Kayak launching sites - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

PAL · 07-26-2010, 05:12 PM

Pretty funny stuff here.

I can shed some light on these. They are launch sites for some people. I've used two of them - Helo drive, where were you? But there's definitely context missing in the MLPA map these came from, which makes it look like all of these are equally good.

When we were gearing up for our attempt to survive the MLPA, we started with with a mapping project called the KFACA Launch Sites List.

If you go back two or three years, you'll find the invite posts. We asked everyone from pros to kayak fishing newbies to tell us where they fished. This was way before Ecotrust, for kayak anglers by kayak anglers only.

We wanted to document everything, so that we could demonstrate ANY impact. Even if it hit one guy's secret spot, I wanted to know. We also distinguished between Primary sites such as La Jolla, Dana Pt, etc that we'd go to the wall to keep open, and secondary, little-used 'pirate' launches like these.

There's was another strategic side to this. Every user group was expected to sacrifice - to get hurt by losing access. We prefered to give up places like these, not La Jolla or Dana Pt. If I'd have gotten out of the RSG with only secondary sites on the chopping block, it would have been a huge victory.

Of course, that's not what happened. The Malibu guys are set to lose their La Jolla equivalent. At PV, the local kayak guys sacrificed a brand new access point at Terranea in order to keep peace with other fishing allies. Otherwise we it could have been much worse.

I hope that makes sense.

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07-26-2010, 05:12 PM	#11
PAL Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 754	Pretty funny stuff here. I can shed some light on these. They are launch sites for some people. I've used two of them - Helo drive, where were you? But there's definitely context missing in the MLPA map these came from, which makes it look like all of these are equally good. When we were gearing up for our attempt to survive the MLPA, we started with with a mapping project called the KFACA Launch Sites List. If you go back two or three years, you'll find the invite posts. We asked everyone from pros to kayak fishing newbies to tell us where they fished. This was way before Ecotrust, for kayak anglers by kayak anglers only. We wanted to document everything, so that we could demonstrate ANY impact. Even if it hit one guy's secret spot, I wanted to know. We also distinguished between Primary sites such as La Jolla, Dana Pt, etc that we'd go to the wall to keep open, and secondary, little-used 'pirate' launches like these. There's was another strategic side to this. Every user group was expected to sacrifice - to get hurt by losing access. We prefered to give up places like these, not La Jolla or Dana Pt. If I'd have gotten out of the RSG with only secondary sites on the chopping block, it would have been a huge victory. Of course, that's not what happened. The Malibu guys are set to lose their La Jolla equivalent. At PV, the local kayak guys sacrificed a brand new access point at Terranea in order to keep peace with other fishing allies. Otherwise we it could have been much worse. I hope that makes sense.