Back in drydock

The yak came off the truck today; pretty much signalling the end of kayak fishing this summer. The new job has ruled out weekday fishing and I'm travelling too much to keep the yak on the rack. I used almost a full tank of gas driving to and from L.A. this week. With more frequent trips ahead, driving with the giant yellow wind sock is not going to happen. The kayak is going to be exiled to the patio for the next month or so. That is guaranteed to end kayak usage for that period of time as well. It is just too much of a pain in the a$$ to get the kayak out through the front door to make taking the yak out for the weekend a reality. The only thing that is going to get that thing off the patio is some sort of massive yellowtail bite that is going to happen on a weekend. I was thinking of getting a storage locker where I could keep the yak and all my fishing gear. When I thought we would be here in San Diego through May, the storage locker made sense. Now it looks like we'll be relocating by November or December, so I'll probably just skip getting the locker. We'll need to get a place with a garage when we move to L.A. I'm never going to permanently store the yak on the truck again.

So that's basically the end of fishing for me for the rest of the year. Most of my weekends will be occupied by hunting through November and then we will be moving. I just don't see much time for fishing. That's too bad. I was really hoping to do a little hooping this season. Oh well. If I don't kill some deer or pigs this season I'm really going to regret putting the yak away early.

So long.......

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From Hunting & Shooting UPDATE! OK, I don't feel so bad about putting the kayak away for the winter. I had success on the third week of deer season.  I got a small D-13 buck near Mt. Laguna.  The fridge full o' venison takes some of the sting out of not getting out on the water.