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Hot-Bites Fishing Report By the Fish Sniffer Staff	June 15, 2009 Updated Regularly

WEST DELTA
 Fishing in the West Delta is a good news, bad news proposition. On the upside, there are big numbers of stripers and sturgeon in the West Delta. On the downside, the unrelenting spring winds are making it extremely difficult to fish effectively on most days.

"There are lots of sturgeon down in Suisun Bay and plenty of stripers holding along the main channel of the Sacramento River," reported Captain Barry Canevaro of Fish Hookers Sportfishing. "The biggest problem right now is the wind. Most of the time we haven't been able to fish effectively because it is blowing so hard."

"Down in Montezuma and Suisun Sloughs the sturgeon bite is wide-open for guys using eel and grass shrimp when the wind lets up. The edge of the channel from Decker Island downstream is packed with stripers. If you get out on a day when the wind isn't really bad, you can catch them on fresh or frozen shad," continued Canevaro.

The West Delta's black bass population is on a good bite these days. Crankbaits and spinnerbaits are catching solid numbers of average size fish. If you want a shot a big fish, buzz baits, wake baits and frogs are the way to go, but you've got to work these baits slowly and methodically.

EAST DELTA
Bass fishing in the East Delta has been good for several weeks. Due to warming water temperatures the action is getting even better despite recent thunderstorm activity.

"The weather has been pretty wild, but despite the unstable conditions the black bass fishing is actually pretty darn good," recounted Randy Pringle of The Fishing Instructor Guide Service. "We've been catching quality fish on a bunch of different baits. My favorite approach right now is working an Ima Shaker shallow running crankbait in the bluegill color just over the tops of the weeds. The bait has a wide wobble at slow speeds which attracts fish, but also allows you to keep the bait in the strike zone for a maximum amount of time."

"In addition to crankbaits, we've been getting fish on Persuader E-Chip spinnerbaits, Persuader Double Buzz buzzbaits, Berkley Crazy Legs Chigger Craws rigged Texas style and Berkley Heavywieght worms rigged on a Zappu head. Some frog fish are now available. I've been hooking fish with the popping version of Furbit The Frog. To get frog fish right now, you've got to work the bait slow and methodically. Overall the largest fish have been coming on the buzzbait," disclosed Pringle.

"These days the fish are very mobile because of the ever increasing water temperature. The fish are moving to the outer edge of the weeds at low tide and pulling up tight to the bank when the tide is high. We'll start to see more aggressive topwater action soon, provided the water temperature continues to go up," added Pringle. 

RIO VISTA
June typically marks the end of productive spring striper and sturgeon fishing in Delta waters and this season is proceeding right on schedule as anglers begin to note a decline in the action.

"The fishing for both stripers and sturgeon was a lot slower last week," reported Jason Shepard at Rio Vista Bait. "There was only one striper brought to our shop last week. I think a lot of the stripers have moved down toward the bay."

"Sturgeon fishing has also slowed down quite a bit in our area. If you want to fish for sturgeon Montezuma Slough and Suisun Bay have been the best areas," added Shepard.

Audie at Hap's Bait described the fishing in the Rio Vista area as "good when the wind stops blowing".

"There are still catchable numbers of stripers around," said Audie. "Most of them are being caught by guys fishing with baits like pile worms, grass shrimp, anchovies, sardines and shad. I haven't received any good trolling reports for a few days.

"There have been a few sturgeon reported up in Cache Slough, but that bite is fairly slow. The wind and weather have been crazy out here in the Delta. The pressure has been going up and down and I know that it's effecting the fishing," added Audie.

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Area Fishing Maps West Delta Lower Mokelumne River

The Delta, comprised of a hundred plus year old system of levies and canals built to control flooding from the Sierra spring snow melt run-off, is the confluence of the Sacramento, Mokolumne, and San Joaquin Rivers. All the anadromous species pass through the area during their migrations. Permanent residents include sturgeon, largemouth & smallmouth bass, big channel cats, and carp.