west cost bass?

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Originally Posted by Mike P

SF Bay is freakin' cold.

Tell me about it, went for a little swim back in 1962

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[ThrowingTimber]

Good fish in Nor Cal. Right not very warm, and always windy. They like yellow superstrikes there too No, humidity though. I'm pretty sure they start to peter out above Oregon, they're there but spotty.

[RNC]

New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas has freshwater stripers. The state record for NM was 55+ lbs in a man made resovoir. Shoreline fishing in the desert for stripers is fun just watch out for the rattlesnakes.

[baldwin]

Saltwater stripers were transplanted in California, Oregon. Sacramento River, San Francisco Bay area have them. Also, they are indigenous to rivers on the eastern Gulf coast in Florida, Alabama. That population was once continuous with the East Coast population, but drop in sea level brought Florida out of the water, separating the two populations. South Florida reaches too far into warm waters to allow mixing of the two populations.

[JohnR]

You can catch stripers from north of Sacramento to SanFran - I got a few in the Sacramento River.

Even Northern Cali and north I'm told...

[ridler72]

I purchased a couple of items off of ebay from a fellow from San Fran who is a Striper Guide. Their fall run was just getting on.

[ProfessorM]

They took stripers across the land from N.J. via RR in 1879 and released an initial 133 in San Francisco Bay. A very interesting story. By 1899 they were netting a million pounds commercially from SF Bay. Considered one of the most successful fish introductions ever made. Would never happen in this day and age because of invasive species problems. Still think next world record will be fresh water caught, very close at this point. P.

[put_em_back]

Originally Posted by ridler72

I purchased a couple of items off of ebay from a fellow from San Fran who is a Striper Guide. Their fall run was just getting on.

The CA Delta turned on a couple of months ago with a lot of fish being caught on topwater and the Sacramento and American rivers were also putting out some nice fish - some in the 30lb range.

I am getting ready to take out the sissy sticks for some Thanksgiving stripers in the Delta but we also have stripers in the surf. We'll also be throwing swimbaits, bucktail jigs and some spoons.

2005 was a banner year for surf stripers - amazing year. This year was a lot slower for me, but still a lot of fun. My big fish last year was about 42" and about 30 lbs. My big fish this year was just over 12 lbs.

BUT, I am still glad that you East Coast guys decided to share the wealth years ago and can't believe that the fish actully made the cross country trip on a train....did they travel first class?

Thanks again,

A West Coast Plug Junkie