Tomales Bay-Non Yak 8/10-8/11

Went to tamales bay at night fished from 9pm to 1am. First i caught a 25lb bat ray. Then 31 inch striper. Also 2 leopard sharks 45inch and 52inch.

Sounds like a fun night, I've never seen a striper comme outta Tomales, how about some more details, nothing specific, not looking for your spot, just want to know a little more. 

Sounds like a fun night, I've never seen a striper comme outta Tomales, how about some more details, nothing specific, not looking for your spot, just want to know a little more.

Ya it was a great night. Just using bottom setup with 5/0 sturgeon rig and sliding 3oz triangle/pyramid weight. For bait cut frozen herring, tied magic thread around it so it would stay on the hook better. The bat ray and leopard sharks just took my bait and ran with it. But the striper hit the bait really hard. Then i waited about 10 secs and it took off with it. Set the hook and brought it in. Would post other pics but i didnt have a flash camera with me out there. Big mistake wont happen again.

Nice stripes! That bay has it all.

sweet, never saw a tomalas striper  im surprised they dont show up in there more often

sweet, never saw a tomalas striper  im surprised they dont show up in there more often

Ya im pretty happy. Its the biggest striper ive caught before. Hopefully more to come

Went to tamales bay at night fished from 9pm to 1am. First i caught a 25lb bat ray. Then 31 inch striper. Also 2 leopard sharks 45inch and 52inch.

what did thar weigh?  are there kayak launch spots out there?

Went to tamales bay at night fished from 9pm to 1am. First i caught a 25lb bat ray. Then 31 inch striper. Also 2 leopard sharks 45inch and 52inch.

what did thar weigh?  are there kayak launch spots out there?

13lbs and 31 inches. There are boat ramps out there. Ive seen plenty of people paddling out there.

Years ago I caught a 52" leopard shark and I was going to let it go...using sardine wrap with magic thread...a Russian couple talked me into keeping it...they wanted to eat it...I kept one large fillet and put it in lemon juice and a bunch of spices and kept it in my fridge for 4 days forgot about it than remembered it and pulled it out and fried it with flour/butter Unbelievably Good...

love night fishing.......Thanks for posting it up!!! 

Went to tamales bay at night fished from 9pm to 1am. First i caught a 25lb bat ray. Then 31 inch striper. Also 2 leopard sharks 45inch and 52inch.

what did thar weigh?  are there kayak launch spots out there?

Miller park is a nice launch

nice fatty i havnt seen one of those in a while

Nice! I've caught a couple of little ones out of Tomales, but that's the biggest striper I've seen come out of there in a long time.

Nice catch. Use to find a few in the lower Russian river, if they still show up people are keeping it real quiet.

Ya i think the tomales stripers are pretty rare now a days, especially big ones.