re: Need some tips on surf fishing Elmers Island

About a month ago I did a fish-anywhere kayak tournament, my plan was to start at Elmers then move to the kayak launch on the island. This was the weekend after LA Sportsman posted the article about the guys catching trout on Elmers. Sure enough when I got there at 5:30am there was 12 vehicles waiting at the gate, in the ~5 minutes it took waiting for someone to open the gate there was another 8-10 behind me. When I got out there the surf was entirely too rough for a kayak so I didn't stick around but there was a constant flow of trucks coming in. When I left at 6:30 there was 40+ vehicles already on the beach, not counting the few more I passed coming down the road to the beach. Total shite show.