I went out fishing in Alton Bay in my Kayak this morning: Solid 1 footers and an occasional 2 footer. I was taking waves over the bow and was getting swamped in beam seas of my sit-on-top ocean kayak. The wind would calm resulting in small chop, and then surge, producing nice white capped steep waves. The wind was positioned perfectly to build up speed and momentum right down Alton Bay.
The 60 degree wind was blowing, wave spray was flying, waves were pounding, wet seat, swamping waves, dragging my anchor in the high winds having trouble holding my position. That said, the five pound smallie that I landed made it all worthwhile and actually quite fun.
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