Got to get colder before the striper really get going. Find whisky slough off hwy 4 near Stockton. Launch from the marina or levy. Pencil popper and other top water gear. Go to where the slough ends into another slough and fish there. You will see them chasing bait. Cast into the swirls! fun as hell!!! Good luck!

Quote from: Vash on October 22, 2020, 06:12:19 PM

Fresh water bass fishing.  From a kayak mostly.

I’m a bait caster guy. When I took up surf fishing I bought a Penn Fuego 3000.  It’s fine.  I just hurl baits into the waves.   It hauls in fish fine.

For small bass from the non boating ‘lakes, I got a Penn Fierce in the 1000 size.  Again. I just grabbed it and caught fish. I have a tiny Phlueger I backpack with for mountain trout in the Sierras.

That’s the extent of my spinning world. I kinda let the store owner pick my reels   

Now?  I’m bass fishing a lot. I got my baitcasters figured out.   I’m kinda lost on a nice spinning reel.  Some friends tell me a spinner doesn’t need to be nice.  Some say buy something nice.  I almost dropped $$ on a Stradic 2500.  But I balked at the price.

How is that Daiwa Procyon AL?  Save a few bucks over the Stradic.

I have two Diawa Procyon 3000's and am in love with them!!! I fish them in the salt and fresh. I used them to drop shot when i lived up north and fished Minnetonka for smallies.

Now i catch perch and rockfish with em!  Super smooth and magseal is excellent- have em running strong for 3 or 4 years now