Havasu Stripers
Arizona Fishing, California Fishing
Dec 1, 2023 23:27:56 #
Langer
Loc: Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Bass fishing has been tough the last few weeks, for me anyhow but I do see a lot of stripers being caught on Facebook. Constant postings of good size fish but it seems I had my best luck the month of October rather than November. I was in my kayak this morning at site 6 on the island and got skunked in about two and a half hours of trolling Square Bills and a deep diver crankbait. I did pick up this 2 lb striper on Wednesday but still trolling hasn't been all that great for me recently. You can see he was hooked well but they came out easily and released him. I just love being out on the water in my yak!
Dec 2, 2023 08:43:36 #
Langer wrote:
Bass fishing has been tough the last few weeks, fo... (show quote)
Nice Striper Langer. Have you ever tried dragging a Lipless crankbait, like a Rattletrap? Saw has great results with them in Cali. Thanks for sharing buddy.
Dec 2, 2023 11:05:24 #
Langer
Loc: Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Fredfish wrote:
Nice Striper Langer. Have you ever tried dragging a Lipless crankbait, like a Rattletrap? Saw has great results with them in Cali. Thanks for sharing buddy.
Thanks Fred,
I'll give that a try I do have one in my tackle box nice and silver would imitate a Shad. I'll try it today.
Dec 2, 2023 11:40:35 #
Langer wrote:
Thanks Fred,
I'll give that a try I do have one in my tackle box nice and silver would imitate a Shad. I'll try it today.
I'll give that a try I do have one in my tackle box nice and silver would imitate a Shad. I'll try it today.
Good luck Langer. Let us know how the rattletrap does.
Dec 2, 2023 12:44:47 #
Langer wrote:
Bass fishing has been tough the last few weeks, fo... (show quote)
Nice striper and info. Thanks for sharing.Dec 2, 2023 15:54:32 #
KC Jetski
Loc: Lake Havasu City
Nice fish Mr. Langer. At least you didn't get skunked. I got skunked yesterday fishing at site 6 but I saw a gal catch a 2 pound bass near me. Nice day to be on the lake!
Dec 2, 2023 16:42:05 #
Langer
Loc: Lake Havasu City, Arizona
KC Jetski wrote:
Nice fish Mr. Langer. At least you didn't get skunked. I got skunked yesterday fishing at site 6 but I saw a gal catch a 2 pound bass near me. Nice day to be on the lake!
Our weather has been very nice especially in the afternoon but I'm usually out of there by 1:00 or so. Went to Mesquite Bay this morning about 10:00 and trolled down to the sandbar South and never had a hit. Stopped and did some casting and some tules and again no action at all so bass disappeared for now.
Dec 2, 2023 19:45:15 #
Dec 2, 2023 20:13:55 #
Track
Loc: Sacramento, ca
Langer, what is biting in Jan/feb? I am heading back down then and am bringing my fishing gear. Not sure if I should bring striper gear or panfish gear. It seems I should try the site 6 dock???
Dec 2, 2023 21:35:06 #
Langer
Loc: Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Track wrote:
Langer, what is biting in Jan/feb? I am heading back down then and am bringing my fishing gear. Not sure if I should bring striper gear or panfish gear. It seems I should try the site 6 dock???
If you'd like to spend some money hire a local guide and go out with them and learn the tricks in the spots. They're very successful right now going after Stripers mainly. That period in January and February the water temperatures are dropping down into the high 50s and a lot of things are going dormant.
Without a boat best bet would probably be off the docks and nightcrawlers or cut anchovies probably would work best rather than lures. I've watched an older lady pick up two smallies as I've been down at Site 6 dock this week as her husband catches small bluegills with crawlers and she baits 'em up and caught some nice smallies in 10' of water. She fishes 6 days a week and catches fish!
I head to SE Asia for 3 months in winter and come back when it warms up. Leaving December 31st.
Dec 3, 2023 00:24:54 #
Dec 3, 2023 11:19:29 #
Langer wrote:
If you'd like to spend some money hire a local gui... (show quote)
Have a safe trip over there and send some pics of whats being caught there.
Dec 5, 2023 14:59:42 #
Asente
Loc: Live in Saugerties, NY
Every one I get is because I attract them. Fast moving shining lures - especially like light color eel lures. I think trolling wouldn’t be very productive in a kayak for them.
Dec 5, 2023 17:45:29 #
Langer
Loc: Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Asente wrote:
Every one I get is because I attract them. Fast moving shining lures - especially like light color eel lures. I think trolling wouldn’t be very productive in a kayak for them.
If you troll a lure that looks like a Shad through a school of stripers you will catch one. When that happens I'll stop and cast back into them and typically can catch several. The problem in a big lake is finding them which I've been out the last few days, I haven't seen a Shad boil or a striper so have been skunked in a couple of hours that I go out in the morning.
Dec 5, 2023 18:09:10 #
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