06-20-2013, 09:54 PM
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[font "Calibri"]We did not have much of a spring season as the folly of northern cold fronts and winds kept winter just barely hanging on. It seems we have two seasons here in the desert, hot and cold, we now are entering the summer and that means hot. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]With the warmer temperatures stripers are hanging out in deep water during the day and then cruise the shallows at night to feed. The bait fish also are in cooler waters but are ambushed as the transition from deep to shallow waters. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]This is the time to fish when the fish are transitioning water depths. Just after dark (9-10pm) and again just before sunrise (2-3am). The stripers can be found on the beach areas between Hemingway and boulder beach. This is a prime location for small crawfish and grasshoppers that are swept onto the lake by the late afternoon winds. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]The Vegas wash still has some good fishing in areas that transition from deep to shallow like the mouth of coves and small islands. Trolling with live shad or strips of large Gizzard shad is very productive for larger fish. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]The beach areas are a great area for cut bait like Anchovies and sardines. The key to fishing the beach is chumming and lots of it. You may go thru 45-50 pounds of chum and 80 pounds of bait, corn is a good alternate for cut bait in a blender. 100 fish nights are not uncommon so bring lots of bait and ice.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Cut bait, trolling and possible early morning top water, the fish were boiling next to the buoys off the beach in the morning. You can still fish with live bait but your time getting bait will be during the bite of early and late of the day.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Bait rigs for cut bait are the Carolina rig (1oz egg weight, swivel 18 inches of line and a 2/0 hook)[/font]
[font "Calibri"]To keep it simple a 1/4 or 1/8 ounce lead head hook can be cast out and let sink.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Cut your Anchovy or Sardine into chunks, heads and tails are discarded as chum.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Keep a can of attractant spray like Jacks Juice in salty shad or garlic.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]After 15 about minuets re-spray or change your bait, the lake water will bleach out your bait of any flavor or scent.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Where to go:[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Most of the Stripers will be on the beach, Kingman Wash and the Vegas Wash.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Points and the mouths of coves at 60 to 100 feet deep. Areas like 33 hole Government wash and the channel marker near it. From Government all the way to Sand Island are producing fish deeper now that the water levels are dropping. Crawdad cove is hit or miss but worth a check as its name sake has a lot of mud bugs. There will be fish suspended or just off the bottom so pick your rig to get the bait to where the fish are (two pole stamp is good for this type of fishing)[/font]
[font "Calibri"]You may need to change you depths as the day progresses but that’s the basic Striper techniques for the area.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Echo bay and just south of that to Walkers Bay, north of Echo is the Glory Hole and Stewarts Point, use the same rigs but the night bite is the best. Gregg Basin: Temple bar, Striper Bay, mile marker 42-45 and by Channel Island and into south cove on the left or west side.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]We did not have much of a spring season as the folly of northern cold fronts and winds kept winter just barely hanging on. It seems we have two seasons here in the desert, hot and cold, we now are entering the summer and that means hot. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]With the warmer temperatures stripers are hanging out in deep water during the day and then cruise the shallows at night to feed. The bait fish also are in cooler waters but are ambushed as the transition from deep to shallow waters. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]This is the time to fish when the fish are transitioning water depths. Just after dark (9-10pm) and again just before sunrise (2-3am). The stripers can be found on the beach areas between Hemingway and boulder beach. This is a prime location for small crawfish and grasshoppers that are swept onto the lake by the late afternoon winds. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]The Vegas wash still has some good fishing in areas that transition from deep to shallow like the mouth of coves and small islands. Trolling with live shad or strips of large Gizzard shad is very productive for larger fish. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]The beach areas are a great area for cut bait like Anchovies and sardines. The key to fishing the beach is chumming and lots of it. You may go thru 45-50 pounds of chum and 80 pounds of bait, corn is a good alternate for cut bait in a blender. 100 fish nights are not uncommon so bring lots of bait and ice.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Cut bait, trolling and possible early morning top water, the fish were boiling next to the buoys off the beach in the morning. You can still fish with live bait but your time getting bait will be during the bite of early and late of the day.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Bait rigs for cut bait are the Carolina rig (1oz egg weight, swivel 18 inches of line and a 2/0 hook)[/font]
[font "Calibri"]To keep it simple a 1/4 or 1/8 ounce lead head hook can be cast out and let sink.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Cut your Anchovy or Sardine into chunks, heads and tails are discarded as chum.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Keep a can of attractant spray like Jacks Juice in salty shad or garlic.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]After 15 about minuets re-spray or change your bait, the lake water will bleach out your bait of any flavor or scent.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Where to go:[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Most of the Stripers will be on the beach, Kingman Wash and the Vegas Wash.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Points and the mouths of coves at 60 to 100 feet deep. Areas like 33 hole Government wash and the channel marker near it. From Government all the way to Sand Island are producing fish deeper now that the water levels are dropping. Crawdad cove is hit or miss but worth a check as its name sake has a lot of mud bugs. There will be fish suspended or just off the bottom so pick your rig to get the bait to where the fish are (two pole stamp is good for this type of fishing)[/font]
[font "Calibri"]You may need to change you depths as the day progresses but that’s the basic Striper techniques for the area.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Echo bay and just south of that to Walkers Bay, north of Echo is the Glory Hole and Stewarts Point, use the same rigs but the night bite is the best. Gregg Basin: Temple bar, Striper Bay, mile marker 42-45 and by Channel Island and into south cove on the left or west side.[/font]
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