Sac River at Ko-Ket Resort 9/18

Launched out of Ko-Ket this morning at 7:30 AM and paddled to the west side to drift with the incoming tide. I was catching smallies in the 12-13 inch range using a 5" Pearl Senko. The bite died off once the river bend ended. I decided to try the east side of the river along the tree line, since I had not fished that section before.

I started casting to the shade line expecting to catch large mouth bass and caught my first 16" smallie of the day. Drifted about 200 yards catching several more smallies. I decided to troll my Rapula back to my drift start point and caught several smaller bass trolling. Did one more drift as the incoming tide was ending.

I went back to the west side of the river to my favorite spot while waiting for the tide to change and was not getting any bites, so I switched to a 4" Watermelon colored senko and caught my second 16" smallie. Caught several more smaller bass before calling it a day. I caught over a dozen smallies this morning.

A beautiful morning on the water.

Sweet! Should have gone there this morning instead of the preserve. Imy going out tomorroq. Maybe I'll hit the Ko.

Nice action! That bottom fish looks more like a Spotted Bass than a Smallie.

Thanks for the report and pictures WST120.

Awesome day! Thanks for the report!

Nice action! That bottom fish looks more like a Spotted Bass than a Smallie.

You could be right. I suck at fish identification, so I better start learning the difference! Thanks for letting me know.

Sweet! Should have gone there this morning instead of the preserve. Imy going out tomorroq. Maybe I'll hit the Ko.

I read your post on the preserve. What a mess.

I fished Ko-Ket again this morning. What a totally different fishing experience. I only caught four fish in four hours...

Went to wimpy's. Hooked four landed two. Lost one right at the boat. Left there and went to the Moke. Up in Victor. Two smallies and a rainbow on a hook and half a crawler. Friends land. C&R barbless. Buddy caught a smallies too. Sorry I missed you. Next week?

Went to wimpy's. Hooked four landed two. Lost one right at the boat. Left there and went to the Moke. Up in Victor. Two smallies and a rainbow on a hook and half a crawler. Friends land. C&R barbless. Buddy caught a smallies too. Sorry I missed you. Next week?

Sounds like you had a good day and a rainbow to cap it off! Next week sounds good to me. I will send you a PM as soon as I know which days I am available.

Ok, still fishing...

great report bro...that west bank is loaded with Smallies from ryde hotel up almost WG...used to bang them on big crappie jigs along any pipe or sunken tree. next time bring a salmon setup and try your luck..thats a good area to troll for them. Thats also Jeff's AKA barefoot1's territory. he knows wasup

great report bro...that west bank is loaded with Smallies from ryde hotel up almost WG...used to bang them on big crappie jigs along any pipe or sunken tree. next time bring a salmon setup and try your luck..thats a good area to troll for them. Thats also Jeff's AKA barefoot1's territory. he knows wasup

Thanks Fishworks.  I'll be hitting the west bank again this week and I should be drifting by barefoot1's place with the AM tide. I have one salmon rig in my kayak just in case I get tired of bass fishing.

Been busy deer hunting, back to Delta again this weekend maybe.  For those smallies I go to the bargain tables at BPS or Big 5 and buy a bunch of cheap hardbaits that resemble rattletraps.  Cast right next to or onto the rocks.  I often get hit just as I start the retrieve from the rocks.  Cheap hardbaits, so I don't mind beating the paint off them.  Tube jigs work great too.  Here is my X12
3 X 3.  He fell victim to the trusty model 94.