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For 15 years, the Diamond Classic Catch and Release Sturgeon Derby was held at the Martinez Marina. There were seminars the day before, a free kids derby on the fishing pier. The launch ramp and parking lot was full of participants. Several thousand would come to this and they eat downtown, especially the many who camp out at the marina for the weekend.
This year, it moved to Pittsburg and i do not expect it will come back. That is alot of spending lost, that is a loss of a major regional event, where people even come from out of state to attend. That is a loss for kids who always walk away with donated items given to them for free.
The marina really needs a new operator and a real vendor to operate a real bait/tackle shop.
Lets hope that the removal of most of the old guard and infusion of new faces, will change all that. Restore the marina, get a real bait shop and vender make it safer and lets get the parking lot regularly full again.
For 15 years, the Diamond Classic Catch and Release Sturgeon Derby was held at the Martinez Marina. There were seminars the day before, a free kids derby on the fishing pier. The launch ramp and parking lot was full of participants. Several thousand would come to this and they eat downtown, especially the many who camp out at the marina for the weekend.
This year, it moved to Pittsburg and i do not expect it will come back. That is alot of spending lost, that is a loss of a major regional event, where people even come from out of state to attend. That is a loss for kids who always walk away with donated items given to them for free.
The marina really needs a new operator and a real vendor to operate a real bait/tackle shop.
Lets hope that the removal of most of the old guard and infusion of new faces, will change all that. Restore the marina, get a real bait shop and vender make it safer and lets get the parking lot regularly full again.