10-24-14 Fishing King's Bay turned into Paddling King's Bay

A day of kayak "fishing" evolved into a day of kayak "paddling".  Delores, Elfie, Judy, Liz and Lori all had their sights set on bringing in a few fish to brag about but things didn't turn out the way they had planned.

Everyone met at 8:00 a.m. at King's Bay Park and started unloading and organizing their gear.

It was a beautiful day

8:15 a.m. and everyone was ready to launch

52 degrees

Weather was Fair

No wind

Barometric Pressure was 30

1/4 Moon

Outgoing Tide

Liz was first in the water....

Judy was next....

The rest of the group followed suite...

Judy's ready to get started so off she went....

Sue paddles off as well...

Lori is hunting for a good spot to settle down

Liz and Elfie head off in an entirely different direction.

The next for hours were disappointing.  Although the weather was near perfect, no one was able to catch anything of any significance....catfish mostly with lots of manatee sightings, which was a decent enough trade-off.  And since their fishing expectations weren't going as hoped, they decided to paddle on over to Three Sisters Springs for a look-see.

The water is crystal clear!

By noon everyone was back at the launch and pulling out their packed lunch.  They sat down at a nearby picnic table and spent the next half hour chatting about the morning.  Lori's kayak seemed to be hiding something of value to this curious cat.  He was caught red-pawed ransacking an open dry-bag in her kayak.  Probably the highlight of the day other than the various manatee sightings.  Overall a decent day to be out....just not for catching fish.