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Topic: What do you fish for in the marsh ponds N of Hwy 37?  (Read 3604 times)

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bioman

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Surprised to see a kayak angler out on the tidal marsh N of Hwy 37.  It was nearly dry at low tide, but fishable (?) at high tide. Never occurred to me there was anything in there beyond bait fish. What do you fish for in that area (West of Cullinan Ranch)?


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Stripers I'm guessing or sturgeon hang in 4-5 fow apparently...they like that bottom of the low...
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Stripers. Mostly around the breaks in the levees at the north and east sides of the ponds. The ponds are also a good access point to the sloughs on the western side of the Napa River.
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Stripers are found in those shallow waters. But I've not figured out how to calculate the tides for those  - they seem way off from the Napa River tides, but are probably delayed a fixed amount of time. I would hate to get stranded in that mud. I've pedaled into the area just a little ways at one of the breaks to Napa Slough, and it got real shallow real quick.
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masterandahound

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Stripers are found in those shallow waters. But I've not figured out how to calculate the tides for those  - they seem way off from the Napa River tides, but are probably delayed a fixed amount of time. I would hate to get stranded in that mud. I've pedaled into the area just a little ways at one of the breaks to Napa Slough, and it got real shallow real quick.
Lots of tangled, narrow channels amongst huge expanses of ankle deep water out there. If you check out Google Earth, you can kinda figure out where the channels are and pick a path to safely navigate deeper into those impoundments. Know the tides though because you can get cut off from your way out of those ponds pretty easily.

Here's a fish that came out of one of those ponds.
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Sounds like an exploration to begin at low tide to me, haha.
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don't forget nose plugs and DON"T eat those fish  :smt078
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He could be there checking out spots for Saturday's duck opener.
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there is no boat ramp right?  you have to lower the kayak off that dock?

I see people out there when it looks very full, but I can't figure out the tide there either


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there is no boat ramp right?  you have to lower the kayak off that dock?

I see people out there when it looks very full, but I can't figure out the tide there either

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just this Saturday, mid day.  there were like 8 kayaks out there!!