Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3703 Jan 18-Feb 2 2018 | Page 33
VOL.37 • ISS. 02
SALTWATER
Jan 18 - Feb 2, 2018
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SALTWATER REPORTS
BERKELEY/MARTINEZ
Cold Water Slows Sturgeon
Action
MARTINEZ - Captain Chris Smith of the
Happy Hooker out of Martinez was in San
Pablo Bay on Saturday, and they didn’t
see a single sturgeon throughout the day.
They ended up with seven striped bass
and a leopard shark, and he picked up and
moved to get away from the bass.
Captain Steve Talmadge of Flash Sport
Fishing out of Martinez said, “We put
a recent two-man charter onto limits of
sturgeon using straight eel in deep water
at 44 feet near the Benicia/Martinez Bridge
during max current on the outgoing tide
during the middle of the week. We started
out up above, but slid down to the bridge
in deep water due to the mediocre tides.
The water temperature has risen slightly
in the water near the bridge from the
49/50-degree range to 50/51 degrees after
the weekend’s rain.”
“However, on our next trip, we only
ended up with a few striped bass in the
box while missing a few opportunities on
sturgeon bites. There are a good number
of fish by the fleet and the bridge. I found
sturgeon on the bottom in the deeper water.
We also had some jumper’s around us,”
said Talmadge.
John Badger of Barbarian
Sport Fishing out of Martinez has
a new boat, and he said, “It has
been a tough bite in the Delta,
but there is a better outgoing
tide coming this week, and there
have been fish landed up above
from Buoy 6 towards the Benicia/
Martinez Bridge. We will most
likely be heading in San Pablo
Bay until the water warms up in
Suisun Bay.”
-David Hurley
BODEGA BAY
Perch, Crabs Dominate
Sonoma Coast Winter
Angling
Tory Courreri shows off a limit of quality stripers
that he landed on December 19 while fishing bait in
the Petaluma River.
Photo courtesy of FISHSNIFFER.COM.
BODEGA BAY - Bottom fish
season ended on December 31st
and will not reopen until April
2018, and it’s surf perch and crab
from the shorelines or Dungeness
crab from boats during the interim
period of time.
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