RIO VISTA – The striper bite for trollers in the Delta has been very slow lately, according to legendary trolling expert Mark Wilson. Mark said he and his friends have been navigating all over the Delta trying to locate the now elusive stripers.

Mark said he finally located a few in Montezuma Slough trolling from the “Glass House” to the “Birds Landing” areas, but he and his friends have only been able to get 3 to 6 keepers a trip trolling both deep diving and shallow running P-Line and Yozuri lures. He has heard that those casting swim baits have been doing somewhat better.

The areas producing for those casting are Sherman Island and in Broad Slough. Mark believes that it’s just a matter ...