Free, but limited. Not a problem if you are arriving early. Except Sundays, they block most of the parking for a farmers market.

Wait, free?!  We should do a halibut hunt hookup there!

Got a chance to try the launch out yesterday. Couple of things to note:
1. The gate when unlocked appears to be closed, but opens with a good push.
2. At negative tide the boat lunch is in the mud (as told to me by a club member).
3. I don't understand how to use the "cradle launch", but the "wheel launch" worked if you are helping someone out or if you are just launching your kayak without sitting in it (bring rope). Didn't work to have us both sit in the launch and try to go.

Here is a picture of my mom in the kayak on the wheel launch area. Worked great to push the kayak into the water. No getting wet and she was ready to go (but turned around to pick me up). Getting out of the water worked by hopping off the kayak at the dock and pulling the kayak from a bow tied rope.

I found an old used lamiglas 6 foot rod that I use (spinning). I think the best is to look at ultralight, but also slow action I think is important. I looked for a rod that can stay bent for long periods of time without deforming, so I tried to focus on fiberglass rods instead of graphite. I imagine carbon fiber would work real nice too, but not really necessary for the price. I'm not super experienced at getting kokanee, but I rarely have a problem with fish getting away after a hookup. I use double hooks and when that pole pops off the DR it really does a nice job setting.

Anyway, this is what I was told, feel free to dispute guys. Ultralight, slow action fiberglass rod.

I was inspired by you last year Joe and kept a journal too. Not nearly as impressive as yours, but it's something. Anything that is marked 'lunch fishing' is about 10 minutes I get to fish during my lunch break at work. Anyone can take a look on my google sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ywGtTkI5_bzPcaAUCuMtBeW6jPce-jD70WWInuoz5vA/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Looking forward to another fishing year!

I think my family will be there! Didn't think about the crawdads, might have to bring our traps!

Man I want to get up there again so bad! Thanks for the updates!

I'm not sure I will be much help because it sounds like you are mostly interested in pedal kayaks, but I use a Crescent Crew Paddle kayak. It is a tandem but is also very functional as a single person kayak. I love it quite a bit and can't imagine another kayak that would fit our needs better. I often troll for kokanee, but due to how I setup the downrigger (I attached it using the secondary seat attachment straps) I can only use one chair when trolling with the downrigger. The boat is big enough that my two boys (age 6 and 8 ) can sit in the front while we troll (on the fishing cooler) and I can hand the rod to them when we hook up with a kokanee.

Last year my brother-in-law and I took it out at New Brighton and we both fished for baitfish and halibut. While we didn't get any halibut, we got quite a few mackerel (my wife's favorite fish) and anchovies that we cooked up at camp.

I also took my father out on it two years ago at Doran Beach, where we were able to get some nice Dungeness. He was sick with cancer at the time and would not have been able to paddle himself out there. He passed away about a year after that, but it was one of our last fishing trips.

And yes, my wife and I also use it together often.

So I know lots of people call them "divorce boats", but another perspective is it gets people out on the water that wouldn't be able to go out on their own or be able to keep up. I enjoy trips alone on it, but the trips with others tend to be extra special.