In the delta i've had success using shallow diving crank baits that have a rattle or using a rattle-trap.  The biggest stripers I've caught not trolling but drifting a live minnow or blue gill.  Buy some minnows (big ones) or catch some blue gills when you first get there with a small or piece of a redworm on a small trout hook (no weight or bobber necessary).  Just fish near the boat ramp or somewhere close to shore and put them in a bucket.  Drop the live fish down to the bottom with some kind of bottom rig works best.  I've seen others using those umbrella swimbaits rigs too. 

In June I wanted to upgrade my Hobie Revolution 13 with turbo fins and rudder.  I ordered online from Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK).  I will never again order from ACK and here is why.  I waited and waited and things were not being shipped.  The excuse I received from ACK is that things at Hobie were shut down and they weren't getting inventory.  That's a good excuse so I kept waiting.  I called again a few weeks ago and ACK said they had my fins and would send them.  I got the delivery the other day and was so excited only to be disappointed again.  In the package was only one turbo fin, nothing else.  So now I have to return the darn thing and hopefully get my money back.  But that's only part of the story.  The more shameful part of this whole thing is that I ordered parts from Austin, Texas that were probably created in Oceanside, California.  This means, a truck was used to take the part(s) from California, to Texas, and then back to California (my house) and now back again to Texas.  The impacts of this kind of business to the environment is avoidable and unnecessary.  The worst part is I could have helped out a local business by giving them my business.  My apologies to both the Headwaters Kayak Store, and California Canoe and Kayak (CCK).  I saw on another thread that Headwaters went out of business and I feel bad about that.   

Hi Buttercup.  I'm in the Sacramento area and will be happy to show you around.  Send me a pm and we can schedule something soon.  I'm not sure my wife will be thrilled if I tell her i'm fishing with Buttercup though. 

Looking forward to it every year. 

Yeah i know...the picture doesn't do it justice.  This was a fat one.  I ran a calculation i found off a salmon fishing website to estimate based off length and girth.  Came to what i think it likely weighed.   

Here is a picture of how I had it.  I already took off the kayak rack and flipped it over and now it is resting upside down on some round metal crossbars with pool noodles...that are on top of my popup camper in the garage.  The bars are about 4-5 feet apart and support the kayak evenly.  I feel good about it now even though the way I had it was similar to using the cradles.     

I just got a new Revolution 13.  What's a better storage method?  I have metal cross bars on my camper which lives in my garage.  Would it be better to store it upside down on those metal cross bars or right side up on a kayak roof rack attached to those same cross bars?  Thanks