Top water LMB is over till Spring........

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

........but there is plenty of action under water with wet flies/streamers.

Clouser minnows work as well as anything.

I think that many Nor Cal Valley reservoirs and the Delta are fishing very well for LMB right now.

Maybe try 5 to 10 feet deep now?

[Rodney D.]

Thanks Bill for the info. I am going Wednesday to Snodgrass Slough in the Delta (in the North end past the Twin Cities rd. bridge) for LMB and Stipers so I will give the Clousers a try. Hopefully it won't be too foggy and I'll have a good report to share.

[Scott V]

I refuse to give up on the top water, I will continue to spend atleast 30 - 45 minutes trying for that bite. Bill is probably right but I refuse to give up.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Scott

If we had a week of really warm weather now I would bet if you could find some Delta water in the mid-60s you might get some top water LMB in the afternoon/evening?

[Rodney D.]

I love your attitude Scott. I will ALWAYS give topwater a try... The forecast for Wednesday is 80+ degrees. The water temp. in the back of that slough should be close to that if the fog doesn't stick around too long. I'll stay loyal to topwater as long as I can.

[Ed Wahl]

Hey Rodney, is there anywhere to launch a pram around there? Ed

[Rodney D.]

Ed, I am lucky enough to have access to private land at the end of the slough that has a beach that I launch my kayak from. The closest launch that I can think of is a public access behind the town of Locke but without an engine, it's a bit of a haul. You used to be able to launch off of Twin Cities Rd. bridge but they may have fenced it off. It sure helps to have grown up out there and know all the farmers to get access to their land.

[Hairstacker]

Rodney, glad to see you've joined up, as it was nice talking to you that day at Kiene's. Looking forward to your assessment of how you think topwater is faring, as I can't decide whether it's worth devoting another weekend to it or not, especially with all the good striper reports now filtering in. Knowing me, I'll remain indecisive until I'm stringing up my rod and will end up choosing topwater bugs and retrieves that will appeal to both.

[Mrs.Finsallaround]

No more top water...

I'm so depressed....

Guess I'll have get used to the sinkin' lines...

[Rodney D.]

Hey Hairstacker,
Good to hear from you. Yea, that's exactly why I am going to that spot...the chance for stripers. There's a big, deep channel that was dredged in the middle of that slough years ago that usually holds stripers in it. You can find it with a depth finder and it's about 1/4 mile long. It was dredged for irrigation purposes and it's especially good when the pumps are running. You need to get down to about 12 - 15 feet to where the channel is. Maybe I'll get lucky and find some stripers.