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Leslie Phillips inside the breakwall at Princeton Harbor. Fighting a
Jacksmelt.
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Stripers averaging 4 to 6 pounds and going up to double digits in
the surf at Rio Del Mar and Manresa
Beach. Action is fair to good. Perch action off the local beaches
has been fair good one day, Great another.....Keep on the move
when trying to locate pods of perch! Sunset is a good beach to
try!
Jacksmelt have moved into the Capitola area in big
numbers, while anglers are hooking perch and striped bass off the
Monterey Bay State Beaches.
Jacksmelt fishing is wide-open around. The fish are 12 to 14
inches long and fish are hitting tiny white and olive streamer
patterns. Black, walleye and rainbow perch are showing also.
Flies:
Rusty Squirrel #6,
Surf Percher Red #6,
Skok's Blind Crab #6,
Piconi's Prowler #6, Brite Blend Dredger #8, Micro shrimp #6,
10-40 #4, Ruffy #6, Llama Sand Crab #1, Hanley Surf Grub #10,
Jay's Sand Worm #6. Hanley's Beach Ball #6, Calhoun's Surfer
Special #6.
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If you’ve been dreaming of catching some
extra large black bass, this is the time to head out to the East
Delta. The bass are in a pre-spawn mode and anglers are using a
variety of flies to nail fish in the 5 to 6lb class.
The big bass are holding outside the weeds along current edges.
The key depths have been 3 to 10 feet.
There are some large schools of 3 to 9 pound stripers around. They
tend to stay on the move. One day some are in Potato Slough, but
at other times they've been located them in the main San Joaquin.
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If you’ve been dreaming of catching a limit of 5 black bass with a
total weight of 30 pounds or more, you should head out to the East
Delta as soon as possible. Having said that, while big bass are
hitting, they are not particularly easy to catch.
Due to the recent fluctuations in weather there is virtually no
reaction bite. To get your fish, you’ll have to slow down and rely
on finesse tactics.
We’ve got fish in a pre-spawn mode, fish on beds and fish that
have already spawned. The post spawn fish are holding on shelves
along the outside edge of the cover.
There have been few reports of anglers targeting striped bass in
the East Delta.
Delta Striper Flies:
Blanton's Sar-Mul-Mac, 3/0, sardine and anchovy pattern; Clouser minnow, 3/0, gray and white; Lefty's Deceivers, 1/0 to 3/0,various colors; Blanton's Bay-delta Eelet, 3/0; Whitlock's eel-worm, 2 to 2/0; Whitlock's hair jigs 2 to 2/0, various colors and Whitlock's sheep-shad, 2 to 2/0 |
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SAN FRANCISCO REGION
no report
Bay Area Flies:
Blanton's Sar-Mul-Mac, 3/0, sardine and anchovy pattern; Clouser minnow, 3/0, gray and white; Lefty's Deceivers, 1/0 to 3/0,various colors; Blanton's Bay-delta Eelet, 3/0; Whitlock's eel-worm, 2 to 2/0; Whitlock's hair jigs 2 to 2/0, various colors and Whitlock's sheep-shad, 2 to 2/0
Black Bass Flies:
Subsurface: Whitlock's Hare Jig 6, Chocklett's Gummy Minnow 2, Hightower's Tre Generations 1/0, Nix's Shinabou Shiner 4, Burk's V-Worm 10, Nix's Sunfish 2, Nix's Shinabou Shad 4. Burk's Bass Flash 2, Martin's Peacock Tracer 3/0, Cowen's Coyote 1. Darter Clouser 4.
Surface: Stewart Dancing Frog 2, Whitlock Bass Hopper 4, Blados Crease Fly 3/0, Dahlberg Diving Minnow 4-1/0. Messinger's Frog 6. Dahlberg's Mega-Diver 1/0.
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