Carlsbad Report, Saturday, Nov 28 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

iethinker · 11-29-2015, 07:47 AM

I humbly admit that I experienced my first and only rod break trying to launch Carlsbad power plant. It is a different scene than La Jolla for sure. I was dragging my loaded kayak through the ankle slappers, getting ready to jump-on but the horizontal back-wash quickly turned the yak sideways causing a roll. This was a few years back now and the experience taught me something.

All along the beach-front by the power-plant and lagoon there are sections where you get horizontal back-wash. It is best to find the place where the wash flows straight back into the ocean. These are also rip-currents. Search up and down the beach, avoid the horizontal wash and launch directly to the rip-currents. They keep you straighter and pull you straight out faster.

spicolly · 11-29-2015, 04:10 PM

Thanks for the info, iethinker. Sorry to hear about your rod incident. I got close - wasn't fun. Definitely learned a lot from this trip!

11-29-2015, 07:47 AM	#1
iethinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Inland Empire Posts: 370	Horizontal Wash I humbly admit that I experienced my first and only rod break trying to launch Carlsbad power plant. It is a different scene than La Jolla for sure. I was dragging my loaded kayak through the ankle slappers, getting ready to jump-on but the horizontal back-wash quickly turned the yak sideways causing a roll. This was a few years back now and the experience taught me something. All along the beach-front by the power-plant and lagoon there are sections where you get horizontal back-wash. It is best to find the place where the wash flows straight back into the ocean. These are also rip-currents. Search up and down the beach, avoid the horizontal wash and launch directly to the rip-currents. They keep you straighter and pull you straight out faster.

11-29-2015, 04:10 PM	#2
spicolly ..... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 135	Thanks for the info, iethinker. Sorry to hear about your rod incident. I got close - wasn't fun. Definitely learned a lot from this trip!