Missing kayaker in Mission Bay..
 

SAN DIEGO -- A man's body was found floating near Shelter Island Thursday. The body was found in the water near the 1400 block of Shelter Island. I wonder if its related. :confused:

dam, always hits home when something like this happens to a fellow yakker.:afraid:

Safety in numbers.!

shelter island = san diego bay. Kayak was found in mission bay. Unless the yak or the body made a crazy trek around point loma, I doubt it.

12 foot Malibu would be a Pro Explorer of Stealth 12. The fact that it was found flipped over is not a good thing, otherwise I would guess it was just adrift.

Wind blew a table over at my house in Clairemont. Hopefullly the kayak blew off a moored boat but who keeps fishing ear in a stored yak?

Just received a call from a guy name Scott, who plucked me from the water last week off La Jolla, telling me about the kayak. I saw this post yesterday but figured it was a 12 ft Red Malibu in the bay.....So, I decided to give the Coast Guard (then to the lifeguard headquarters) a call to see if maybe this was a 15 foot XFActor instead of a 12 foot red Malibu.....I described to them my setup and it turns out the kayak is actually my XFactor that I sank on 4-19 and it ended up on the Mission Bay Jetty...not in the bay......Crazy stuff:) I figured some fish had a new home on the bottom but it must not have reached the bottom......so I'm on my way to pick it up. Apparently it is trashed but the seat, fishfinder, baittank, a broken fishing pole, and who knows what else. I'll see what I can salvage! Maybe Malibu kayaks would be kind enough to make a trade:) Thankfully there isn't a missing kayak fisherman in San Diego on a 12 foot Malibu!

Tom

Wow...no way...!! :eek: I hope it's your yak!

You must be joking!
 

If true that is a crazy story!

What I described to the lifeguard.... he said that it was a match:stoned:

The Ocean is truly an amazing place!!!

Incredible!

WOW.

We need to change this thread to "LET this happen to you...."

A recovered yak nearly 3 weeks later. No pool noodles required.

:)

Unreal. Be sure to come back and tell us what up.

-Ken

Crazy stuff Tom!

Amazing. The fact it drifted that far and didn't get hung up on kelp. I also thought that something thats negative on the surface only gets more negative as it gets deeper. Anyway, I posted the story on the UT comment section to let them know they got their facts all wrong.

unbelievable! Was not expecting that one. Seems like this site should be cited in some article in the near future.

:eek::eek::eek:

Unreal!

Congrats on getting your kayak back:cheers1:

damn, thats just too crazy... time to go buy a lotto ticket!!!! :cheers1:

If indeed it is yours, that is awesome. :luxhello: Good thought to call in and check it out.

I'm happy that your getting it back. Post some photos of the yak please.