4-14-11

We pounded the stripers again today!!! Today I guided Pete Jung of Sacramento and Bill Karr, editor of Western Outdoor News. Pete has been itching to catch some fish and Bill was in need of an On-The-Spot story for next weeks magazine, so off we went. We launched the boat at Boyd's Pump at 6:15 AM and powered down the river to the mouth of the bear. We pulled out the trusty trolling rods and began our search where I had left the fish on Tuesday. Within minutes we landed a small keeper but it was evident that the school had moved down with the lowered water flows so down the river we went in search of the fish. We started fishing again about a 1/4 mile above the Nicholaus bridge and it did not take long to get into the action. Within and hour and a half we had boated 25 fish and when the fleet of other fisherman started to show up we headed down stream to find some more fish. We got into another nice school about 1/4 mile below the bridge and managed to catch another 15 fish. We boxed 6 nice sized males for the dinner table and made our way back to the boat ramp. It was 10:30 when we called it quits and headed in. The hot lure again today was a white Yozuri with a red head. It looks as if the Sacramento River is starting to shape up and I will be switching rivers next week, in search of some bigger fish.

You can read the whole story of Today's trip in the April 22 issue of WON.

Casey