Delta Fishing Report

Report Updated Aug. 30, 2010

STRIPERS STARTING TO SHOW

The striper bite here is starting to make a comeback as guys are seeing fish in quite a few locations throughout the system. Trollers working the sandy shoals near Rio Vista and Sherman Island with Yo-Zuri’s and Bombers have been picking up some fish, as are bait dunkers soaking shad. Over on the San Joaquin side, there are some spurts of topwater action early and late in the day kinda here and there. Most of the fish this time of year are on the small side, though there have been a few larger 20-plus pounders showing in the mix.

A few sturgeon are being caught along the channel edges near Pittsburg on shrimp baits and bass fishing remains good through the back sloughs on spinnerbaits, Senks and frogs.

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There are hundreds and hundreds of miles of waterways down here that you could literally spend a couple lifetimes exploring and not see half of it. From a fishing standpoint, there’s something going on pretty much year-round here. The kings come through in September and October and the place loads up with striped bass in the fall and they hang around all winter until the urge to procreate coaxes them upstream in teh spring. Sturgeon are also available fall, winter and spring and then you’ve got excellent black bass, catfish and panfishing to keep you busy all summer.

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