Mendo Sun 5/25

I took my friend Eddie out to Mendo for his first kayak fishing adventure on Sunday. I had picked up bait for us from Petaluma the night before. We launched from the south boat ramp at 8:45 and headed towards crappie cove. I saw another kayak working the area when I stopped to rig up our poles. Eddie had some problems with his setup and got his line tangled before it even hit the water. By the time we were ready to fish the other kayaker had moved on so I didn’t get the chance to say hello to them.

We spotted several small boils throughout the morning but they weren’t interested in my top water lure. Eddie managed 1 LMB and I ended up catching 4 stripers for the day. I didn’t take any pictures of the stripers but they were on the smaller size in the 24-26” range, all fish were released. Even though Eddie didn’t catch a striper he had a great time just being out on the water on the kayak. We had to call it a day at 12:45 as Eddie couldn’t take sitting on the kayak any longer … I love my GTS seat  

The boat traffic wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be for the Memorial weekend. The big bonus was that we didn’t have a single inconsiderate boater buzz by us.  

thanks for the report sharkbait. 4 stripers and no powerboat mayhem on mem. weekend. i'd call that a great day.