Striped bass are showing up in the north Delta near Liberty Island, and large glide baits or topwater lures are picking up the linesides in the shallow water. Alan Fong of Alan Fong Outdoors took advantage of the minus tides to head into previously inaccessible waters in the north Delta to work the shallows with chatterbaits, topwater lures, or punching the weeds for 50 to 70 bass to 7 pounds for three consecutive days. He said, “It is difficult to get out if wait too long, and I almost didn’t make it out one day. I would have had to wait five hours for the tide to rise before we made it out, so these spots are not for the light of heart.”
Sturgeon fishing is closed, but there are several agenda items regarding white sturgeon on the August 15 agenda of the Fish and Game Commission including an item on the ability to catch and release sturgeon during the interim period of closure for research for California Environmental Protection Agency threatened status.
