I bought some yesterday. Going out tomorrow gonna try it out with flukes and some rat traps

 

Fish bait grates.

Notice I'm not casting far the fish are not in the middle they are holding close to wall.

 

ur not using any weight on these are you?

 

Light flow 1/2 jig head heavy 3/4 oz

 

Went out today. Suprised to see the gates actually going down. moss wasnt a issue either. Tried the fluke on a 1/2 oz red jighead with no luck. Might be my technique as i dont normally use a fluke. Switched it up to my 4 inch berkeley goby and i caught 5 small stripers. biggest being 15 inches.

Not gonna give up on the fluke tho probbly go out again tomorrow and saturday. Im expecting some storm wildeye gobys from bass pros. gonna see how they work out. Might try drifting too since the moss has eased up.

Was fishing the avenal cut off and huron area today

 

Stop at all the grates inbetween gates pop the fluke right in front of grates stand on upside of current.

 

Thanks for the tip.

i got these in the mail today, gonna test them out tomorrow.

 

I know someone that's using those and catching on them

 

these i might just set by the gates and let the current play with them.

 

went out today, started early around 5am. Started with the fluke caught 2 16 inchers. Had one that felt big went under the line with floating balls by the gates and snapped my line.

Then tried a shad hard jointed swim lure and caught 3 one which was 19.

All that before 630.

Decided to head to the eastern side of the duct and seems the fish are in the cooler shaded side in the morning. caught and released 13 stripers on anchovie. Ranged between 15-18.

Nothing but catch and release today basically because im not in the mood for fish.

Had fun, havent had this much action in a couple months. Especially in the huron/avenal area

 

Tried smaller lures and slower retievie but still only caught one using the same old method and lure. Put some anchovie out there and not a single bite.

 

Two days before the last storm the was on , my brother and I went out after work and caught atleast 4 stripers each. Largest was 20 inches , almost as many fish the next day.Storm moved in and temp dropped bite stopped as well. Fished thursday cuaght 2 stripers in 15 minutes , yesterday caught one on the first cast before the rain ran me off.fishing the mendota canal with 3 inch shad swimbait slow and close to the bottom.

 

Went out today at 3pm levt at 430 pm .5 fish in the time I had all between 16 and 21 inches . Trying to attach a couple of pics

 

barn, nice job out there looks like some nice healthy fish.

 

Went out between rain squals after work today , laned 2 in the 17 inch size and lost 2 .

 

The bite is ON !!! 10 landed and 2 lost in 40 minutes . Same old lure worked deep with a quick twich. My brother had 5 by the time I had to leave. All in the 14 to 17 inch size.

 

The bite is ON !!! 10 landed and 2 lost in 40 minutes . Same old lure worked deep with a quick twich. My brother had 5 by the time I had to leave. All in the 14 to 17 inch size.

the bite has really picked up in the last week ,catching in areas that usally only hold a couple of fish and pulling them out in numbers now ,3 inch swim shad twitched near the shoreline and 5 to 10 feet down. now that I moved into the 21st century and have a cell phone as soon as I figure it out I,ll post more pics of the days action.

 

went out yesterday after work in the huron area. Gates are down all the way. tried the side rails before the gates hooked on one but it was a feisty one and unhooked itself.

Went to the gates and as i said gates all the way down, used a 120LC blue and white with orange under the front. first cast hooked a 22 inch striper. 5 mins later got a 19 inch. Released both.

Water is still no boils. Casting up twards the gates and retrieving slow with a a jerk. 7ft abu spining reel combo with a 10 lb red color line.

 

Went to the farm on the way to the supermarket.11 strippers in less than an hour. Largest just over 18 inches.fished casting up stream toward the boards on the side of the gates. All fish came from one spot.

 

Tried to post pictures but could not figure it out on this phone:smiley17e:

 

2 hours of fishing at the farm on the mendota aquaduct ,25 stripers caught and released .All fish were between 15 and 18 inches,16 of those fish came from one corner of the gates.that was on suday around noon .Hit the duct monday after work on Bird rd , no hits in 100 feet of shoreline until a school moved in , it was 5 fish one after another until the school left and the rain moved in.

 

Fought a carp for 30 plus minutes on thursday , only to pull the hook out of its lip.used the same old swim shad . Fish surfaced 3 times and looked to be about 3 foot and 20 to 25 pounds , using 8 lb line with a 3 inch soft swim shad.gates are alllll the way up and the fish have moved away from the gates and are hanging out on the inside edge after the bends .caught 8 shakers today tossing upstream and twitching it back down all fish were close to the bank.

 

Greatfishing today , first spot at bird road had a fewsmall ones up to. 15 inches. Went to the safeway warehouse and caught 3 over 20 inches ,4 more over 18 inches and the smallest were 17. Tried this spot with light current before and no luck, gates all the way up the lastcouple of weeks and the fish are grouped up after the corners.

 

Gates went down all the way today, water level dropped 2.5 feet overnight. All tnose fish hitting in the corners are now is the shade of the bridges . Cast up under and twitch it out , iwhen you get a hit set the hook fast , they are swallowing the soft swim shads.Taking my tablet next time to get some pics and possibly video.

 

Here they are a whole school per package. Ok 5 per package, wal mart has them bass pro shop has copies that do not work as well.3 fish in15 minutes all shakers but still fun.3 inch long lures the pic does not show the size very well .

 

Will try these out tomorrow

 

Hey there I did not get your name today, hit me up I usally fish every day. Most days are 15 to 30 minute trips , at least once a week its a trip with the guys after work and we hunt the stripers on the latest info from we gather from our little trips and we will fish till sundown.Had to run today it was my job this morning to pickup the birthday cake and I had to get some fish first.

 

888 334-2258 poacher reporting hotline .. two a--holes were pulling out undersized stripers out of the mendota canal and hiding them in the weeds behind them . Hopefully a warden found them after i called it in .early 90's gold camry with gold trim have seen them out there before ,now i know how their fishing .keep an eye out in the tracy area and load this number in your phone.