I used a 7 wt. rod with a Type VI sinking line.  Then just a 6' leader around 3x.  With this size of the fish being caught you could probably go with a lighter rod.  I also tried a popper on top to hopefully entice an LMB to come out and play, but no luck.  Not sure if this is a workable strategy in this area, but one can hope!

Thanks for the advice, was a fun couple of hours.  Report in the fly fishing section.

Lately I've been making a few evening trips to the mouth of the American after work drifting minnows for Stripers with good success.

Was trying to figure out where to launch to get at this water and figured the Campus Commons area would be a good spot.  Is there another way to do it without having to pay for access?  Are the striper even up that far yet?

My brother and I fished the Delta Meadows section out of Walnut Grove on Saturday and had a blast.  Got out there a little late (9:15) but managed to be the only ones at the ramp.  It was the first time out on the yak this season for me and first time in a yak for him so the launch was pretty shaky, but we were able to keep dry for the most part.  The day started great in that we caught 2 bass in our first couple of casts.  We then spent the rest of the day pulling up weeds and finding creative ways to get our flies out of the trees.  All in all, not a very productive fishing outing, but still felt great to be on the water.  Now, some notes:

1) Fly fishing from a tandem requires a lot of trust in your fishing buddy, and when that fails cat like reflexes.

2) Had no clue that the tide currents could be that strong.  Many times I felt like I was swinging flies for steelhead.

3) Sun block is a good thing.  Forgetting to put on the sunblock is a lesson I will only have to learn once.

4) Either get there really early or plan on fishing later.  I think the two we caught were part of the morning shift, and we were to tired and sun burnt to make it to the evening bite.

-Ed

Yeah I picked up a copy of Fly Fishing the CA Delta book by Mike Costello, which is pretty much what lead me to this board .

Thanks for the advice on party boats, I'll do my best to be visible out there.  Now all I need is some free time to put all this knowledge to good use!

Sure, the website is found here:

http://www.cosumnes.org/

From what I have heard it's more of a small mouth bass fishery (which is cool with me, those suckers fight hard!) but from looking at maps it seems one could get out to the Mokelumne and go for stripper as well. 

I spent last season learning to paddle on the lakes (mostly Folsom and Camp Far West) and am now trying to find places that have less powered boat traffic.  It's embarrising to get sea sick on a lake  .