Calm Delta afternoon 3/10

[mar]

It was supposed to be a stay-at-home Sunday. Wife was busy doing stuff around the house and the kids played outside. I tied some flies. But the nice weather was too hard to ignore. Got the green light to fish for a couple of hours in the late afternoon hours with the little one so off we went. Nice, warm and calm when we launched with a lot of boats pulling out as we prepped. Tide was just about to top out on our first stop with a water temp of 55 deg. A few feet into our first drift and got our first hook-up:

Reeling one in:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_0214b_zps12ffa05d.jpg

No need for a boga:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_0217b_zpsf327571f.jpg

The first fish hit within the first 3 strips, right next to the thullies. It was the same pattern on the next 5 fish.

Another cookie cutter stripe:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_0228b_zps854658f5.jpg

Moved on to the next spot and drifted with the start of the outgo. Same pattern; fish were tight up against the bank. First fish was a dink, then a small LMB that shook the fly off. Got a solid hit a few casts later and handed it off to my deckhand thinking it was another smaller fish. As soon as he started reeling in, it peeled some line.

Hooked up on a bigger one:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_0236b_zpse7171bc1.jpg

Take the pic already! I can't hold him up! This 5-lber looks huge with him hoisting it up :D
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_0237b_zps1c324fd6.jpg


A few feet further downstream, I got to fight and land one:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/mar224177/DSC_0244b-1_zps67e41eca.jpg

Another nice delta outing. The conditions were spectacular and had a blast spending some time with a future fishing junkie.

[Spicytuna1]

Nice work man, those last two fish are toads. Way to take advantage of the weather and make it happen.

[mar]

Thanks Mr Tuna. These last minute trips are my favorites. Just go when I can with low expectations and the results are almost always good. And it helps that taking the kid with me is almost always an instant hall pass. :D

[Hatch]

Caballero Caballito
Strikes again. Awesome stuff as usual. Nice shades bro.
HATCH

[mar]

Right on Hatch. Shades are perfect, thanks to you. Looking forward to our outing in a few weeks.

Mar

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

According to the old Delta guys March can be a good month for Stripers then they almost all head up the Sacramento River to spawn somewhere near Colusa, California.

[bart]

Bill.The first run of fish usually hit Garcia bend around the last week of March.I know of a 30+ thatwas killed over the weekend.
I can't deal with egos.

[Adam Grace]

Looks like a fun trip out on the water with a junior fisherman. Thanks for the report and the pictures :)