Black Point /Hwy 37

Anybody use the boat ramp at Blackpoint ? I am new to the sport and would love to tag along . I can fish most week days. I have no one to get in the water with and wifey wants me to go with a group or something . I have no idea what is going on around the north bay. So you don't know unless you ask.

Used to be a hot spot for sturgeon fishing for some guys early in the winter esp after a good storm.  Got to have an anchor system set up on your yak though. 

Hey billyk, That is a great place to launch but be careful tides can be strong there. I have fished off anchor but you can just back into the tolay grass when the tide is high enough and that works great also.                                                                                                                                                                                                   I have been hearing reports of good sized striper coming out of the river. you can also launch out of the marina in petaluma and the tides arent so strong that far up, fishing can be good down river from the marina along the shores of shulenberger park. live bullheads or trolled Rattle traps or rapalas. The Sturgeon fishing is generally best after the system has fresh water pumped into it after rainfall, late winter/ early spring.                                                           

Thanks for the replies. I may not be up for a challenging tide yet so up In Petaluma maybe a good place fpr me to launch.I was thinking China Camp maybe a good spot to get my chops down it seems calmer there.I want to start fishing. I have not fished in 30 years crazy how time has gotten away from me.

Catch the tide wrong at China Camp and you have a long mud flat to walk/drag your boat thru, and the out going can rip there. Fyi

If you're new to the sport, the bay is probably not the best place to start. I've had my scariest moments in a kayak in the bay!

I'd recommend the delta, or perhaps the Napa River (see golfish's report in the "Kayak Fly Fishing" section). Rig yourself a drag chain anchor on a trolley just in case. I was on the delta all day yesterday but never needed to anchor up.

BTW I mostly fish weekdays. Definitely interested in the Petaluma River, as I've never fished it.

Hope this helps.
Bill

Hudeman Slough (http://parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/Get_Outdoors/Parks/Hudeman_Slough_Boat_Launch.aspx) might be a good place to check things out.  Stay in the main channels and you won't have to worry too much about getting stranded in the mud.  I'd recommend going south/west from the launch as the wind can get up from the west in the evenings.   

If you have both wind and the tide against you, you won't have a good time getting back.   

Black point is a good launch. Drift or troll the incoming and let the outgo bring you back to the bridge. There's a nice hard spot past the second towers or the east side. China camp is good  for sturgeon. The mud is a rite of passage there. A smokin outgo is what you want when the fresh is pushing out. It will happen soon. Look for hook ups. Welcome. Petaluma here.