Last time I was in Drake's Bay was 1964, on a Fletcher Class DD. The skiper ran flank for several hours at sea to get ahead of schedule, because he wanted to put in & wet a line, before docking at Treasure Island.
Captain on the fantail, with a telephone talker to give orders to the bridge, while trolling dead slow; then entered anchored in Drake's Bay for flounder.
I always preferrred Tomales Bay.
That's a helluva story...