Quote from: FISHIN_ROD on April 28, 2024, 08:28:43 AM

Is there a decent/reasonable hotel near the ARW that my gear and kayak would survive the night? The kayak would be in the back of my truck, I could put a lock cable on it for the honest people. Should I look for a ground floor room and just unload everything?

I don't know if sleeping in your truck is an option for your but that's what I do sometimes.

I have no issues sleeping in my truck, to be there early on Saturday. I was hoping to head over Friday morning and fish til the wind picks up, then get a hotel Friday night. I may have to look a little further out, for a hotel or campsite.

I have reservations for January 22-27th 2025. I assume that will be the weekend for next year?

Sounds great, I’ll let you know.

I am new to kayak fishing and plan to fish the ARW Tournament. I would normally fish from my 23’ boat around Berkeley, op, Candlestick, bird cage, the rockpiles and other areas. Never really fished the ARW area. The closest I would get to there was anchoring near the yellow bouy (Oakland) and letting the kids catch sharks. I plan on getting over there to fish in a couple weeks, I’ll be by myself. When I was in my powerboat I never worried about the tidal flow direction and making it back to the dock. Any advice on this location would be greatly appreciated or if you can point me right direction to educate myself. Am I over thinking this? Ideally I would normally like to fish 2 hours before and after the tide changes.

I’ll be using a Radar 135 with a Helix Pedal drive.

I do plan on trolling the harbor area while I soak the hoops. We are heading over in the morning, should be in camp by noon if they let us in early??

Your rig will be great and fun to play with offroad. There is definitely trails up here you will be able to run without issue, just hit me up when you’re ready.

I wheel with some Land Rover guys too, (Scully Offroad) and they are surprisingly capable rigs.

Hey Rodney,

Show us you Willies! 

My buddie has a place near Tamarack so I
know you've got some great trails and lakes up there. I'm nearing the end of my 69 FJ40 build and hope to get up to your area for some wheeling eventually.

Congrats on the kayak and see you OTW!

Let me know when you’re ready to wheel! I live in Murphys and love to wheel. Here’s a photo of my 46Wilyz.

https://www.instagram.com/46wilyz?igsh=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

Sounds like a great time! Hopefully I can get my shift off work.

I am heading over tomorrow and should be camping until sunday.