Perris 04/07/18

Did an afternoon launch out at Sail Cove yesterday. It was a bit breezy to work the east end (easy to get there, would have been a nasty kick back). So we launched Sail Cove to try out two new Cumberland Tubes and Two sets of Osprey II waders. Backrests need to be adjusted but the tubes were fine. And frankly, I'm used to neoprene. While the waders worked fine, the lack of give felt weird. I'll get over it I guess.

Water felt to be in the mid 60s, didn't expect much, got even less. Drug some plastics around from the damn to the swim beach for nothing. Lots of surface activity just outside the swim buoys including birds diving. Dunno whether it was baitfish or what, some of it seemed larger. Never got a close look. Anywho, til next time.

Sounds like you had a good shakedown cruise. Too bad the fish weren't cooperating!

I wouldn't have guessed how important even small adjustments in the backrest can be. But its a unique situation to be sitting in a chair for several hours at a time without being able to stand up, or even do much shifting around. All part of the fun!

Good on you for getting out there. Maiden voyage shakedown is behind you now.

Thanks for sharing

Ya, the back support is a major issue, my son's tube had one buckle not set up properly so the strap wouldn't hold. Simple fix, we just didn't adjust them before heading out. Next issue is the fins. Went with $30 big 5 fins, need to get better diving fins. I miss my high dollar ones. But we'll get the gear settled out. I'm having my molds shipped out from back east this week and I'm working on a creature bait for fresh water. Looks like it'll be a good season.