Adventures at Felburn Park

Saturday, November 8th, a few ladies from the NCLA and their spouses (Delores & Ty, Marilee, Theresa, and Virginia & Doug) met at Felburn Park at about 9:30 a.m. for a little relaxing and fun day of kayak fishing.

We now know what a -6 low tide looks like at Felburn Park.  Even though we knew there would be over three feet of water coming in between 10:00 and 3:00 with endless opportunities to catch fish all day, there would be no launching here this particular morning.  Hhhhmmm....let's see what the Barge Canal side, 50 yards away, looked like.

Still very very low tide, to be sure.....but much more manageable.  We'd never launched (or fished) in the Barge Canal itself, so this was a first and looked to be an adventure in itself.  We would be fishing in an area that we hadn't been before even though it wasn't too far from the surroundings that we were familiar with.

Now that we knew where we would be launching and paddling too, it was time to unload and gear up.  RG helps Theresa unload her new fishing kayak off the trailer.

Marilee all ready to go!

Virginia and Theresa patiently waiting for the rest of us to get our butts in our yaks and in the water.

Don't worry about us....we're right behind you all....

By 10:15 a.m.....catchin' a ride with Ty's trolling motor kayak so we can catch up with the rest of the gang.

By 10:30 a.m. it is 63 degrees
Partly Cloudy
Wind at 7 mph
and Low Tide

Marilee & Theresa are about to take a sharp left and head out to explore the area looking for a good spot to start.

Ty and Virginia head in the opposite direction on the hunt for a few promising spots themselves.

And Doug has no intention of sitting in his kayak all day !!

Trout & redfish were caught during the morning.

Marilee finds a nice spot to stretch her legs.

The calm breeze allowed her to do a little fly casting.

And she pulled in this little beauty!

By 1:00 p.m., Doug & Virginia had caught their fill of redfish and headed home.  The rest of the group met at a nearby oyster bar and had a nice lunch outside of their kayaks.  It was a leisurely paddle back to the ramp after that and time to load up and head home.