American River 11/12/06

Arrived at the park at 6:30am and the parking lot was empty. Not a single car, truck or boat trailer. Steve-O arrived right after me. One of the locals, Mad Canoe, pulled in with his pb as we were unloading our kayaks. 

Headed down to the pump and dropped anchor next to it. No other boats around. Jigged (per Danglins advice) for about an hour for nothing. Lost a jig in a snag. Pulled up the anchor and trolled down river past the bridges. The place was empty, no boats, no fish rolling...nada.

Wind picked up at 9:00 and my feet were getting cold, so I headed back. Three more pb's were at the pump as I passed by. Off the water at 10:00. It was a nice morning on the water anyway. I'm glad it's only 20 min from home.

Steve and I have been working this place..I think we're due to catch a fish.

Here's a few pics of the river:

DoarrGG!!! O.K.....You can Blame me. ....Dammm, what the Hell is wrong with these  F'N Fish, well @ least I don't feel bad about giving away the " Great Advice " I was given, it seemed to make sense, and he did emphesise fishing in the rain.      " Howe " did mad canoe do?

I did get another " Hot Tip " that the Striper bite is on fire East Delta out by Stockton...

40 Stripers in 2 hrs, biggest 22lbs, your going to love this...." Jigging Spoons"... .... ...Danglin

 Al, Thanks for the report i'll be heading that way again very soon. I know your best time is weekends but I think i'll try mid week. Is the bite compeletly off? The water looks as if their aren't any fish there.

Danglin, What's this about the stripers and spoons? Where in east Stockton? More info dude!!!

Talked to a friend of mine who went out with another friend for a few hours and he was blown away by the quanity and quality of the fish they caught. I'll get more info if I can, he's kind of on the tourney trail right now and hard to get ahold of. He did say that they they were " dropping spoons "and it was on fire. I am not familar with the Stockton delta area, so hard to tell where he might have been. I'll post more when I get it.......Danglin

Did you post a report on that he-uge river salmon you caught?

J

I talked to someone who fishies out of McAvey Harbor in Siusun bay and said they are doing real good on the stripers too.

Is the bite compeletly off? The water looks as if their aren't any fish there.

Very few fish were rolling, but most were near the pump. I saw nothing farther down towards the bridges.
Like the pics show, not a roll ripple on the water. I think Danglins advise is good..work the pump area.

Did you post a report on that he-uge river salmon you caught?

Who?

Salmon fishing is pretty dead right now. Never know though, the fish still might show up.

The turning basin had a lot of boats out today in downtown stockton. That means drifting minnows or jigging spoons for stripers. I am going to try a midweek run. I'll keep everyone posted if I hear a definate report.

-Brian G

Did you post a report on that he-uge river salmon you caught?

J

If that was about me ( Danglin) That was when I went to Vancover Island @ the beginning of September for the Moutcha Bay Tyee Torney...Pretty kool stuff up there.....Danglin

Sweet pics.

My non-yak salmon chase near Verona also without results of the fish kind.

http://www.fishsniffer.com/cgi-bin/forumsyabb/YaBB.pl?num=1163394099

Spoon jigging stripers?  Sounds like Mildred Island, but could be a few other spots.

Al, Thanks for the report i'll be heading that way again very soon. I know your best time is weekends but I think i'll try mid week. Is the bite compeletly off? The water looks as if their aren't any fish there.

Danglin, What's this about the stripers and spoons? Where in east Stockton? More info dude!!!

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Stockton Stripers...Hopkins Spoon 3/4 oz....main River channel  1/4 mile north of Buckley Cove/Ladds....Danglin

Main River channel 1/4 mile north of Buckley Cove/Ladds...Hopkins Spoon 3/4 oz.....Danglin