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Spring Striper Journal VOL.38 • ISS. 8 Go On The Hunt For Feather River Stripers With Captain Manny Of MSJ Guide Service! S triper fishing is going to be red hot on the Feather River and Captain Manny will be on top of the bite. If you want to get in on the action, give Manny a call and secure your spot! Captain Manuel Saldana Jr, owner and operator of MSJ Guide Service, has been fishing the Sacramento and Feather Rivers for over 15 years. He is United States Coast Guard certified as a a 50 Ton Master Captain, licensed by California Depart- ment of Fish and Game, bonded and insured, and certified in First aid and CPR to ensure the safety of his clients. MSJ offers year around fully profes- sional guided Willfish Tackle In Auburn, CA Has What You Need For Striper Fishing W illfish Tackle is a great place to find fishing gear and advice in the heart of the California Gold Country! Trout, black bass, salmon, steelhead Norcal saltwater and long range fishing…No matter what you want to chase, Willfish has got you covered with the appropriate rods, reels, lines, lures and baits. Striper anglers will find a wide range of gear including a blizzard of plugs from Yo-Zuri, P-Line and Bill Lewis, line counter reels from Shimano and others as well as a deep selection of frozen baits from the Big Red Worm Bait Company! For more details, check out the Willfish ad in this edition of Get The Yo-Zuris Crystal Minnows Ready, The Spring Striper Run Is About To Bust Wide Open! by Cal Kellogg tripers might hit a variety of different trolled lures, yet you can limit your lure selection to two different models without hurting your success rate. For shallow work in water that is 6 to 9 feet deep, a shallow running minnow plug like a 5.25 inch Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow work great. At times when it is necessary to work deeper water, say from 12 to 16 feet deep a deep diving Yo-Zuri Crystal minnow is the choice of most anglers. A unique aspect of Delta trolling is the addition of a 6 or 7-inch plastic worm to the back of your minnow plugs. The worm most often used is a white Zoom Trick Worm, but other brands and colors of worms will work. The worm adds vibration, action and size to your plug. So how do you use these lures and tackle to troll up a mess of stripers? Well let’s begin by looking at a couple common mistakes anglers make. First of all, most anglers that are new to trolling Delta waters tend to work water that is too deep and they usually troll too slowly. Stripers are aggressive hunters that actively patrol shoreline structure in search of prey. When you begin a day of trolling you want to start out Sacramento and Feather River working shallow water tight to weed Stripers Stripers Stripers beds, tules, rip rap, snags and irrigations pipes. Ideally you Book a Striper want to seek out Trip Today! water that is about 8 feet deep. For this shallow water work your trolling speed and the distance you put the plug behind the boat is critical. You want to be moving between 3.5 and 5 24ft Alumaweld Jet Boat G-Loomis & Shimano Gear Provided miles per hour and you want the lure Salmon • Trout • Stripers 140 feet behind the Shad • Steelhead • Sturgeon boat. This combi- Professional Guide Robert Weese since 1985. nation of speed and Sacramento & Feather River STRIPER Trips! backdrop will put a shallow runner just above the bottom in 8 feet of water. If you fail to hook up in shallow water or are marking fish in deeper water, it is time to switch over to a deep running Yo-Zuri. For this work you’ll want to shorten your line to about 100 feet and slow your speed to about 3 miles per hour Bone Color Crystal Minnows Are Designed Specifically For Stripers Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows come in a long list of different colors. Just a few of the favorite finishes and patterns for Delta trolling a Blue Back Sardine, Red Head Pear Body, Rainbow Trout, Clown, Candy and Bronze Shiner. Last summer the Yo-Zuri brain trust unveiled a brand new color of Crystal Minnow aimed directly at stripers and the anglers that fish for them. The color is Bone. It’s basically an all white Crystal Minnow, but it’s not stark white. It’s off white, the color of bone. Last fall a few anglers gave these Bone pattern minnows a test The Bay’s drive and they found Best Crew! them to be excellent performers. The results should be even better this spring. Northern California Guide Service 530-755-7196 • norcalsalmonguide.com www.soohoosportfishing.com Yo-Zuri unveiled the new bone colored Crystal Minnow (bottom) last year and it has proven to be a killer on Delta stripers! Photo by CAL KELOGG, Fish Sniffer Staff. Excellent Sturgeon, Bass and Shark Fishing! 3408 RUSTIC ROB’S GUIDE SERVICE Learn these techniques from Jeff Soo Hoo - Professional Guide (925)899-4045 Small Groups • Great Rates 707-342-8481 • www.crocsport.com Specializing in Light Tackle Live Bait Drifting, Spooning and More! (Flyfishing available) Boat Departs from Lauritzen Yacht Harbor in Oakley A Bone colored minnow teamed with a white worm is really going If you have a selection of deep to stand and shallow running Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows and a sack out in Zoom Trick Worms you are the high of locked and loaded for spring off color striper trolling in the California water Delta. Photo by CAL KELOGG, Fish that Sniffer Staff. we’ll be dealing with this spring. Can you say, “Fish On”? For more information about Yo-Zuri’s full line of lures and lines visit them online at Yo-Zuri.com. Predator Sport Fishing Capt. Rob Reimers DELTA STRIPERS! Northern California Guide Service 3808 the Fish Sniffer! Willfish is located at 11944 Masters Court, Auburn, Ca. For more informa- tion call (530) 887-0839. Like us on Sturgeon and Stripers Fishing is Hot! Book Now! Full Time Guide S trips for stripers, salmon, and sturgeon on the Sacramento, Feather, and Yuba River systems. Salmon trips typically begin July 16 and run thru November or until the quantity and quality of the fish decrease substantially. The striper season runs from is mid March thru May, while sturgeon are targeted from mid December thru March depending on water flows in the region. MSJ fishes out of a twenty-one foot custom aluminum Fish Rite jet boat which can accommodate up to four anglers very comfortably. The boat is powered by a 350 Chevy marine motor with a Hamilton Jet, accompanied by an eight horse power Yamaha kicker motor with a TR-1 gold GPS auto pilot system. Two Lowrance fish finders, one for the clients and one for the captain, assist in locating the fish on any given trip. In his spare time, Capt. Manuel enjoys scouting the rivers for hot spots and researching/networking the newest tricks of the fishing trade, so he is always prepared to provide the best experience for his clients. Contact Capt. Manuel of MSJ Guide Service at (530) 301-7455 or find him online at www.majguideservice.com. 27 Mar 29 - Apr 12, 2019 530-632-0051 WWW.RUSTICROB.COM