"Fishing The Southern California Aqueduct": News/Blog

Duane's On A Roll

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:18:54 -0600

Duane landed these two Stripers one is 11.1 and the other is 7.7 lbs. Congrats to you Duane!

Hard Striper Hit!!!!

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:26:03 -0500

Landed this one at night 6.5 lbs 26.5 inches long.

Friend Of Mine Duane Lands More Stripers

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:59:20 -0500

Duane from Palmdale; one of my striper students has payed attention to a lot of my tips and lands his biggest striper ever so far. 11 lbs 32.1/4 inches long and 7.7 lbs and 23.5 inches long.

"Striper Bill" Made The Western Outdoor News Yesterday!

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:40:54 -0500

Here is the photo, he is so jazzed and I fishing Mama, am proud and happy that everyone enjoys this webstie created for him and the people who are California fishing angler fanatics.

My Last Catch 10-14-08

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:07:00 -0500

Went up and using a swimbait around 9:00 am and landed this 5.5 lber 24.5 inches long.

Had Time To Go Striper Fishing Today

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:19:54 -0500

Went up to the duct this afternoon and casting out trying different lure and retrieves and 35 minutes later landed this one and boy did it put up a fight. I fought it for a while and got it in. Caught it on a rainbow trout lure. This Striper weighed 14 lbs 4oz and 34 inches long. Caught another one on a Braid lure from Braid Products, it was 4 lbs 2oz.

FISHING REPORT

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:33:35 -0500

Hey Bill , Sorry about just now getting back to you but the near 100 degree heat in Bakersfield yesterday wiped me out. Anyway the Bakersfield attachment is from yesterday and Quail Lake is dated and they were all caught on cut anchovy from the duct gates leaving Quail Lake heading for Pyramid Lake which you are not suppose to fish. Why? I don't know! Now! Back to yesterday. I had expected the trip to be more productive but you know as well as I that no matter how much of it we get right the fish have the final say. Because of weak spots in my line two of them are wearing my two favorite RAT-L-TRAPs for hood ornaments. The big one was 22" and the other was just big enough to keep. When I got to the first of the 3 spots right before the sun came up and within 10 to 15 minutes I could already see pretty good. So I headed through gate to the water to find fish jumping up and down that section continuously but not one hit on any of my jigs then finally caught the little one on chicken liver and then they wouldn't even hit that. I noticed that there was a ton of trash all around the shore there from idiots who are too lazy to pick their trash up an put it in the can just inside the gate as you leave." THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF! " So that place gets heavily fished and there is still a lot of fish to be caught there. Opened my cell phone to check the time, it was a little after 9 am and it was getting really hot plus the bite wasn't working there for me anyway. So I headed to the next spot. Now! In my opinion, if it's worth anything , this spot has a ton a potential and fish and if you would like I could e- mail you a Google Earth Map of this spot. It seems to be twice as wide as most places and a bit deeper with all kind of bait fish along the edge in the weeds. That's where I lost 2 then I had to leave because the heat was to unbearable. Then I was thinking about heading home and it was after 12 noon so I decided to have lunch at the McDonalds at the 5 Frwy and Laval Rd. it's right at the base of the grape vine. So I cooled off while I had lunch and when I went out to my truck I noticed the clouds had rolled in and it was a little humid but quite a bit cooler so I looked at my directions to my 3rd spot and it turns out it is less than a � mile away. (from the 5 you go west on Laval Rd. which is pretty much a truck stop or rest area (it's loaded with fast food places) and you to the end which is only about a � mile, then you can go right or left and directly in front of you is a big cow pasture. You make a left and you'll see a stop sign about another � mile ahead, pull up to that stop sign and the duct is about 50' past it. Well I grabbed my to bait casters and my 2 boxes of jigs and hit it. Try to decide what to throw first I realized I had not tried any of my soft baits yet so I grabbed one of the white 4" STORM jigs that you said you've had good luck with and not thinking much of it because they have not done anything for YET. I shot it way out there and it hit the water, I cranked it no more than 3 or 4 turns and WHAM!!! HE NAILED IT ! And I nail him then I through about everything in both jig boxes twice and nothing looked at it. I didn't get home till almost 6 pm. And that my report. If you want maps of the places I fished just let me know. You can post the pics on your site if you would like and if not it doesn't really matter to me. That goes for the report also. Boy it' a log winded one seeing how much I hate typing. Anyway send some input and I'll talk to you later. YOUR FRIEND JOHN!

Thanks John for your Great report. Congrats to you and keep on fishing. Good Job! Striper Bill

Duanes New Catch!

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:51:54 -0500

Duane landed this one 9-26-08. It was 7lbs 26 1/2 inches long. Caught on Chicken liver.

Duane' Current Catch

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:00:55 -0500

Early this morning Duane went fishing here in the Palmdale aqueduct and landed this 7lb 2oz 26 inch long Striper with Chicken liver. Congrats Duane!!! Striper Bill

GUESS WHO?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:16:56 -0500

CAN ANYONE GUESS WHO THIS PERSON IS? SHE WAS REAL HAPPY THE DAY SHE LANDED THIS SALMON IN MILWAUKEE. Aqueduct gates were open 1/2 way before midnight.Striper Bill