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Originally Posted by octico
Conditions can change from one minute to the next out there. They probably read the reports and thought they would be safe if they stayed close.
Good thing they were prepared.
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All the shit slinging aside.
yes conditions can change quickly on the ocean, though not nearly as bad in LJ as many other places I have been.
The fact is there was a small craft warning issued two days before to go through Wednesday. Last I checked a kayak is a small craft.
I just have to say a large percentage of guys who kayak fish in LJ do not have the skill, experience or conditioning to deal with those kinds of conditions. Not saying all but we get a lot of new guys out there that can handle the day to day but when things go south it all goes to hell.
We had something similar happen several years ago. There was a wide open YT bite on one day, so the next day tons of guys showed up to fish. At 4:30 am the wind was already blowing pretty good. I was with my kids, we along with several other friends decided that was not the day to go out. A bunch of other much tougher guys with YT fever all headed out despite the conditions.
Of course later that day on the news was the report that TWELVE guys had to be rescued by the lifeguards boats because they couldn't get back in.
As I mentioned before, there is always another day to go out.
Know your abilities, know the predicted weather, and never underestimate the power of the ocean. We have too many great days out there to risk it on a shitty day.