Doug- YOU RULE! I live in Wyoming now and use the the same brands and similar types of tactics for big trout and walleye! Great show, I grew up outside of Stockton in the late 60’s and my uncle used to take me out in the delta to catch fish as big as me. Fiberglass rods and catch em with the reel!😊
This is a great video! Thanks for your time putting this together. I am going striper fishing for the first time in my life tomorrow and this video saved me some struggle. Ive been a lifelong fly guy and am stoked for tomorrow. Thanks!
I love this Video after watching this vid I went out to the delta bank fishing with chicken liver, anchovy and 2 friends had a great day catching small ones and then a bg one hit my friends pole and started taking line and there was a 27 1/2 on the end of it we ran out of chicken liver but still had some of the juice left so we cut the anchovy and dipped it in the juice would have never thought about chicken liver I knew it produced catfish but never would I have guessed that striper would hit on it. So all in all best stripper tip ever !
Awesome video! Totally agree liver is deadly, I knock them out big time with liver! I fish the California Aqueduct here in the central valley and the elastic string is a must!
Thanks Nick! Good info and explanations in every video I watch. I also like the fact you from my hometown and know the Delta and other places you frequently fish. Appreciate your knowledge.
I release all stripers over 10lbs too. What other people choose to do is up to them. If you notice the 2nd 12+ I landed was not in the final shot. I agree on catching and releasing the larger breeders, I keep the males around 6 & 7lbs much better eating anyhow :)
Awesome video, I’ve been fishing the delta for years but have not been able to hook in large stripers on a regular basis. I look forward to trying your tips!
I have to say your tactics/opinions are out doing delta legend Barry canavaro that's no small feat thanks for the great tips but I think I'm going to be on a baitcaster 24/7 I hate the feel of spinning rods plus when you hook into that sturgeon you get to have fun a little longer before he takes off and you never see your hook again
Drifting the same rigs works great, just make sure to use at least a 2 ounce drift weight to stay down. Plus jigging can be deadly as well in the main channel...
walmart sells the "sticky line" its called magic thread. im sure any other tackle store sells it as well. i use regular thread for liver and it works great
Great vid however stripers do not have teeth but they do have very sharp gill plates,it's always important to keep a stripers head towards you don't allow them to turn away that's when most cutoffs happen due to the line getting sliced off on those gill plates
I'm new to bait fishing in the Delta for stripers and your setup looked like it was working. What pole, reel, and line were you using? Great video by the way!
Getting back into some serious striper fishing. My baitcasting rig will do fine when it comes to live bait. But I have lots of questions for the spinning rig. What size of spinning reel do you use for the 7 ft spinning rod? Also do you use the same size reel on all of your spinning rods for both boat and bank fishing? What power do you recommend for the spinning rod? Do you ever use the baitcaster for bank fishing when it comes to live bait?
Your fishing the power lines area. I fish with sardines and filet it and put the guts in the center and sticky thread tie the guts inside the filet. Then dowse it with sardine bait sauce. I use ghost shrimp too
MY son and I watch this video atleast once a week , can wait for winter striper fishing, where abouts in Rio Vista did u catch those pigs? Also u did a vid on top water striper fishing in Rio Vista and said to fish of a flooded island run off but I cant seem and on the maps
At 12:45 you mention releasing the smaller fish so they can spawn. A big mature female will lay thousands more eggs than a smaller fish will. Those big fish are the future.
great video guys. i fish at HMB jetty.. crabs usually destroy my bait if its on a slider.. can i use a hi-lo instead or is the sliding rig crucial for success? thanks in advance!
I’m docking out of Sherman island. Where should I go. Down river or up river? Could you send me coordinates of good spots? I can’t find the fish anywhere.
Also what does it mean when the stripers stripes are broken and the lines are not perfect? i.e watch Stripers on Live Bait 1 all the fish have strait perfect lines.
Just was on the delta by Brannan island it was to windy for my bass boat to go in main channel caught few 16 inch and one 17 inch stripers all bait shops said only thing biting was the small ones what are the best striper seasons?
Hello well i just wanted to start out and say i have a shakespear size 50 reel spooled up with 280-295 yards of 20lb powerpro braid and a penn battle 600 spooled up with 300yds of 50lb hi vis yellow on a 10ft ande tournament series surf rod. could u recommend me some things to try or use for some east coast striper fishing because im just starting out and have no idea what im doing lol
Hello Nick, My husband and I was just watching this wideo. We have family in town that had never been to California and wanted to fish. We usually fish for trout in the mountains but my brother in law is looking to hook big ones. My question is, is this place still hitting? Being that this video was from 2012. Please help if u know of another place.
Hey nick any places to fish from shore? I went to vista but I was told by PD that fishing isn't allowed on the shore in vista I was on highway 160 close to three mile slough bridge. any locations that you know of would really help. (the PD showed me signs went on for a couple of miles before I just took off)
I thought stripers hunt by smell not sight so don't need to make bait spin. Some days its sardine sometimes its shad smell or its ghost shrimp. Liver is something I have not tried and will next good rain we get. Personally I like sardine fillets with sardine bait sauce 8/0 circle hook. Power lines always a hot spot!
The fish start moving up beginning of March and this will last through May. it is a good time to catch large quantities of average to larger size fish pretty easily. Good fishing will last through the summer months of June and July you just have to know where to find the local schools of fish. It will slack off a little in August and pick up late September. The best time to catch trophy fish is late October through November. The stripers are incredibly aggressive at this time of the year. All of my largest stripers came in November. Hope this helps
Does anybody use bull heads anymore when I grow up we use bullheads we use the mud sucker the Gobi too.But we go buy half a pound of those shrimp and a small pole and go catch both head and throw them out there and let them sit big stripers come along suck them up I miss them days
