sacramento river - Page 2

drilltrash · #16 05-15-2009, 01:03 AM

may 13th/14th
striper bite has been tough these last 2 days. been pluggin both evenings, nothing but 1 boil on a spook. talked to a few guys drifting minnows and trolling, and they said that its been rough for a few days also. good amounts of shad seem to be in the colusa area. tons of people fishing for them, so if you plan on going out to a well known spot, get out there early cause they have been filling up every day. didnt catch any shad either day, but i seen quite a few being caught. tight lines all. BTW: any sacramento/northern cal. area fisherman out there yet?

drilltrash · #17 07-24-2009, 01:07 AM

been a few weeks since i went out. me and my buddie headed out all this week even though the run has been over for a month to month and a half. bite was weird, but a good weird. monday was just pike, biggest goin almost 8 lbs. tuesday was 1 5 lb striper, 2 pike and 2 smallmouth! i have never caught a black bass out of the river in the colusa area. the reports of them are few and very very far between. wednesday was 10 striper. we ran into a school of small fish, none over 18 inches. thrusday, my buddie went out by himself and caught a large mouth and a smallie. crazy times! everything is perfect right now up here, water temp at 5 pm is 70 degrees. one of the local tackle shop employees said a 20 lber was caught last week. seems to still be fish hangin around up here.... good to know!

drilltrash · #18 08-15-2009, 01:39 AM

well, been goin out every day for 4 or 5 hours for the last week and a half. only got skunked once(that is if you guys count pike and black bass!). all the seasonal stripers are gone now. just fishin for the year round fish. picked up about 15 in this time frame, biggest pushing 5 or 6 lbs. getting pike everyday... fun to catch, but so lethargic! picked up 12 black bass also. fishing both north and south of chico. nobody is on the river, its so nice! only the hardcore guys are still out. tight lines.

drilltrash · #19 08-15-2009, 11:45 PM

lost a monster fish today on bait... went and bought some stuff earlier today to throw a okie rig together just to try live lining for the first time... man, did i F up or what... cheap ass slider broke! i riged it completely wrong, so my fault. but anyways, had a monster on for about 8 seconds and broke that slider to S*&(. well, done some research and headin to pick up the "proper" supplies so i dont have this issue tomorrow morning. peace out!

CaptainMorgan! · #20 08-26-2009, 01:57 PM

August 26, 2009 12:00 AM
Link

Delta

Two weeks ago, multiple schools of striped bass suddenly invaded the Delta, especially on the Sacramento River from the mouth of the Old Sacramento River to Sherman Island. Anglers were scoring up to 70-fish days - all keepers - ranging from 4 pounds to 15 pounds. The window of opportunity, however, was brief.
This week, the bite is tough, with fish scattered all over the Delta. Veteran trollers such as Mark Wilson and Clyde Wands managed about 10 stripers per outing, and 40 percent of the catch were undersized fish measuring less than 18 inches. They trolled the shallows and deeper environs from the Horseshoe to Decker Island, West Bank, Old Dairy and above Rio Vista into the Old Sacramento to above the Isleton Bridge.
"I put in 28 miles today," said Wilson, a top-notch guide out of south Sacramento. "We caught limits of bass to 5 pounds, but it is apparent the big schools of fish have disbursed. They move around so much. The fast tides last week could have scattered them to parts unknown."
Wilson said this week's "window of opportunity" was small, centered before, during and after a change of the tide.
"The rest of the time you're just covering lots of water in hopes of running into the fish," he said.
Bait dunkers anchor below Decker Island and down to the powerlines and mouth of Sherman Lake. They use threadfin shad when the bait is available. The pace is slow for them, too, with more undersized stripers than keepers in the take. Morning wind has pushed some boaters to anchor inside Horseshoe Bend to escape the stiff breeze. They're hooking bass there, up to 9 pounds.
Rick Frisk at The Fisherman's Friend in Lodi had anglers fishing Rio Vista area on Monday, trolling at the old Dairy and West Bank, as well as venturing farther down the estuary into Montezuma Slough. They boated limits of bass to 7 pounds.
"Bank anglers are doing well on the Mokelumne River north fork above Guisti's," Frisk said. "They're hooking consistent limits of bass, the largest going 21 pounds, right off the levee. Sardines are the ticket."
Trollers pulling Yo-Zuri and Rebel lures are hooking their share of bass on the Mokelumne River north fork, too. But their catches are smaller in size, 4 to 7 pounds.
Said Ron Halvorson at Thornton Road and Jolly's Bait shops: "Stripers are showing up - finally - on the San Joaquin River side."
He touted Old River near Antioch and farther down toward Tract, also in Old River, as well as the shoals near the mouth of the Mokelumne River.
"They're catching fish, 3 to 10 pounds," he said. "Most guys are using shad and live jumbo minnows. Why I've even had reports of stripers being caught near downtown Stockton on jumbo minnows. So the pace is picking up."
Central Valley Anglers will host an Oct. 3 Striped Bass Derby in Rio Vista. Entry: $25 to $30. Rules and signup at The Fisherman's Friend in Lodi.
Information: (916) 682-1630 (Sacramento); (209) 369-0204 (Lodi); (707) 374-2372 (Rio Vista); (209) 473-2239; (209) 948-6344; (209) 957-4867.

