To the kayaker this morning...

[WestEndAngler]

In front of Harbor Walk. You need to have a 360 degree light. I came dangerously close to never seeing you. No hat light, no reflective material etc. that's just not smart to be on the water at night without these items. I hope you stopped at academy and picked up your coast guard mandated safety items, the morning could have turned bad quick!

[Gater]

In front of Harbor Walk. You need to have a 360 degree light. I came dangerously close to never seeing you. No hat light, no reflective material etc. that's just not smart to be on the water at night without these items. I hope you stopped at academy and picked up your coast guard mandated safety items, the morning could have turned bad quick!

I run West Bay and Jones alot at night and nothing worries me more than kayakers with no lights. I have had a few close calls myself and know where your coming from. Gater

[Ibtsoom]

I almost hit a wader one morning. Pitch dark and no light. He was right in the cut out of the diversionary. Guarantee you he crapped his pants. I stopped the boat and he was already apologizing before I could say anything.

[reeltime]

I went gigging with root canal a few Weeks ago I we came within 30 feet of plowing a boat with no lights on what so ever..there were several other boats just sitting out there in the dark with no lights..I shouted a few choice words at the one.. when we went back through there they were still sitting no lights

I think natural selection needs to take over..sad to say but you can't fix stupid but you sure could kill them unintentionally

sent from my taxpayer-funded sail phone and yes the government is tapped into my talk

[coachlaw]

I almost killed a guy one night in Titlum. Dark green kayak, no lights whatsoever. I missed him by a few feet, stopped and came back. He was cussing at me. I went VESUVIAN on him and ranted for over a minute about how stupid it was to be in the middle of a channel with no lights whatsoever. When I finally stopped yelling, he apologized. I picked him and his kayak up and brought him back to the launch. There were a lot of people out that night and I told him if he didn't die in the bayou, he'd probably die in Cold Pass. I didn't fall asleep that night until sunrise.

[dbarham]

I almost killed a guy one night in Titlum. Dark green kayak, no lights whatsoever. I missed him by a few feet, stopped and came back. He was cussing at me. I went VESUVIAN on him and ranted for over a minute about how stupid it was to be in the middle of a channel with no lights whatsoever. When I finally stopped yelling, he apologized. I picked him and his kayak up and brought him back to the launch. There were a lot of people out that night and I told him if he didn't die in the bayou, he'd probably die in Cold Pass. I didn't fall asleep that night until sunrise.

VESUVIAN???? wtf is dat

[Jhua]

VESUVIAN???? wtf is dat

Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano in Italy near Pompeii. Its eruption was many times worse than Mt. St. Helens and completely buried the city and its inhabitants in ash.

[plugger]

Wow ! Scary incidents .

[Moonpie]

Agreed.
I almost ran over a kayaker down at the San Bernard one morning because he paddled right in front of me with no light.
He saw me coming and deliberately tried to beat me thru a narrow opening.
Thank god I saw him in the moonlight. I shut down but still ran into him as the boat settled.
Scary.

[coachlaw]

Thanks Jhua for elucidating on my Vesuvius reference. I thought everyone knew about Mount Vesuvius. Basically, when you go Vesuvian, it's a huge eruption, in this case, of anger and expletives.

[Oleander Kayaker]

As a kayaker, I've put in onto the intracoastal at a spot in east Matagorda before light.
It's downright scary. I paddle like hell to get across and away from any undertow.

And I light up 360d.

[corndog]

You have to keep an eye out around the 2004 bridge. I see them out there all the time without lights. Also see a lot of small jon boats not rigged out right. These people get excited to get on the water and forget the impact a bad decision can have. We all need to be on alert for these guys they tend to show up around when there is a holiday .

[Curmudgeon]

These people get excited to get on the water and forget the impact a bad decision can have.

That says it all right there.

[Robalo]

I hope to never run anyone over-my night driving is usually about 30 mph and my vision kind of sucks, so PLEASE use lights!!!

[WestEndAngler]

Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano in Italy near Pompeii. Its eruption was many times worse than Mt. St. Helens and completely buried the city and its inhabitants in ash.

Bwhahahahha Barham come on man really? Thanks Jonathan for filling him in lol