that my place is not on the lake and getting to the lake is terrain restricted, wooded, hilly and not my property......

The annoyances are the damn motor boats, one time I had sneakered my canoe down to lake, we were fishing getting some bites about 5am when this damn boat came whipping up, the whole lake and they had to speed into our area. The wake or something disrupted the fish, didnt get any more bites.

The motor boaters, jet skiers like running the lake, skiing, because it is long and narrow this causes a lot of wash along the shore. I suspect that this may impact the amphibian populations and affects fishing. Kind of wish it would go public, I would have access and hopefully waterway rules would apply - it would go electric.

It was really nice about 2am amazing the critters that swam it then, remember seeing a raccoon and possum. One morning a beaver nearly caused us to flip when it slapped its tail just ahead of us. We had watched the movie Jason earlier and I was teasing my girlfriend - dark morning, on the lake, very quiet - then slam, she was pissed. lol

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BillCosby

LOl................ Most of were I go I don't have that issue but I have almost..

I have four kayaks. One dark green.... Bad choice on a small river w/ boats...... ALmost got hit.... Now I use my red one out there.......

A kayak will take the swells much better & easier to sneak down there........ The fish.... Well???

Yea I see lots of birds. Cranes, egrets, otters, eagles, snakes beaver etc......

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jowey

I might increase my priority and get one.

You said the Salmon was around 30 pounds, this old body could sneak something that heavy down (and back up the hill).

Do you have a link for that model, liked the lines...
These boaters dont target your red kayak ?

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W.M.DEEEZ

Good reply to the guy!


In NY, the laws are pretty much the same...this guy was a little nuts, and here I am trying to talk sense to him.

I guess he does this all the time, cause as I was breaking every speed paddeling record getting out of there, I heard his wife screaming at him in Russian.



I was amazed at the ability to paddle through 8-12 inches of water with that kayak. I can't imagine getting towed around by that salmon.

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BillCosby

I caught the salmon in the wilderness sports model as it is lower in the water & more stable...........
I have four kayaks..........

That red one above is the newer model of the one I like the most & is the most stable.......... link

(((I would look for a used as many ppl buy & never or hardly ever use them. But depends on the area I guess.. I bought all of these new also..........)))

The other two I have are like this one... A minnow....... Not as stable......

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