{"id":2680,"date":"2015-04-25T20:54:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2015-04-25T20:54:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T12:54:51","slug":"nicks-first-kayak-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/nicks-first-kayak-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick&#8217;s first kayak trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I brought Nick out for his maiden voyage on his brand new second hand Slayer 13 with an unfortunate colour scheme &#8211; by way of his kayak (same design as mine.. zzz) and by way of his attire.<\/p>\n<p>The sky was overcast and it was raining over some parts of the island but other than that, the weather was just nice &#8211; not too hot, not too cold. That it didn&#8217;t rain where we were at was a good thing too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2683\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-1024x576.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2683\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2683 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-290x163.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_082515-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainnnnnnnnnnn&#8230;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2685\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_102140-432x768.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2685\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2685 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_102140-270x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_102140-270x480.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_102140-135x240.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_102140-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_102140-31x55.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_102140-432x768.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick testing out the stability of the yak.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2684\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-1024x576.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2684\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2684 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-290x163.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_1004210-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holding on for dear life.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t head out too far as we had launched pretty late and I wanted to make sure Nick was comfortable with the yak before going long distances.<\/p>\n<p>As we drifted aimlessly around the area, I caught a few sotong but no fish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-large wp-image-2682 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n-73x55.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/988967_10205847815263401_4159044020473398660_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nick, on the other hand, landed this good sized Grunter while drinking his beer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2681\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-1024x576.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2681\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2681 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-290x163.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141227_113809-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick&#8217;s grunter.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well played sir. Well played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I brought Nick out for his maiden voyage on his brand new second hand Slayer 13 with an unfortunate colour scheme &#8211; by way of his kayak (same design as mine.. zzz) and by way of his attire. The sky was overcast and it was raining over some parts of the island but other than that, the weather was just<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/nicks-first-kayak-trip\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,120,158,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2680"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2977,"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions\/2977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}