Schools of Striped bass on the Sacramento River will be arriving in the Colusa area soon!
Our Striper season on the Sacramento River begins around the beginning of April. Striped bass migrate up river to spawn every spring during the turbid flows of the spring water releases and snow pack run off. The Striped bass schools can number in the thousands and when they arrive, the fishing is really good! Many fish can be hooked and landed in a single day making for a memorable day on the river for sure.
No experience is necessary to be successful fishing for Striped bass on the Sacramento River. We primarily troll for Striped bass so letting line out and holding a rod is all thats necessary. the preferred method for catching Striped bass is to drift live minnows through holding water. The Striped bass can find these small minnows even in trubid, dirty water. They don’t mess around when taking the baits and savage strikes are the norm.
Striped bass fight very hard and even keeper size Stripers can really put up a fight. Often times, the Striped bass are such good fighting fish, many people thing they’ve hooked a monster! Not usually, they just fight hard and don’t seem to tire easily. Most of the Stripers we catch are 3-5 lbs, but we catch Stripers in the teens and twenties every year. 18” Stripers are the minimum size though and they must be at least that big to retain. The per person limit is two stripers with four in possession. Striped bass fillets are very tasty and many of our clients use the meat to make fish tacos. My favorite way to eat them for sure!
It should be another great season this year and we’re looking forward to seeing our clients bending rods on these great fish very soon! Call Jaynie at the office to set up your Sacramento River Striped bass fishing trip before April! (530) 510-2925, thank you!
