Here's Rich Reeser's latest.... He and Ron Brown both came by the shop on Wednesday with hands completely raw from their day on the Delta Tuesday!
Well the striper fishing on the West Delta has really taken off. There have been a number of large fish being taken along with large numbers of fish being caught on each outing. Larry Kitchen caught a 28 pound beauty last week trolling in the west delta. Steve Ayers caught a 27 pounder this past Saturday fishing off the Sacramento River. With all the great fishing I have been hearing about I planned a trip out on the river with Butch and Pat Carpenter this past Sunday. Well we didn’t hook into any large stripers but we did get the numbers of fish catching 25 plus fish trolling for a half day trip. I also hooked a very large fish which I never saw but we all knew it had to be a sturgeon. After battling this fish for close to 10 minutes he pulled free. We ended the trip with 6 nice keepers.
On Tuesday I got together with Ron Brown for a day on the water of running and gunning throwing Hippo Swim Baits and Rattle Traps. What a day did we have, we were on the water at first light, but it was a slow start not only fishing but just getting to our fishing spots. The fog was so thick you couldn’t see more than 30 to 40 feet and even less at times. We had to deal with the fog for over 2 hours and during that time never had a bite. When the fog burned off it was as if someone threw the main switch when it comes to getting bites. I had no idea at the time but it was about to be the best day I have ever had casting for stripers. During the next 5 hours we put 63 striper in the boat, yes you read it right 63 fish. It was an amazing day on the water. I can’t even tell you how many fish we lost. We went fish for fish Ron throwing the hippo swim bait and myself throwing a rattle trap. It was a toss up on who caught the most, but Ron took the big fish honor throwing the swim bait. Most of the fish went between 6 and 8 pounds with the better fish going 11 to 15 pounds. Ron pictured below with 4 of our better fish. So if you have some free time and can make a trip to the delta now is the time for some great striper fishing. And remember you don’t need to own a boat to get into the action, there is a lot of fish caught off the bank using fresh bait. If you are wanting to go out on a boat and don’t have access to one you can take a guide trip.
The trout action is starting to happen up at Lake Berryessa according to Troy of T-Roy’s Guide Service. The lake has turned over and the trout have come to the surface. The bass have moved deeper with the colder water, so if its bass you are after you need to slow down and drop shot or use spoons.
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