
Rio Vista/Delta
Experienced Trollers Land Striper Limits on San Joaquin River
RIO VISTA – The striper bite for trollers in the Delta has continued to be great, according to avid troller Mark Wilson. Mark tells me that he’s been catching limits to early limits of keeper stripers per trip averaging 8 pounds, releasing all but their limits. He ’s been fishing both the San Joaquin River from the Antioch Bridge to the Old River Flats and the West Bank on the Sacramento River below the Rio Vista Bridge.
Mark went on to say that he’s been graphing both these rivers for his fish. On one of his trips, he and his friends found the fish on the San Joaquin River and they managed to catch 29 keepers to 9 pounds on both deep and shallow running Yozuri lures, releasing all but their limits.
Mark said that on another day he and his friends located stripers on the West Bank on the Sacramento River below Rio Vista and they caught 19 keepers to 8 pounds, releasing all but their limits. Mark said the West Bank bite was mainly on an outgoing tide in 12 to 15 feet of water using any deep diving Yozuri lure with a green color (see the attached photo).
Meanwhile, the sturgeon bite continues to be good, but I’m getting this information from private anglers since most of the 6-pack charter boat captains have moved their boats down to San Francisco Bay chasing halibut and stripers.
Most private anglers chasing sturgeon have been locating them in the Pittsburg area and the Middle Grounds. If the wind becomes an issue, anglers have been going into Montezuma and Suisun Sloughs for consistent action. Salmon roe continues to be the number one bait of choice.
- Ken Baccetti, President of the California Striped Bass Association (CSBA), Isleton-Delta Chapter.