Verona

 Shot up to Verona after work today, Worked the mouth, picked up schoolie stripers and small smallmouth till " Mama " SmallMouth Rocked my Light set up, got her while I was working up the Feather.  Very Kool...  

 There have Got to be some Hawg Smallies in Here....

 Throwing Crankbaits, Crawdad Raps, Lipless Yozuri Gold Black, There are nice Stripers running thru here, just could not get the Big Guys to stick...

 30"ers +/- coming up to the Yak, even hitting the Bait, but no luck, even tried the suspending pointer, same thing... had my chances 4x that I know of...   Very frustrating  

 But, Great to get some love and Great Day one the water,

And one thing I really Love about the Yak...  Being eye level with the shore and finding some Great Lost Baits!!!!  

$10 launch at Verona... exact change Please  

 Another Thing,,,, This is where they are starting.. I think...  The Second Levee...  Trucks with Dirt, one after another all day...

 Massive Work going on, not sure if this is the levee that is going to be backing up the old one on the Sacramento/Sutter county side, or if the Peripheral Canal is already taking shape.  

Very nice fishy looking water!  Thanks for the report and pictures Don.

Great report and awesome pictures!!

Glad you had a good time OTW and I am sure those bigger ones will end up in your yak next time around!!!!!

Thank you for sharing!

Sincerely,

Jim

Good action, Don.  Way to get OTW and bring us along.   

Excellent intel!

  great report and pictures, very jealous!  Love reclaiming lost lures myself!   How do you like having the fish finder on the forward hatch? 

 great report and pictures, very jealous!  Love reclaiming lost lures myself!   How do you like having the fish finder on the forward hatch?  

  Works really well,  as long as you don't need to mess with it...  I just leave it in " Auto "

 and all is well,  GPS wave points, your probably gonna have to do something else...

Right where they have the marina used to be a prime slot for the shad to swim up.
How bad was the current?
Much of the sand bar showing?

Right where they have the marina used to be a prime slot for the shad to swim up.
How bad was the current?
Much of the sand bar showing?

 Current was very Doable, the sand bar at the mouth is not showing, but very shallow, and the Feather is very shallow with many sand bars showing, the North side is the only fish-able side

Thanks for the report Don. Nice looking SMB.

Jedmo

Looks awesome-Verona? Is that launch listed in the places to launch thread?  Thik I need to give that one a try...

Jody

Sounds and looked like a great time OTW...free gear, hell yeah!!! I love lost gear...feels like Xmas when ya find um...

"had my chances 4x"    that kind of fishing gets my blood going... you know their there! you see um!! and the anticipation!!! hell YES!!!

Thanks for report and pics....next time for sure!!!

where in the Delta is Verona?

Where the Feather River meets the Sac,

 Approx 10 miles north of the Airport along Garden Highway

Approx 10 miles north of the Airport along Garden Highway

sweet!  near my aunt's house.  Gonna hit it up next time