Mouth of the American R...sucks!

So I guess I got into the thinking of there being some stripers at the mouth after the 3million smolts, but hell no! Thats 0 for 3 there and my last! There wont be any stripers there no matter how much bait is there while theres still 2 freakin sealions around! I had enough attempts at the mouth, its time to change things up again! The ports been quite, I think Ill go hit it now again and bring it Back to Life, Again! Fishworks

Did you try topwater?

I fully intended on being up there this evening, but my plans fell through. It sucks you didn't score, but I'm glad I stayed home. I still went over to Shadow Clifffs with my son and soaked some powerbait for zero. I wouldn't have bet that the stripers would have been all over that place.

no topwater cause the wind was blowin and never let up! I couldnt even mark any fish! those sealions are scare-ing off the fish

Nice try Ricci. Knowing you, I know you didn't give up so easily. See you soon bro.

Jedmo

Sorry the fishing wasn't what you expected Ricci but I wonder if the presence of furbags will give the smolts any better of a chance to survive or will the sea lions devour them too?

FW, think of it this way. AR salmon should be good in 2 seasons.

Can't say that you didn't try.  Thanks for the report Ricci.

Nice try at least.

Was anyone trying for Shad yet?

Was anyone trying for Shad yet?

Striper_Slayer and I fished from the mouth up to 160 railraod bridge for NADA! We were going for both shad and stripers. We didn't mark any big shad schools like we did two weeks ago.

Sorry Ricci, I probably put the fish down with my faulty fly casting and clouser slapping the water

Sorry for the Skunk ricci. 

Way to get after them Ricci.  Just paying your dues, that big AR striper is in your future brother!     

 

Bummer this section was sucky for you...

I hit it again this morning and caught lots of snags plus a few sea lion photos...  Not even they were catching anything.

I never do anything but donate fishing gear out there... So much old line in the soup  (half of it mine)  heard others are doing well up river on sac river... I want to try the Tracy Stockton area... One of the NCKA bro's just moved in out on the delta, we should converge on his place!  Lodi/walnut grove area?