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32 March 15 - 29, 2019 VOL.38 • ISS. 7 SALTWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 28 a big push of muddy runoff in both Suisun and San Pablo Bays. “We’ve had some good trips in recent days,” related Captain Jonathan Smith of Happy Hooker Sportfishing. “Yesterday our anglers landed 2 keeper sturgeon and 1 keeper striped bass. We also released 4 shaker sturgeon and 3 short striped bass. Today we were hampered by the wind. We started off strong landing a couple jumbo MARTINEZ Big Outflows From Recent Storms Improve Sturgeon Fishing MARTINEZ- The huge Pacific storms that have pushed through the state dumped a lot of rain in the valley and foothills and that has resulted in Get Your Fish On! shaker sturgeon and a keeper bass. After that the wind started pushing big time. We got a few more shaker stripers and that was it for the day.” “There has been a definite uptick in the fishing and hopefully it will continue. The Happy Hooker will be fishing for sturgeon and stripers out of Martinez for the next several weeks. Once halibut start showing in San Francisco Bay, we’ll head back down to Berkeley. We are really looking forward to the live bait potluck season this year. We expect both halibut and striper fishing to be excellent,” Smith concluded. Ray Egan, a kayaker and Fish Sniffer Digital Edition reader headed out onto the waters of San Pablo Bay last week and was rewarded with a 51-inch sturgeon and a 12-pound striper while fishing near China Camp. “I got the striper during the first half hour on the water. Just about the time I got the striper aboard the rain started coming down hard. With the big striper laying in the kayak, I just couldn’t go in. I sat in the rain for almost 5 hours before the next bite came. That’s when I got the sturgeon. I hated sitting in the rain, but when I got back to my truck with those two big fish it. With The Bay Area’s Premier Sportfishing Family… Halibut Now Booking S.F. Bay Halibut & Striper Stripers Live Bait Potluck Trips! Lingcod Salmon Sharks & More Charters & Open Loads Available Departing Daily From The Berkeley Marina Happy Hooker (510) 223-5388 Pacific Dream 3807 (510) 993-4414 Follow Us On Facebook Building On The Legacy of Capt. Jim Smith! Two Boats To Turn Your Fishing Dreams Into Reality! PACIFIC DREAM Captain Chris Smith’s 58’ Pacific Dream Captain Jonathan Smith’s 56’ Happy Hooker CALL NOW FOR BOAT SHOW PRICING!! Celebrating 61 years of “The Unsinkable Legend”!! 2019 Models HAVE ARRIVED! Boston Whaler 160 Sport Herman used live bait to fool this huge 160 lb. yellowfin tuna while fishing aboard the Red Rooster III this February. Photo courtesy of RED ROOSTER III SPORTFISHING, San Diego. Boston Whaler 160 Super Sport Wins the 2019 Innovation Award at Miami International Boat Show! (shown with optional equipment) Complete package with side console with storage, dual aft swim platforms, lockable storage, bow rails, helm bench seat, side seat, Mercury 90 hp 4 stroke outboard, galvanized trailer and more! Call for Details! (800) 726–2848 3807 (510) 533–9290 1926 – 2019 Your Bay Area Dealer For 93 Years 333 Kennedy Street Oakland, CA 94606 www.outboardmotorshop.com All Prices INCLUDE freight & prep, plus tax & license only. CONTINUED ON PG 35