Rio Vista area sturgeon striper hunt

Planing on soaking bait Friday (4/27) or Saturday (4/28) haveny decided on the exact area yet gonna plan it based on the storm we get and the tides and info I gather on where they are biting

I heard Rio has been good lately, I think eel has been the trick up there. Good luck dude!!!

This will sound weird (as I usually use live bait), but some guy was using GULP natural colored shrimp in the Napa River last month and hooked up with separate three sturgeon.

Where do you launch at up there

That's a tough question to answer I launch at the Rio boat launch most of the time or at the ryer island ferry but I also launch off the side of the road at a lot of places that are not easy to explain. I also have access to ranches out by montezuma

You must have a light yak cause my pa is gonna be hard to launch

Compared to a pa every kayak is light 

Rio Vista launches are pretty cake.  The boat launch in town is a two ramp formal affair.  From the bridge to Ryer Island Ferry (maybe a half mile) is full of cutouts made by the shore fisherman.  Your right at the waters edge.  Some of them are drive next to the water spots (like a beach on a river).  I'm not sure if you are able to use the ramp where the ferry is docked, but right at the entrance way on the side is another dirt drop off into the water.  Back up your vehicle and slide it into the water.  Going out to SHerman Island is the same.  A lot of shore launch possibilities because of the shore fisherman as well as the public park/launch at the end of the road (which is free if you have an American River Parkway Pass. 

Outside of these, good luck.  I scouted out all the side roads and because of the private property enforcement, getting to the water on foot is even difficult.  On the east side and north of the bridge is another free launch place covered by the park pass, but it has been neglected and is in a flats zone so it is covered in logs and debris.  Not possible to launch from unless you carry your kayak over the logs and bushes. 

All the marinas seem to have pay for launches as well, but nothing close to actual Rio Vista and the sloughs to the north.

Compared to a pa every kayak is light 

I'm finding that out now,I wanted one and for six months I research it.I wanted it cause I want to go out and chase bass stripers and large mouth.but I wanted something you can stand up in.my balance is not that great I found that out renting an outback from San Pablo dam.I reach around to grab my gear bag and almost flip it.

I know this is getting away from the hookup subject, but Hobie does make some outrigger add-ons for their revo so you could end up with good stability options in a lighter yak.