Fishing Report, May 14

Stripers Still Going: We had a banner week last week on the Feather River, where we found a white-hot striper bite in the mornings on topwater plugs. The majority of the fish were in the 4- to 8-pound class, but we got some dandies like this 16 pounder that Jim Jones got on a popper at dawn.

For several mornings, we were lucky enough to find some marauding schools of fish and, for an hour or so, it would be a fish every cast.

By Sunday, however, the big surface-crashing schools had thinned out.

That was the case Monday as well…we found a few solo boilers on the surface and picked off about 4 of them before the bite died. After that, we switched to rip baits and found a nice little bite on fish to 12 pounds.

The stripers aren’t the only game in town, either…

Here’s a nice bass from Friday…a day when we caught 6 different species: Stripers, shad, smallmouth bass, bluegill, a 6-pound catfish (on the bluegill) and a small steelhead. We just missed the Intergalactic Grand Slam by 1 species: spring chinook. Oh well, variety is always cool.

Shad: Speaking of shad, the bite picked up dramatically the past few days and 40-50 fish per boat is not uncommon. It looks like they’re finally here. Better late than never…

Tahoe Mackinaw: We’re getting close to our summer mackinaw season. We’ll start the light tackle jigging trips in June and run through August. Come on up and join us for some cool, great-tasting fun!

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