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Quote from: Plankton on March 22, 2020, 11:27:09 AM

Nice trip, guys! I didn't know that Fort Baker/Yellow Bluff holds lingcod and rockfish. Thanks for the interesting video.

Male lings are still hanging out with their nests. You'd be hard pressed to catch one around Ft. Baker after April:

Starting in October, lingcod migrate to nearshore spawning grounds. The males migrate first, and establish nest sites in strong current areas in rock crevices or on ledges. Spawning takes place between December and March, and females leave the nest site immediately after depositing eggs. Males actively defend the nest from predators until the eggs hatch in early March through late April.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingcod

Thanks for the explanation. How about those females, taking off right after the fun part is over...

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Matt can confirm, the tide goes backwards where we were and at one section on the outgoing the whole bay pushes up against a cliff and it is a junior potato patch complete with boat wakes and very springy sloppy water...gotta get wiggly to navigate certain depths, after coming around the corner the tide shoots out the gate...

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Brutal. I launched from that area in my old Sit Inside pelican on an incoming tide once and I had to give up. Drifted all the way to Sausalito and hid the yak under one of the restaurant piers. I took a Lyft back to my truck with a few of my more expensive items... I'm sure that Lyft driver was not appreciative. Needless to say, that was very early on in my kayak journey and I would never repeat that. The Revo probably could've gotten me through, albeit with much strain. Anyway, I would never do that again, esp not alone. My first year otw was a bit of a doozy. Inspired lots of safety research and joining NCKA!

The area to the east of Fort Baker and then a short distance up the shoreline is referred to as Yellow Bluff in sea kayaking circles. We go there when the tide is ripping to train in Level 4 Conditions. You can check out ACA guidelines to see what Level 4 entails, but the short version is that this is quite advanced. There still is Level 5, though

Awesome video! Just subscribed to your YouTube channel.

If I remember correctly there's a decent rip that forms from the North Tower to the bluff on the flood. During mid summer it's pretty productive for halibut if you can find the sand. I used to launch at Ft Baker on the ebb and fish Bonita Cove for halibut in mid-summer too, which made me pucker up more than once.