Northern Aqueduct Fishing?

[Cypher48]

Originally Posted by barnfield11

Thats a big fish ! lures or bait ?

It was caught on a blue rapala original floater. I got another 10 lb one 2 days later and lost several others. Tried the canals at Tracy yesterday and got 4 stripers all undersized. Bites were slow on chicken liver due to the gates being closed.

[barnfield11]

Those gates being closed all week have really slowed the bite .Went out thursday afternoon and nothing even hit lures or chovies.Stoped after work last night for 20 minutes and landed a 21 incher on a soft crappie swim bait about 3 inches long.Slowed the retreive way down and they started hitting on the fall.Back to Fishermans warehouse for some more swim bait ,i'm thinking of something like a bluegill.

[barnfield11]

Originally Posted by Cypher48

It was caught on a blue rapala original floater. I got another 10 lb one 2 days later and lost several others. Tried the canals at Tracy yesterday and got 4 stripers all undersized. Bites were slow on chicken liver due to the gates being closed.

Are you fishing from a boat or did you find some shoreline access?Lived in Ceres for a while and could only access the river at fox grove and shilo rd .

[HighSierra]

Im interested in finding any info of LEGAL spots to fish on the aquaduct in or around Tracy CA. Please PM me if you have this info, dont need to break any DFG rules or tresspass!

[barnfield11]

Look at the bottom of page 6 .there is a link that gives guidelines for the use of the aquaduct.I have never been asked to leave by any game warden , state employee or law enforcement patrolling the area . There is also bicycle access gates at every fence along the entire California Aquaduct .

[DK4885]

been doing really good at the duct of late, no real secret just fish around the gates....
lucky crafts, traps and flukes

also don't pass up the irrigation canals that draw water from the delta,
got this one in a small canal. it went 5#


heres a video of the canal that I fished, you can stop watching after the 3rd cast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RMQiD5uXRM

[HighSierra]

Right on^

Hope to get out and try my luck. Been slammed at work.

[barnfield11]

Originally Posted by DK4885

been doing really good at the duct of late, no real secret just fish around the gates....
lucky crafts, traps and flukes

also don't pass up the irrigation canals that draw water from the delta,
got this one in a small canal. it went 5#


heres a video of the canal that I fished, you can stop watching after the 3rd cast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RMQiD5uXRM

Nice size catch. checked out your video -didn't look familiar are you fishing south of patterson ? started using lures heavily about two months ago and the amount and size of fish have increased 10 fold. noticed your lure retreive was as soon as it hit the water ? do your lures sink or are they the floating type .. i'm new to these bigger lures and have been trying all types of retreives and shapes .lots of fish in the 21 to 24 inch size and hit and running different spots have produced a loy of fish . Find them in one spot one day and they may be somewhere else the next day.

[DK4885]

Originally Posted by barnfield11

Nice size catch. checked out your video -didn't look familiar are you fishing south of patterson ? started using lures heavily about two months ago and the amount and size of fish have increased 10 fold. noticed your lure retreive was as soon as it hit the water ? do your lures sink or are they the floating type .. i'm new to these bigger lures and have been trying all types of retreives and shapes .lots of fish in the 21 to 24 inch size and hit and running different spots have produced a loy of fish . Find them in one spot one day and they may be somewhere else the next day.

cant say were this spot is u understand, but its a small canal 12 feet wide only 4-5 feet deep, so that's why the retrieve the way it was, it was a fluke with 1/2 oz lead head..

[DK4885]

Hit the delta mendota canal the last couple nights and days. Here is a couple I have caught.

This one went 9#


And now my personal best
28.1#


Good luck out there.

[DK4885]

more Mendota canal fish from this week,
6#


My buddy with one, he got him right under that water being pumped in. never pass those spots up..


here is a video of me jigging a fluke off a bridge..

jigging the fluke - YouTube

[jjimenez2013]

Bites have really slowed down on stripers. Ive caught probably 5 keepers in the last 2 months. But the cats are biting now. Caught 3 channel cats and whole lot of bullhead cats. In my area gates have been up all the way in the mornings snd then close completely around noon. then open gradually after that until the night where they open up again.

[drifter023]

Nice job you guys here in Apple Valley we just do not get them like you do.

[DK4885]

Lots of moss right now but the fish are starting to stack up. Here is some we got last week

[barnfield11]

Nice catch, will be out there next week.Been out here in Missouri knock the crap out of the large and small mouth bass . Can't wait to catch some bigger fish back in California.