Rio Vista/Delta

Trollers Lay Into San Joaquin River Stripers

RIO VISTA – The striper bite for trollers in the Delta has been excellent, according to avid trolling expert Mark Wilson. Mark tells me that if the wind cooperates, he’s been catching his fish mainly on the San Joaquin River from the Three Mile Slough Bridge east to the Antioch Bridge.

On his last trip, Mark and his friends caught 37 keeper stripers averaging 5 pounds up to 14 pounds, releasing all but their limit. Mark continued to tell me that all the stripers were caught using deep diving Yozuri lures. Mark said that any deep diving Yozuri with green worked the best for him on this particular day.

Mark further said that t...