Nice bass!

Thanks for all your work on this. I agree it adds another level to the kayak fishing obsession. Variety is the spice of life and targeting 10 species categories gives so many options on any given fishing day.

I'm against it. For certain fish it's a huge advantage. For others, not so much. But generally I see a motorized kayak as more similar to a motor boat in spirit than a non-motorized kayak. Although when I'm fishing with motorized kayak guys I don't judge and get along just fine.
I'm okay with sail kayaks being included in the non-motorized division.

But if we really need to bring in motorized, maybe they start with a minus 100pts or -10% of points to try to equalize things.

For me, kayaking on the ocean is all about what my body and the simple machines of platform and paddle can achieve.  I've been lots of miles from port and had to work hard for hours straight, against current and wind, to get back safely to port.  Experiences like that are invigorating, and pushing yourself in those situations isn't just life changing, it's living!

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This.  (Although the struggle is so much more rewarding sans skunk.)
Personally I have no desire to get a motor, but it doesn't bother me when someone in a group is motorized. If it became a trend and the majority were motorized, then it might suck for me.
If my knees or legs go out, then I may have to rethink it.
I pedaled the Lynx about 8 miles at Hogan on Sunday, then pedaled my new Mt bike at Rockville for a few hours on Monday. My legs were feeling it and it felt good.

"No Boat or Kayak launch before 8:00am or after 9pm, to ensure quiet time for all guests." 

I did not see any enforcement of that, at least not for kayaks. I think as long as your are relatively quiet, there is no issue.

Alan Fong does a video on tides that is helpful.

I feel vindicated that he explains that the tide charts are often off. When I used to do a lot of poke poling on the coast they seemed spot on but I’ve found the change to often be delayed quite a bit in the bay and delta beyond what the charts say.

I decided to try  Berryessa for some trout, maybe salmon, maybe bass, maybe the huge bluegill that were reported at 50’.
Launched at Markley. The bait balls were mostly 40’ to 100’ deep. I dragged a spee D  shiner on a DR at about 50’ and a streamer with a wiggle disk on a sinking line on a fly rod. I may not have had enough speed @ 1.8 - 2.4 mph.
I picked up one decent 17” bass fairly early but moved on looking for trout. Didn’t get any other bites. Tried a frog flatfish which works at Pyramid but no hits.
One guy was getting some big bass according to the radio.
On the return I dropped a worm down for bluegill but couldn’t find any.
Pretty nice weather and no skunk.