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FRESHWATER
Sept 28 - Oct 12, 2018
FRESHWATER REPORTS:
CONTINUED FROM PG 13
EAST DELTA
False River, Piper Slough
Deliver Top Striper Fishing
STOCKTON - Clyde Wands, shallow
trolling expert, was out on the Delta, and
he said, “The wind has been pretty bad,
and we stayed inside of False River for
21- to 22-inch stripers, and it seemed to
be the way it was going to go throughout
the day. The winds got heavier so we
ducked into Piper Slough for stripers to 14
pounds released, but it was pretty grassy
in there.”
“The combination of big tides and high
winds have broken off a lot of grass from
the shorelines. I went on the San Joaquin
off of Eddo’s, and I lost a nice one in the
15-pound range on a Rat-L-Trap. There
was a friend’s boat there as well, and
he had similar action with small, legal
stripers. If the wind will ever calm down, I
want to do a mudsucker drift.”
Randy Pringle, the Fishing Instructor,
was the tournament director for the recent
Best Bass Tournament, and he said,
“There were a lot of fish to be caught, but
the size was limited for the 99 boats in the
tourney. The winning limit at 15+ pounds
for three-fish was good, and
there was a reaction bite with
the warmer weather. Wake
baits, poppers , and frogs
accounted for some of the good
action, and the ima Finesse
Popper 65 working for the
second place limit.”
“I am going out for striped
bass on Thursday and bringing
an arsenal of P-Line Laser
Minnows, Optimum’s Bubba
Shad, and the ima Big Stick. I
plan on launching out of B and
W and working west unless the
wind is too rough. In this case,
I will launch out of Ladd’s in
Stockton and work the central
Delta,” he stated.
Neil Simpson of Lodi, field
reporter, went up to Liberty
Island for striped bass on a
recent trip, and he reported
slow action although they did
land a limit to 10 pounds using
River2Sea Swavers or P-Line’s Mixed bag trolling action is red hot at Lake Pardee, with mixed limits of
kokanee and rainbows being the norm.
Predator Minnows.
Photo courtesy of the LAKE PARDEE RECREATION AREA, Lake Pardee.
- Dave Hurley
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