Today's charter started off right at high tide before the outgoing started. We marked scattered fish and had several strikes trolling A rigs. They were hitting the dummy teasers on the A rigs. We boated our first 20 inch fish pretty quickly. After making another move to search for more fish, we continued to get strikes on A rigs and trolling minnows from Snagum n Bagum custom tackle. After making a move to another slough and finding more marks on the sonar and getting more teaser strikes, we made it happen. Our young men we had on board hit a 7 pound 11 ounce striper. We got a bright healthy male striper over the rail and big smiles all around. We continued to troll got a few hours and even dropped cut baits on a school of fish. Cut bait produced multiple shaker like bites and the tide was really slowing down now. We made one more trolling pass and called it a day. We came back to the marina, cleaned a couple of nice healthy fish and sent our guests home with fresh fish for dinner. Water temps in the Mokolumne River were 65-67° We specialize in getting families on the water and provide a safe, fun environment for kids to catch their first fish!

Started off the morning heading to one of our spots above the Antioch bridge. 51° water temps and fish on the screen holding off into deeper water. We fished right off the edge of shallow shoals of about 8 feet and dropped bait into 30 feet of water. We were waiting for the end of the incoming tide and picked up fish before the third rod hit the water. Several fish caught up to 18 inches using cut sardines. Once the tide slowed enough to make a move to the next location, we pulled anchor and headed upriver. We dropped into our second spot that was loaded with marks on the screen. While everyone is waiting for the Spring Striper run we have been finding Winter fish on every trip the past couple of months. We fished this second spot for a couple of hours once the outgoing tide picked up. We caught over 40 fish for the day, and even though allot of fish were just a few inches short of 18 inches, our guests for the day were happy to catch and release everything that we caught. By the time we literally were running low on bait, they ended up keeping 3 of the fish that didn't make it during the fight. Biggest fish went just a couple of ounces under 7 pounds and will make great meals none the less. We will be running live bait drifting trips this spring and are currently updating the calendar with dates as other bookings become unavailable here. For anyone interested in getting your kids on a fun, safe, family friendly boat, look no further. Family specials for getting the kids out are available upon request.

Today's trip was very foggy, cold morning about 39° air temps with water temps at 51°. We started out looking for some schools of fish and only cruising about 3 to 4 knots with radar and line of sight along the shore as our guide. We fished 3 spots this trip and caught 3 catfish that were pan sized and 3 Stripers with only 1 keeper. 2 of the Stripers were just under legal size of 18" minimum. We drifted some live bait, but all fish today came on cut sardines in about 25 feet of water. We headed out about 0830 from the docks and headed back on by 4pm. The fog cleared shortly before 3pm, and by the time we were headed home, it was coming back in thick. There was still quite a bit of hyacinth and debris from recent storms in the water. But we were able to fish without fighting weeds on our lines hardly at all. All in all for a limited day of movement and visibility, I think our guests had a great time and got to catch some fish and see a part of the local waters they never have before. We are gearing up for a full on live bait party this spring on board as we have secured a reliable source. Check out the calendar and get on board for a day chasing big California Delta Stripers!