Delta Fishing Report

Report Updated March 17, 2010

STRIPERS WAKING UP!!

The weather has finally turned nice and the stripers seem to feel the need to breed burning in their loins. Whatever that last sentence means, I have no idea…Really, what I’m trying to say here is the water’s clearing up and warming and that’s got the fish moving around a bit and thinking about making the run upriver.

On the north side, the water’s clear to murky, depending on the location and the tide. The best bet is to fish the incoming, which is bringing cleaner water with it. Trollers have been finding a few fish at Sandy Beach, the Old Dairy, Cache Slough and the mouth of the DWC. Those tossing swimbaits have also been getting bit in the same general vicinity. Most of the fish are small bucks and the concentrations aren’t easy to find.

On the South and East sides, there’s more clear water and anglers are finding a mixed bite on the same kind of stuff. Everything is kinda just waking up at the moment and feels like things should bust loose soon. Stay tuned!!

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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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