New member from California's Central Coast.  Been fishing forever, but new to kayak fishing (guess I didn't have enough hobbies...).  Just purchased a new Vibe 130 and am in the slow process of outfitting it, but anxious to get it broken in.  Fishing will mostly be for rockfish, ling cod, and halibut in the Monterey Bay, but plan on checking out north to Santa Cruz areas and south to Morro Bay / Pismo Beach.  Will gladly accept all tips, trade secrets, and especially offers to mentor an old newbie to the sport.  Thanks for reading...happy fishing!!!

Quote from: ReelE on December 06, 2017, 04:44:56 PM

One more silly question. I just filled out my registration form and I see it asks for our NCKA name, no prob but wondering is this a NCKA member only event or open to public or??  Wondering because I was telling my BF and Land Mate about the event.
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It's open to NCKA Memebrs and their family. If your friends want to join, all they have to do is become a member and create a user name.

Quote from: SuperVato on December 06, 2017, 06:39:26 AM

There are specialty buoy paints availabile at places like Englund’s which have a cool factor but unless you live near a store which sells it then that’s a PITA. I have found Krylon Fusion to work great, it is even works on plastic. For your CDFW GO ID number the best approach I’ve seen is to burn it in with a soldering iron type wood burner or framing nail held in vice grips and heated by a propane torch and then apply paint to the number via a small brush.  Humboldt Vinylon Bouy paint, there are others. Maybe one of the commercial crabbers here on the forum will improve upon my suggestions. Mine are tricolor yellow, white, and orange with the orange being the only one which shows up worth a s#!t. 

Does the GO ID gets changed each year or stays same ID number?