Rio Vista/Delta

Get Ready for Spring Striper and Sturgeon Fishing!

RIO VISTA - The latest storms, resulting in muddy and high water conditions, have caused the striped bass bite to slow down on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Expect the spring striped bass run to start soon.

“On the latest two trips before the colds storms came through, we caught 6 to 8 keepers per day,” said Mark Wilson, Delta striper fishing expert. “We fished both the San Joaquin River from the mouth of the Mokelumne to Antioch and the Sacramento at Decker Island. The water was in in relatively good shape at the time. I was trolling with Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow and Dredger lures with Ron Retzlaff of Orangev...