2nd Annual Halfmoon Bay Derby coming in July

I'm still in, looks like a 3 day weekend . When is the registration going to start?

Craigh

Pretty sure I'm in.  Hopefully I'll get a little ocean time under my belt between now and then.

i,'m inn! looking forward to the excellent company once again.

i'm inn!

o - oh .......the Defending Champion is on a come back tour 

count me in....  and Vince!campsites are newly remodeled at State Beach but I would not plan on surf launching from there.I have Bodyboarded that beach for over 15yrs.and it has its flatspells but most of the time it looks calm and then out of nowhere it will be breaking thick shorebreak that surfers cant even get through.the beach is very steep and waves break and climb up the beach hard.it can be done if there is no swell from the south-hemi.

count me in....  and Vince!campsites are newly remodeled at State Beach but I would not plan on surf launching from there.I have Bodyboarded that beach for over 15yrs.and it has its flatspells but most of the time it looks calm and then out of nowhere it will be breaking thick shorebreak that surfers cant even get through.the beach is very steep and waves break and climb up the beach hard.it can be done if there is no swell from the south-hemi.

thanks for the heads up, are there any other launch sites?

Vince - we will all launch from the same place - inside the Princeton Harbor. No sweat buddy 

Vince I will probably fish there at least once the first week in July with my dad, I will be happy to give you a tour.

Bill....make sure you don't tell Vince about our "secret launch" ....just make sure you blind fold him if you decide to launch "there"

ah MOOCH thats messed up man, the pinoys gotta stick together man ! And Bill, that sounds great, it would be a good way to learn the waters before the tourney!

no offense my fellow "Flip"(Filipino)...it's just that I'm sooo tired of hearing all the newbies "catching all the fish".....it just doesn't seem fair to the veterans When I took Bill to his first trip to the Green Can in HMB, he spanked the bejeesus out of me.....he outfished me in my own kitchen  I'm still seeking therapy for that incident 

...it's all good, I may just join you guys anyway......but the blind fold is still in effect 

  Mooch,Take a couple Newbies under your paddle and the Yak-Angler-Gods will smile down upon you in other adventures. In otherwords,I'm following you @ HMB DerbyII,because I ain't never been in the Ocean in my kayak,OP tourney was my fisrt bay launch.Bruadda,I'm hoping for a flat spell.  

Hey I am definatly in when is the sigh up?

to the newbies: just keep an eye on the boilers out there (boiler is a reef/pinnacle that extends all the way to the water surface - sometimes you see 'em, sometimes you don't depending on the tide and swells) There are a few of 'em out there, so keep an eye on the white caps that these boilers create when a swell goes over it. It would be helpfull to have a fish finder as well - you'll notice that as you paddle closer to a boiler, you see your depth get real shallow immediately = STAY AWAY from that area - especially when the swell are big.

Linda Mar has boilers both North and South of the cliffs as well - I almost hit one on the South Side. I was lucky that I was riding on a swell cause when I looked below the yak and there was a boiler right under me. It was barely visible when I was a few yards in front of it  I got real lucky that time! My kayak basically rode over the reef with the help of the swell and I was lucky enough that stearn of the yak did not get caught. SCARY STUFF 

Maybe when Bill and I do a scouting trip, we can mark these boilers with the GPS when we're out there and pass out the numbers to everyone - just for everyone's safety. By the way, the fishing can be really good by these boilers - but you NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL because you either be sucked in or pushed into it - especially when there are boat wakes coming from all directions - and believe me - there will be a lot of those