04-24-2003, 11:59 AM
[cool]I'm sure the Kid will get back to you with his particulars. But I will toss out a couple of things in advance. I live in Arizona and Alex...his real name...was living in Utah. He came down to visit relatives in my area over Christmas last yaar and I got to meet him.
He is just graduating from high school, after being moved to California in the middle of his last year...Bummer. He teaches dancing...break dancing. He has a lot of talents besides fishing. But, when it comes to bassin', he kicks BASS when completing as a NON BOATER with most of the older pros.
The Delta is the area east of San Francisco where the two big rivers come together...the Sacramento and the San Joaquin. Just like with most other major river systems, these rivers have deposited mud over millions of years to form a big fan shaped area of small river channels and backwaters, that are great spawning and nursery areas for a variety of fish.
Being close to the ocean, it is affected by the tides and fishing is often a matter of knowing when the tides are running and where the water will be high enough to have bass up in and feeding. Many of the bass in the delta are current oriented. They lay in ambush in the grass and stickups, waiting for current flow to bring food to them.
There are also a lot of man-made canals and backwaters where farmers set up pumps to take water out of the river for irrigation. Many of these slack water side channels are great places for big bass, and if you learn the roads that run around the area, you can find some private fishing ponds full of eager fish. The delta gets a lot of fishermen, but it is so vast, and there are so many places to fish, that you can have days where you do not see a boat or another fisherman. Of course, the "hot spots" close to marinas get hammered.
In addition to the huge bass that have been coming out of the delta in recent years, you always have a good chance of hanging into a big striper...on your bass lures. In the fall months there are also salmon up to 50 pounds and steelhead on their way upstream to the American and FEather rivers too.
There aree also big sturgeon to be had in the Sacramento. I caught several in the hundred pound range and watched a guy fight one out of a little cartop boat that he eventually landed...420 pounds, on 20 pound line, while fishing for stripers.
Hey, Kid. Hope I didn't tell too much about your personal stuff. We're all friends here. No need for false modesty. When you get your boat, we will all sign up for bassin' lessons.
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He is just graduating from high school, after being moved to California in the middle of his last year...Bummer. He teaches dancing...break dancing. He has a lot of talents besides fishing. But, when it comes to bassin', he kicks BASS when completing as a NON BOATER with most of the older pros.
The Delta is the area east of San Francisco where the two big rivers come together...the Sacramento and the San Joaquin. Just like with most other major river systems, these rivers have deposited mud over millions of years to form a big fan shaped area of small river channels and backwaters, that are great spawning and nursery areas for a variety of fish.
Being close to the ocean, it is affected by the tides and fishing is often a matter of knowing when the tides are running and where the water will be high enough to have bass up in and feeding. Many of the bass in the delta are current oriented. They lay in ambush in the grass and stickups, waiting for current flow to bring food to them.
There are also a lot of man-made canals and backwaters where farmers set up pumps to take water out of the river for irrigation. Many of these slack water side channels are great places for big bass, and if you learn the roads that run around the area, you can find some private fishing ponds full of eager fish. The delta gets a lot of fishermen, but it is so vast, and there are so many places to fish, that you can have days where you do not see a boat or another fisherman. Of course, the "hot spots" close to marinas get hammered.
In addition to the huge bass that have been coming out of the delta in recent years, you always have a good chance of hanging into a big striper...on your bass lures. In the fall months there are also salmon up to 50 pounds and steelhead on their way upstream to the American and FEather rivers too.
There aree also big sturgeon to be had in the Sacramento. I caught several in the hundred pound range and watched a guy fight one out of a little cartop boat that he eventually landed...420 pounds, on 20 pound line, while fishing for stripers.
Hey, Kid. Hope I didn't tell too much about your personal stuff. We're all friends here. No need for false modesty. When you get your boat, we will all sign up for bassin' lessons.
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