I am planning on fishing the SF bay this coming Sunday and Monday.  I am driving in from Reno and I have a hotel for Sunday night in Richmond.  Initially I was going to fish for halibut with a kayak off the Berkeley pier both days, but since Sunday morning forecast looks a little windy now, I was wondering if it'd make more sense to go somewhere else in the Bay that day to shelter myself from the west wind a little bit.  Oyster point comes to mind.  Does anyone else have any ideas?

Also wondering about water clarity after the recent rainstorm.  I'm hoping enough time will have passed.

PM me if you want to meet up.  Also willing to hear about any ideas and thoughts.  Thanks in advance

Hey guys,

I plan on driving down to Monterey Bay April 6th for the weekend.  I kayak fished offshore Gulf of Mexico and have made some freshwater trips in the Tahoe area when I moved here.  I've been doing my research but hoping that I'd cross paths with someone whos also fishing.

A couple questions I have off the bat for the Monterey area:

What do people wear?  I know the water is cold and could prove dangerous in case of an 'unlikely' turtling out in open water.  Flipping in the surf zone shouldn't be that dangerous since I'd be close to shore.  Im more concerned about far from shore.

Speaking of surf zones, any pointers for beach launching and landing?  Out in Texas the Gulf produced short-period swells which made it harder to get in in between them.  I see the swell periods are much larger here which to me equates as longer periods in between crashing waves.  Is surf in Santa Cruz and Monterey generally light where you have land to the west?

I've seen a lot of people online jigging around structure and kelp.  I have sonar and am excited to find structure with it.  Is anyone trolling for anything in Monterey?  Either on the surface or with a bomber down in the water column?

Any help would be greatly appreciated