Striper fishing the Napa River 10/10 with Saw1 & FishermanLeeSonoma
California Fishing
Oct 10, 2023 23:30:50 #
Striper Master Ben, Striper Sensei Steve and I fished the Napa on a windy, mild and beautiful day today. Ben was kind enough to take us out in his boat and as usual we launched from Cuttings Wharf at about 7:15 am. By 7:30 Steve landed our first striper trolling, it was a short, but no skunk right off the bat. We continued to troll without much luck and then started casting up in one of the sloughs. Then Ben landed our first keeper, then another, then a short, Steve and I began to wonder if the fish didn’t like us. Then Steve landed another short, I landed a keeper, and I another short. Ben landed another keeper, just 18 1/4” and we decided to let him grow a little. After a few more shorts by all of us Ben landed another keeper. We continued to alter between trolling and casting with no luck and got back to the dock at about 12:30. The bite overall was a bit slow, but enough to keep us entertained and out for just over 5 hours. Thanks Ben and Steve!!
Another “fisherman” on the river bank fishing…….
The 4 keepers, fillets for all!
Oct 10, 2023 23:56:08 #
Oct 11, 2023 06:53:00 #
40GRIT wrote:
Striper Master Ben, Striper Sensei Steve and I fis... (show quote)
Nice catching guys. It sounds like you all had some fun and brought home dinner, so it's a win even if it's kinda slow. Thanks for the pictures and report Denny.
Oct 11, 2023 07:04:18 #
Oct 11, 2023 08:21:46 #
40GRIT wrote:
Striper Master Ben, Striper Sensei Steve and I fis... (show quote)
There ya go guys. Sounds like ya had some fun 👍
Oct 11, 2023 08:31:29 #
Oct 11, 2023 09:09:00 #
Nice day out for you guys... and between "short" fish and keepers you certainly had some fun! Enjoy the fresh fish dinners!
Oct 11, 2023 11:50:59 #
Got fish
Loc: Petaluma
40GRIT wrote:
Striper Master Ben, Striper Sensei Steve and I fis... (show quote)
Another great day on the water! You guys consistently smack fish on this river!
Oct 11, 2023 12:33:19 #
Got fish wrote:
Another great day on the water! You guys consistently smack fish on this river!
Yeah it was a nice day except for the WIND. It was brutal by 0900.
I was constantly on the trollin motor. If you stopped to land a fish or fix a tangled line you were over a hundred yards out of position by the time you were done.
Other than that it was a very nice day. Thanks Ben and Denny for the outing.
We had our fresh fish for dinner last night.
Oct 11, 2023 12:53:47 #
Oct 11, 2023 12:55:40 #
Fredfish wrote:
Nice catching guys. It sounds like you all had some fun and brought home dinner, so it's a win even if it's kinda slow. Thanks for the pictures and report Denny.
Thanks Fred! It was good getting out with Ben and Steve, hadn’t seen them in a while and it was nice to catch up.
Oct 11, 2023 12:56:20 #
Oct 11, 2023 12:56:44 #
Whitey wrote:
There ya go guys. Sounds like ya had some fun 👍
We did Whitey, thanks!
Oct 11, 2023 12:57:51 #
Flytier wrote:
Good day for all.
It certainly was for Ben, but Steve and I contributed and it was good just being out, thanks Flytier!
Oct 11, 2023 12:59:28 #
fishyaker wrote:
Nice day out for you guys... and between "short" fish and keepers you certainly had some fun! Enjoy the fresh fish dinners!
Thanks FY! It was fun and I have striper carcasses for crab bait as well!
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