Last Sunday (ok the day before President's Day) a few friends and I arranged a day cruise/fishing trip on the bay. We didn't have a planned itinerary, but I think you will see the day turned out pretty nice.
It started for me at 8:30am leaving my house, picking up the boat from storage, gassing the boat, and launching at Coyote Point. The morning was incredible. Completely glass on the water with a thin fog... it was in the upper 40's at the time. I was on the water by 9:45am.
Next stop, the Berkley Marnia. My friend was unable to find the boat launch and decided he could walk down the rocks beside the fishing pier. Needless to say I did not think it was a good idea, but relented. He proceeded to slip (thankfully not hurting himself), but eventually made it into the boat... Later you will see his haste will come back to haunt him. He had stopped by the bait shop and picked up a 1/4 pound of grass shrimp so we decided to head to San Pablo Bay and try our hand at sturgeon fishing. Neither of us has an experience.
On the way to San Pablo Bay the wind picked up a little (maybe 5-7 mph). The thing about the grass shrimp that we had is that they are tiny and the hooks on the sturgeon rigs are huge. Not entirely sure we hooked the shrimp up correctly, but here is a photo of our handy work...
We positioned ourselves into a lineup of boats near China Camp in about 10 ft of water (we figured they all looked like they knew what they were doing), but we didn't get any bites (from what we could tell of the boats around us neither did they). It was however an incredible day out on the water and we were enjoying ourselves.
At 1:30pm we decided we had had enough fishing and decided to pick a few other friends that were having lunch at Sam's in Tiburon. We picked them up and did a quick tour around Alcatraz Island. At this point it was a little rough as the wind had picked up to about 10-12mph. On the way back to Tiburon we noticed a beach on Angle Island that look inviting and decided to beach the boat for a couple of minutes. Where we got some nice photos.
As incredible as the views on and around Angel Island were I was astounded at the amount of trash. Here is just one example...
After almost getting stuck by the outgoing tide we headed back to Tiburon to drop of my friends. While there we docked at Sam's and were contemplating eating there. However it was a 2 hour wait. So we went next door to Alioto's and had a very nice meal. Outstanding bruschetta and pizza.
Heading back to drop of my other friend at the Berkley marina rocks the weather was still a little rough. But it was an incredible day.
Unfortunately for my friend when he departed the boat onto the rocks he slipped and fell into the water. Cell phone ruined, but pride intact we parted ways. I headed back to Coyote Point and while I don't have any pictures the sunset over and then into the fog it was spectacular in oranges and pinks.
The nice thing about Coyote point is the boat wash... I was able to flush my engine of the salt water and clean my boat of the salt spray. I returned the boat to storage and tired, but content I headed for home.
President’s Day on The Bay (Part 2)
Originally posted 2008-02-19 07:50:57. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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