Fish Report

On the San Joaquin River the striped bass fishing slowed down during the last storm fronts to hit the area.  Most of the action is on the troll from the San Andreas Shoals up to the Antioch Bridge.  The best lure is the deep diving Yo-Zuri with a white worm trailer in water depths ranging from 12 to 16 feet.  Currently, the fish have been running from 5 to 14 pounds and most of them are males still in the milking stage.  The larger females should be making an appearance towards the middle of April.  This year due to the above average rainfall, the striped bass fishing should run into the month of June and July.  As soon as the weather warms and water temperatures increase most of the bait shops should be receiving some fresh thread fin shad.  The shad is the best by far when it comes to striped bass fishing.