drilltrash · #21 08-26-2009, 07:14 PM

thanks for the info man! delta is a little more of a drive than i would like to make, but i might head down there soon. went to downtown sacramento on the sac river. picked up 3 stripers biggest going about 5 lbs.

also been fishing the feather river in yuba city/marysville for black bass. catching as many spots/smallies as you want! mostly small fish caught on a dropshot and 4 1/2 in. robo worms. tons of fun! not much size, but fish near current or the outside of the weed beds or on top with topwater.

broham · #22 03-17-2010, 07:53 PM

Looks like I found your post a year too late drilltrash. I'm going to be fishing in the Sacramento area this year. Hope you keep posting.

smurf · #23 03-21-2010, 04:40 AM

I fish in it about 2 - 3 times per week right now.
The water is really muddy and im not catching much of any thing right now. On pile worms i am getting small 10-16 inch juvies right now. I keep waiting for get a large one - or a sturgeon but never happens "yet"

drilltrash · #24 04-23-2010, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broham

Looks like I found your post a year too late drilltrash. I'm going to be fishing in the Sacramento area this year. Hope you keep posting.

ah, im still around, been busy, work has been keeping me away! Finally got a decent river boat! my grandpa gave me and my dad his old 17' crestliner. took some $ to get the motor running, but i just got it up and going a few weeks ago! been out a few times, no luck yet. they have been releasing a lot of water from shasta the last few weeks in spurts causing the water level to go up and muddy up the water pretty bad. reports of rain 3 days next week mean the water is going to stay up and probably stay muddy. everyone i've talked to thats bait fishing seems to be doing fairly well. i think im gonna go bait fish this weekend, i'll be sure to report if i do. either of you guys get any? good to see some other people finally posting in here! i'll have to keep checkin in now. tight lines! pm me if you need any info about the area.

drilltrash · #25 05-03-2010, 12:06 PM

Finally, i get to put up a report! Last night was the first fish of the year! and i ended up with 5 total. went out at about 630 pm till 930. around 730, i was fishing current breaks in 1-3 ft. of water, throwing topwater. had a few blow ups in the same break with no hook ups. so i went back up and drifted past it again, and i got hammered! ended up being about 13-14 lbs! not bad for the first fish of the year. also caught a 1.5 lb, 2.5 lb, 5 lb, and 10 lb. not to bad of a night! all fish were caught on top water in a big flat in current breaks from some weeds. fishing turned on for about the last hour of daylight. launched out of the colusa state park, fished north of colusa. all fish were released, which pissed my dad off good and well! but i made a decision to release all fish from here on out. tight lines.

drilltrash · #26 05-04-2010, 01:18 AM

went out again tonight and drifted a good stretch of the river. went to the same flat as last night right when the sun started to set. ended up catching 2 3 or 4 lbers on topwater. great night! heading out of state for a week for work tomorrow morning dammit.... right when it started to get good.... well, hope it will still be goin good when i get back. tight lines.

drilltrash · #27 05-08-2010, 09:41 PM

Going out tomorrow morning. supposed to have rain and lighting! gonna be fun? anybody been out?? is anyone still around?

drilltrash · #28 05-10-2010, 05:32 PM

yesterday was one of those days that i should of just turned around and went home from the launch ramp... saw that the river was pretty damn low, decided to still launch. got to the mouth of the state park channel and ended up having to jump in the channel and put my big motor up. then i used my trolling motor and barley got out. went bait fishing, got bit a few times but no hookups. then the rope on my anchor broke so i lost that... then i just decided to say screw it and head in. since yesterday the river has dropped and most people wont be able to get out of the starte park....

drilltrash · #29 05-15-2010, 01:50 AM

went out last night with my budde, we barely got out with his trolling motor on his bass boat. river was at 43.83. that depth last year, and you could still get out of the state park easy, but it has silted in pretty bad since they decided they werent going to spend the money to dredge it anymore... anyways, by buddie ended up cathching a 15 lber. i was throwing a new topwater bait and got blown up on twice by the same fish, but never hooked up.

also have been shad fishing about every other day. been doing good, getting at least 5 in about 2 hours every day. today i ended up with 9. love catching those things, they fight like hell. its fun when you got the right equipment. im using a 7' 2 power rod (702 sf to be exact), 10 lb. test line, 2 small split shots and a 1/8th ounce shad jig head with a tiny grub in a bright color.

drilltrash · #30 05-19-2010, 07:35 PM

been out the last 2 nights. the first night, i ended up with 5, 2 about 20 inches and the others all pretty small. all of them were caught on topwater! then yesterday, went out again, got skunked. weather has been way off for this time of year. river has gone up about 1 ft. in this last week, so you can get out of the state park, but its still not super easy. its been cloudy and cold! temps (not water temp) has been in the 60's and low 70's. even had some rain.