Moyer Tournament Advice

[aguachico]

Lately I have avoided the whole beach thing anyway.

I would guess from point to truck to park is 90 minutes.

If you wheel your yak back to the truck you can rinse off the WSB slime from your clothes at the shower. Check out some bootay, dress and cool ride it to the park.

[wavster]

I was thinking the check-in was at Kellog Park. That would have been a drag...
...Kate Sessions a a bit of a ways off from the launch.

[cabojohn]

Crowds suck...I plan to catch my winning fish EARLY, load up and leave before the beach / launch gets crowded, get some breakfast, read the paper, catch some rays and wait for everyone else to show up at Kate Sessions Park.
Did I mention Rock Star Parking?


Game on.

[h2ofishfo]

my Q'S IS I DONT HAVE PAYPAL SO DO I JUST REGISTER & PAY WHEN I GET THERE OR IS THERE OTHER MEANS OF PAYING ???????????????????????

[aguachico]

Originally Posted by h2ofishfo

my Q'S IS I DONT HAVE PAYPAL SO DO I JUST REGISTER & PAY WHEN I GET THERE OR IS THERE OTHER MEANS OF PAYING ???????????????????????

Just don't give it to Pat, you'll never see it again!!!lol

BTW hightide is at 0900. Gonna catch a monster cuda to win all the marbles... they count right? Shit that's all I've caught in three weeks.

[Jim Sammons LJKF]

The first time we did this tournament the weighin was at the beach and it was a big hassle, we had to get the kayaks off of the beach so once you loaded up you lost your parking space, so we moved to Kate Sessions and it has gone much smoother. Sorry if you think this "sucks" but everyone is playing by the same rules, so just plan accordingly.

The on line registration is still up so if you want to avoid paying the additional $10 register on line no later than tonight. IT is Pay Pal but you do not need to have a pay pal account just a credit card.

The drive from the launch to the park is tops 15 minutes
This route goes over the hill>>
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This route is via the 5 south>>
http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=avenida+de+la+playa&daddr=32.846423,-117.245064+to:5115+Soledad+Rd,+San+Diego,+CA+92109 ,+USA&mrcr=0,1&mrsp=1&sz=13&mra=dpe&sll=32.832565,-117.247455&sspn=0.082649,0.077763&ie=UTF8&z=13&om=1
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[madscientist]

Originally Posted by Jim Sammons LJKF

so we moved to Kate Sessions and it has gone much smoother. Sorry if you think this "sucks" but everyone is playing by the same rules, so just plan accordingly.

Jim, it's your show, you can do it however you want. But I know the majority of people I have talked to all thoroughly dislike the weigh in procedure. It may run smoother for the organizers, but certainly not for many of the contestants. Honestly, one of the worst things about one day tournaments for me in general is the need to constantly watch the clock and try to calculate if I could make it in on time. If the weigh in is at the beach at least I know I can roughly calculate based on paddling speed. Throw in the need to load, drive, park, and dash and it is that much trickier and more stressful.

It also adds an unfair element. I usually have my wife on standby at the beach should I need to land and go, leaving her to watch the yak. Last year Tyler lent me his wheels and saved my butt since I would never have made the scales otherwise. Others may not have that kind of option.

Personally, I'd like to see all the tournaments go to a "lines in" to "lines out" approach, with a requirement that fish be radioed in, similar to many boater tournaments. Then the weigh in deadline can be relaxed to allow for plenty of time to land and get to wherever the scales are. This obviates any need to have people taking potential risks in the surf or on the roads trying to get a last minute fish in and also completely levels the playing field.