Pacific Beach

I'm taking the wife and kids out to Pacific Beach State Park next Tuesday-Thursday for a quick vacation, and I'm debating bringing the yak along.  Has anybody out there fished this area?  If so, any tips?  Also, if anyone would care to rally next Wednesday for a trip, shoot me a pm.  I'm eager to get into some of the fish I've been seeing posted by all of the charters out of Westport, but I'm equally interested in not getting killed in the surf. 

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Also, I've been thinking about methods of securing my boat during an overnight stay.  I've got a Hobie PA that I put on a roof rack, so there's some built-in theft deterrent based on the fact that it's no simple task getting it up and down.  However, I'm thinking of maybe running a bike lock through one of the scuppers.

If you don't have a lot of salt experience and ate alone,  don't launch in anything over 3 feet or winds predicted over 10mph.  No,  the puget sound doesn't count as salt experience.   There should be salmon around

Solid rules of thumb there, thanks.  I think I'm probably going to leave the boat at home, though I am tempted by the reports Ive been hearing of late. 

If my schedule was more predictable I could say I'd be at ocean shores,  but I can't.

I sometimes put a cable lock through my scupper hole . the added piece of mind is worth it . but locks are for honest people . that being said it only takes a couple extra minutes to stop an opportunist .

As popular as pacific beach is with kayak anglers maybe you would meet some people there and may be disappointed you left your kayak at home . from what I see in this group the people are pretty cool and would probably welcome another paddler in the group .

  Used to fish Joe Creek and the Copalis Rivers for salmon--- but that was usually later in the year. Never launched out of Pacific Beach but if conditions are good --- go for it.
  And definitely take your kayak. Nuff said.

As popular as pacific beach is with kayak anglers maybe you would meet some people there and may be disappointed you left your kayak at home . from what I see in this group the people are pretty cool and would probably welcome another paddler in the group .

I think you're confusing pacific beach with pacific city.

Lol I am totally confusing the two . for some reason I was thinking this was a post on Pacific city . to be honest Im not sure I know where pacific beach is . I have seen so much talk on pacific city lately . easy to confuse the two .

That's too funny...

I may have been talked back into bringing the boat.  If anyone is interested in making it out on Wednesday in Pacific Beach (not Pacific City), let me know.

+1 on the bike lock through the scuppers for theft deterrence