05/16 - 05/20 - 5th Annual Delta/Bay Extravaganza

Steve Sea Spray-

Thanks so much for the valuable information. I would not have known that.
I for one will be taking your advice for coming in from the North. Those coming from the South should also head Steve's advice.

Sincerely,

Jim
 
Pat Daydream-

Steve Dora-Jean did a good job answering your question. Also, early posts for the event explain the reservation situation.

In fact, we still have one extra unfullfilled reservation due to Mike Sealife dropping out. Anyone have a wild hair to attend at the last minute?

Sincerely,

Jim Pouncer
 
Just wanted to give anyone who's interested an updated fishing report for my area.

The sturgeon are still pretty thick in the Grizzley Bay/Moth Ball Fleet area the past week and soaking salmon roe/lamprey eel is your best best.30-45 feet depths seems to be holding the most fish.

Stripers are being pick up trolling but alot of the fish are breeding up river right now.

Halibut fishing is really starting to pick up with keepers starting to show up around Berkeley Flats.Oyster Point near S.F Airport has been producing fish but their is a FLEET of boats working the area. Live bait is available in the Berkeley Marina.

Salmon fishing out of the Gate has been hit or miss but Rockfish season just opened up and those limits can be easily obtained once you find a nice rock to fish.

Good luck to all that give it a shot and have fun enjoying the beautiful Delta that I love to call home.


Brandon Waite
 
Dear Extravaganza Fishermen/women:

Just some last minute follow-on fishing information. You all know how much I like off-shore King Salmon fishing. Well at this point, the weather does not look like it will cooperate.

The long-range forecast shows 6 to 8 foot swells, with the wind blowing 15 to 25 knots out-the-Gate. In fact, the swells are almost square at 8 feet by 8 seconds, which is brutal.

Assuming this forecast holds for next Saturday, Pounder will not be going out the Golden Gate, even though the Kings have started to come North to Druxbury Bouy. My neighbor caught two 25 pounders there on this last Saturday using Crokodile lures, waterman color.

Our best fishing bet for this trip may be Stripper fishing at Wheeler Island, by the water pump there. I will bring some frozen sardeens for anyone that wants to try their luck at the Duck Club.

We will really miss the fishing leadership of Roger Fishtales in this regard. I will still bring my off-shore tackle just in case, but I would rather be in the Bay, wishing I was out the Gate, than out the Gate, wishing I was in the Bay.

Sincerely,

Jim Pounder
 
I am sorely tempted to come down with a bad case of the "fishing pox" and call in sick so I can take Sealifes spot at the dock.
Alas- I am just coming out of the ground on 3 large steel structures here on campus, a critical time to leave. I need to stay and verify that all underground utilities are correct before they are covered with concrete footings.
I'll be missing ya'll-- have fun.
 
More suggestions for avoiding hy12.

Remember these are only my suggestions. Look closely at your maps or google maps and make your own choice.

Coming from south I5 I would take the 580 split towards San Francisco. You will still be going north. Watch the small exits and take Mountain House Parkway. This is a new road that passes a new housing development. It runs in to J4. Turn left on J4 and go to Byron. Through Bryon J4 ends at Hy4. Turn left on Hy4. (This is end of Hy4 is okay- see previous post) Follow HY4 through Brentwood and Oakley to Bridgehead. Here you will need to take the on-ramp to hy4. Basically the bridge is just to the north and Hy4 turns into 160. You cross the bridge and follow 160 to the Rio Vista bridge.

I hope this is not to confusing. If you have any problems give me a call.

Steve
 
Roger-

We will very much miss you and your wife. Hope to see you in Catalina. I like your new radar arch!


Steve-

Thanks for the clarification update on the directions. Very helpful.


xxxx

Sincerely,

Jim
 
Dear All Attendees:

This is pretty interesting and is provided for your information.

Two wayward whales have just been spotted swimming in the Sacramento River North of Rio Vista.The mammals, which are a rare sight so far inland, were seen Monday swimming back and forth along a stretch of river near the mouth of Steamboat Slough.

This is not the first time whales have been spotted inside the Golden Gate. In 1985 and 1990, a humpback named Humphrey visited the Bay. During one visit, he made it as far inland as Rio Vista.

It was not immediately known what kind of whales were seen Monday near Rio Vista. A sea lion was also seen swimming nearby.

A Solano County sheriff's boat was seen monitoring the whales and keeping other boats away. Federal law states that it is illegal to get within 100 yards of whales.

