Itchy Kayak Family Fun (Video)

Last Sunday, I took the kids and cousin Michael to my local spot for some kayak crabbing. We rented one tandem and one regular sit-on-top kayaks from Paddle or Pedal in Chesapeake Beach. The kids and Michael explored Fishing Creek while I dropped the traps and set everything up. Everyone was enjoying themselves. The water temperature was about 67-70 degrees depending on the depth. Tide was rolling in hard and fast. I thought it may be good conditions for catching some Jimmies, but crabbing was slow. We were barely catching any small ones. It was a bit disappointing. We did catch two monster keepers after 6-7 runs. Halfway, through the trip things turn for the worst. Watch the video to see what happened.

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So, I did ended up in the ER. The doctors gave me two shots of antihistamines and one shot of steroids. I called my wife to pick me up from the hospital. My cousin and the kids picked up my kayak from where I left it and brought it with the rest of the gear home for me. He then took the kids to the beach to keep them from worrying about me. He stayed with them until my wife an I got home from the hospital. They even brought home the two Jimmies that we caught earlier. I steamed them up in my kitchen and had them for dinner. All in all, it turned out to be a decent day. The kids and my cousin got to go out and learn some kayak crabbing, got to play in the beach, and I got to have two jumbos for dinner.

The kids playing at the beach
Photo by: Michael Odulio