Even though beaches aren’t open, yesterday I was finally was able to take out my kayak and go out for a hunt. Marinas opened this week and that gave me the means by which I could take out the “SS Gato” and use it for a detecting hunt – something I'd never done before. I set it up at home 1st with ‘Noxy but then opted to take Merlin since its control box wasn’t in the way of my paddling. I arrived at the marina, launched and headed to my target beach. It took me about an hour to get there.
Upon arriving, I took down the equipment and the anchor and placed the kayak about 15 yards offshore. Just as I was donning all my equipment a park worker shows up and does the “cutting thing" with his hand underneath his chin. I walk over closer to the shore and take off my headphones and he opens his window and proceeds to tell me that “the beach is closed”. I told him that I wasn’t on the beach that I was in the water. He laughs and says something else about not being able to be there and I ask him “do you know how far into the water the beach is closed to?” as I point at some boats just offshore. He then raises his hands and I walked away and continued to hunt. I saw him just stay there for a bit of time, fully expecting for him to have called the police so that I can again have the same conversation. He left and the police didn’t show. I hunted for 2 hours until the next encounter.
At the 2 hour mark I had a different park worker start yapping at me when I was 10 yards offshore about the beach being closed and I couldn’t be there. I told him again I wasn’t on the beach that I was in the water. He continued and I again brought up if he could tell me how far the beach property extended to and he said he didn’t know. I told him where you’re standing is the limit of “beach property” as he was right on the high water mark. He then goes in an agitating manner as he held his big radio “if you don’t leave I will call police”. I kept hunting for another 30 minutes and no police showed up. I hunted less than 3 hours because my arms were hurting a bit and I still had to paddle back an hour so I needed to have some reserve energy in the gas tank.
On the way back, I walked the kayak in the water for quite a bit to save my arms. I then had another older worker approach me along the beach and in a friendly way told me “I gotta keep my eye on you”. I then got a bit defensive and he responded that he knew that I had a right to be there and that it was ok. At least this guy knows the rules I thought. The hunt was nothing to speak of but it was great to be out there kayaking and detecting. Tomorrow I think I might call the park manager so that he can explain to his staff where beach property extends to even though I don’t see myself kayaking to detect there again.
Upon arriving, I took down the equipment and the anchor and placed the kayak about 15 yards offshore. Just as I was donning all my equipment a park worker shows up and does the “cutting thing" with his hand underneath his chin. I walk over closer to the shore and take off my headphones and he opens his window and proceeds to tell me that “the beach is closed”. I told him that I wasn’t on the beach that I was in the water. He laughs and says something else about not being able to be there and I ask him “do you know how far into the water the beach is closed to?” as I point at some boats just offshore. He then raises his hands and I walked away and continued to hunt. I saw him just stay there for a bit of time, fully expecting for him to have called the police so that I can again have the same conversation. He left and the police didn’t show. I hunted for 2 hours until the next encounter.
At the 2 hour mark I had a different park worker start yapping at me when I was 10 yards offshore about the beach being closed and I couldn’t be there. I told him again I wasn’t on the beach that I was in the water. He continued and I again brought up if he could tell me how far the beach property extended to and he said he didn’t know. I told him where you’re standing is the limit of “beach property” as he was right on the high water mark. He then goes in an agitating manner as he held his big radio “if you don’t leave I will call police”. I kept hunting for another 30 minutes and no police showed up. I hunted less than 3 hours because my arms were hurting a bit and I still had to paddle back an hour so I needed to have some reserve energy in the gas tank.
On the way back, I walked the kayak in the water for quite a bit to save my arms. I then had another older worker approach me along the beach and in a friendly way told me “I gotta keep my eye on you”. I then got a bit defensive and he responded that he knew that I had a right to be there and that it was ok. At least this guy knows the rules I thought. The hunt was nothing to speak of but it was great to be out there kayaking and detecting. Tomorrow I think I might call the park manager so that he can explain to his staff where beach property extends to even though I don’t see myself kayaking to detect there again.
Do you have a PP switch or don't switch back and forth? 
, doing that in your water's in that small craft i would feel like shark bait , i was in my 13 foot Whaler fishing by the Chesapeake bay bridge with a 9 foot hammer head circling my boat , once this happen's 
ya kinda feel like a happy meal 