Sincerely,

Jim
 
SEA3PO":s0n2rv1v said:
I just went down today and bought a fishing license......

Joel
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JOEL-

Go ahead!

There'll be 15 chase boats and at least 100 private vessels in the media fiasco surrounding this latest adventure including

1. U.S. Coast Guard -Station Rio Vista 1/2 miles below town. 2 boats.

2. California Department of Fish and Game. 2 boats, maybe more.

3. Solano, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Contra Costa Counties Sheriff's Departments. 4 boats, at least.

4. United States Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2 boats, but could make it into a spontaneous "Day Off" / West Coast Convention and Party, with the excuse of testing their alert and emergency response system.

5. California Highway Patrol Helicopter and 4 cars to monitor bridge, road, and ferry traffic and assist with general law enforcement.

6. News helicopters from Bay Area TV stations (Channels 2,4,5,& 7) + same from Stockton and Sacramento- You won't want to be in the air, either!

7. News crews on hired boats as per above TV + newspaper representation. Wanta rent out your C-Dory as a charter boat to host a news crew??? (@$500/day?)

8. "Some" of the Delta's 10,000 private boats will undoubtably show up to join in on the party!

GOT TO GO NOW, I'M GETTING THE BOAT READY TO GO DOWN THERE AND JOIN IN MYSELF!

JOE. :smileo
 
Well I think I got rid of the nasty spyware software I picked up. I used Lavasoft's adaware free software.

I plan on getting to Rio Vista sometime Tue. after noon. It looks like we may have fair conditions for this time of year. The winds are predicted to be 5 to 15knts mornings and increasing to 20knt in the afternoons until Saturday. No small craft warnings!

Joel - I have some big hooks and those 2 new poles I won at the factory party. If we work together with two boats we might be able to catch those big guys :shock:

Looking forward to having fun!

Steve
 
I'll join you guys out there if conditions are decent. Yea I know, shouldn't I be on the road yet??? Waiting for my buddy from 25 miles away, he wanted to vote in a local county election, poles didn't open till 7am. Good cause at least...!
 
Doug Hammerhead-

Thanks for the weather forecast. Maybe next year you will be able to come.

These Delta Whales are amazing. Humpback variety, up to 50 feet long and weighing a ton per foot, if I heard that right!

Sincerely,

Jim
 
We all made it back and had a great time and good weather for this years Delta trip! We did not see or catch any whales.

Thanks to Pounder Jim for putting this together and providing a great feast on Thur. night.

This years weather was very good for this event. We had some wind but also beautiful evenings and mornings. We did surf our way home on the last 3rd of San Pablo bay but it was more fun than uncomfortable. For this time of year we got lucky.

I will others fill in more of the details.

Steve
 
We are back in Rio Vista, having said our good-byes to the rest of the group. We will spend the night in the marina, getting Wild Blue shiney clean and ready for the road.

I have posted daily updates from the Delta Cruise in our Wild Blue Cruising Adventure threads. Our thanks to all those on this cruise who made it so enjoyable. Jim (Pounder) did a great job in making arrangements for slips (not an easy situation in the Bay area), everyone pitched in to make each event fun, and Mother Nature was kind. We have more great memories, lots of new friends, and another "must do" place checked off (of course, we will have to come back and spend more time in the future).

Brent and Dixie, you two are family to us and we are so grateful that you "sold" us on these past two gatherings. (It almost makes me want to tell the truth about Dixie's antics, but no one would believe it, so I keep it toned down. :wink :mrgreen: )

Very best wishes,
Jim, Joan, and Molly the cat (the crew of Wild Blue)
 
We just got home and emptied the boat (cleaning will take place tomorrow!) We are exhausted by the long drive home, but still wound up by the incredible 5 days that Jim and Kathy have given us. We know that this event is limited to a small number of attendees, so....Jim, you can count us in to next year, and the next....

It was great seeing all the "old" faces (no reference to the Sausalito Cruising Club intended) and meeting a couple of very nice new faces, too.

Looking forward to seeing y'all again in Catalina.
 
Home safe and sound, no problems, boat unloaded, like Salty C's, cleaning tomorrow morning before going to w-o-r-k... still aching a bit from personal trainer, Bill, brought by Islander Ron.

Jim and Kathy put on an outstanding event as usual, but somehow each year they manage to exceed the previous year...have no idea how that works or if there's a limit--thank you Jim and Kathy!

It was great meeting old friends and new, like Jim and Joan (Wild Blue), what a wonderful addition to our C-Dory gatherings.
 
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