Lots of good advice here. I have used an Ugly Stik Tiger, its a great do-most rod for the money. The best you can get for $70-80 IMO. If you want to step up to the next rung in terms of price I would recommend an Okuma Guide Select Swimbait Rod H 1-6oz. I bought this rod to use for big swimbaits for striper mostly and its a great casting rod. Since then I have used it vertical jigging for rockfish and lings, with a 3-way for halis, and regular bait fishing. The rod can actually handle weight throughout its rated range for casting and I have used up to 10oz on a 3 way for halis and lings with no problem. The rod has a nice moderate action that's perfect for treble hook baits and has plenty of backbone for setting the hook on a single hook as well. I paired mine with a daiwa lexa 300wn. I got mine for $110 at fisherman warehouse on sale but there is usually a sale somewhere.

This is such a cool nexus of things for me. Just started working part-time for Kerans and West and have been fishing Liberty for the past 2 years. My understanding is that the existing plan would still allow for kayak launches at the end of the levee road with minimal parking. Is that still the case? I won't be able to make a public comment today, the timing of these meetings really works against public comment unfortunately, but best of luck building support for the small boat launch.

I think the Nomad lures are more for warmer water species but I like the idea of adapting them to work for RF and lings. I think the Squidtrex just came out so they are trying to hype the bait up a bit and get the word out, in my opinion I think it would be great for Lings especially.

Both the rod reel have only been used only twice and are in essentially new condition, reel comes with the box.

Price $180 now $165 for the combo

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First off, there are still plenty of striper in the delta although they are finally moving out into the bay. This has been a weird year for striper in the delta.

One caveat to what I’m about to say is that I don’t usually fish the main rivers, I prefer fishing sloughs. If you just want to fish the main rivers troll a 4”-5” jerkbait. If you don’t get any love, add a white worm on the back treble and you should do fine.

In terms of techniques I prefer artificials like swimbaits, jerkbaits, chatterbaits, and topwater to name a few. Live or dead bait also works great and when fishing around Sherman I have done well with pile worms or frozen anchovies. The smaller fish in the 13”-20” class are good fun on bass gear and can be caught reliably with smaller topwater, jerkbaits, and chatterbaits in 1-6 fow. For fish in the 20”-30ish” class a 5-6” pencil popper is great or 4” swimbait. I wouldn’t worry about trophy class fish if you’re new to delta striper fishing because most people take a very specialized approach in terms of gear, location and timing.

The trick with striper is finding them. If you find a school you can definitely catch 10+ fish no problem in 30 minutes but you might not get a single bite the rest of the day. Target changes in depth on a moving tide, I like outgoing, any pumps or pipes that are discharging water are great.

Honestly this video gives you a ton of useful information and was helpful for me when starting out. If you want more info shoot me a pm.

I have a nearly new, used 2x, Shimano TLD15 spooled with 30lb mono that I would like to trade for a Penn Squall 15LW. PM me or send a text to (415) 419-1822

Thanks for the feedback Eddie. I kinda figured this wouldn’t get much or any sales but why not? Tight lines!