Year Round Stripers ?

Had some discussion going on under Hookups, but thought I would pose the question here:

Anyone fish for stripers year round in the Delta? Wondering what winter fishing is like. Below is a response from XSquid.

FROM XSQUID:

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I have only been fishing for stripers in the delta for two years, so I'm no expert.  But from what I understand, the stripers migrate into the delta in the fall (the fall run) and eventually make their way into back sloughs to spawn.  In the spring (the spring run) they make their way back out to the ocean.  At the beginning of the fall run I had success targeting the main arteries off the rivers that the fish used as a highway.  Later on the back areas were more productive.

There is a population of smaller fish, or diaper stripers, that will be in the delta system year round until large enough to make the run to the ocean.  Most keepers and trophys are caught during the two runs, with the fall producing bigger fish and the spring producing better numbers.  When the water gets cold enough (about right now), the plugging bite kind of dies off and the bait anglers have better luck.  I've noticed a slow decline in the plugging action lately, and think that it is almost over.  Hopefully I'm wrong and the action will continue, there is nothing quite like blasting a striper on topwater!

I've heard that the fish migrate towards the dead-end sloughs as the water gets colder because it's a little warmer where the water isn't moving so much. I think "Fish Hookers" Sportfishing out of Pittsburg targets stripers all year. Here's an article from them: http://www.fishhookers.com/winter.html

They are around all year.  The bite slows in the winter as the water cools because the metabolism of the fish slows down.  Some of the bigger fish do hightail it to the ocean and there has been some speculation as whether they ever come back.  Find warmer pockets of water and that is your best bet.  I know for a fact they are around the trace fish facilities all year. 

Jim