I didn’t know they were introduced… I like your argument re catch and keep, makes sense, especially since they’re in direct competition with salmon and steelhead. Thanks for the lesson and keep it up man! ✌️❤️🍻🖖
In my opinion that looks like a responsible size to keep, any bigger and I would let them go for someone else though, and of course, never keep more than you and your family will eat in a couple days. That being said, you do have a valid point about them hurting salmon and steelhead, but I don't think removing stripers will help salmon and steelhead in a measurable way if the management strategies are not fixed (Higher flows in the sac and san joaquin rivers). I think both species can coexist with better management of the salmonoids as they did in the early to mid 1900's.
If you want to catch stripers in the surf and eat them, then don't let anyone tell you to do different. Please educate yourself on why stripers were introduced on the west coast and don't use the "invasive species" reasoning as the crutch to bonk and bleed surf stripers. These fish were introduced for a reason, and are not invasive, but now an integral part of the CA delta eco-system. If you want to be part of the ethics large fish committee then let the large spawners over 12 lbs swim away and keep the 18" to 30" schoolies. And if you want big numbers of large stripers to catch then you need to contact your local government and have them remove the dams, control the sea lions and cormorant population in parallel with managing all the water issues in CA. Fun times.
I'm 66 been striper fishing for 60 years,I can see people's comments on stripers are some what right, but the number of these fish are 10% of what we had in the 60s -70s 80s I know I was there, salmon are 90% caught from a boat, poor people have to fish from shore and can't get many salmon,so the stripers are our main fish,with California taking more and more freshwater from the Delta the salmon will be gone in 20 years and all we will have is stripers, for ten years I worked on a farm in the central valley we would pump water from the Delta to water the crops and in this water would be baby salmon,and bass,in all of the thousands of stripers I caught I never never had a baby salmon in a striper thanks!
I was part of the California Delta Salmon and striped bass juvenile index surveys with Caption Rodger Thomas of the Golden gate Salmon association and did these surveys for years. Salmon and striped bass both had record juvenile index numbers in 2004-2006 then the state began stripping alarming amounts of water. Numbers have never recovered wince
The first thing I noticed about this reel is its weight ruclips.net/user/postUgkxM68VkfsQhHaabDce1IwOCXuvumcpbZ_k . I wouldn't say it was uncomfortable but it was a little heavier than other similarly sized reels. However, that didn't deter my enjoyment of how smooth this reel is. I spooled it with 20lb. Tuf-Line XP and it's perfect for what I use it for. I have it paired with an 8'6" Medium/Fast Okuma SST Salmon/Steelhead rod. The combination is perfect for casting and even drifting. I used the reel all day and didn't experience any arm or hand fatigue except when fighting a few fish! The bail is solid and feels strong when engaging by reeling and manually closing the bail by hand. The large rubber handle grip is very comfortable. It's got a powerful drag, silky smooth reeling, and feels very comfortable in the hands. I recommend it!
I feel like the perch hit the flash minnow because they probably see a lot of crippled/dead sardines and other small fish get washed in by the waves and they clean em up. I've caught a few perch just letting the flash minnow get pushed around in the waves (not reeling in).
Both Salmon and Striper numbers plummeted after the Delta pumps came online. Prior to that, both the Salmon and Striper population was healthy. The Salmon have survived the Gold Rush, the CVP and SWP, multiple droughts, El Niño and La Nina, Sea Lion intrusion into the river system and California population growth. They are truly an amazing fish.
Juvenile index numbers on salmon and Steelhead were at record numbers 2004=2006. DFG and their commissioners then placed water rights in the hands handful of a few greedy vs the states fish and anglers. Farmers pay heavy for water as well. The yolo bypass lets millions of acre feet of water go to the ocean unused and is the place where the solution begins.
@@CL-rm6sb Many of those with power over the water do not hunt of fish thus have no interest in either and just see federal implementation on the states water resources and fisheries as a cost of business. Attitude is: If 100k Salmon have to die in 78 degree water as well any surviving smolts so be it as long as the profit is larger than the fines. Then blame the loses on striped bass which have been depleted to around 15% of their former record numbers. Gonna fight for rights till my last day fishing but the writing is on the wall.
also what does getting rid of stripers actually accomplish with complete certainty and calculable results as a product from destroying an entire established and popular sportfish species population? please tell me how getting rid of every last striper would without a doubt increase salmon and steelhead populations to the extent of making it worth exchanging the entire anadromous california striper population for a few more steelhead and salmon. i want you to tell me how getting rid of stripers is guarunteed to be effective in restoring anadromous salmonoid species populations
It’s about keeping them if they’re of legal size and within the quantity limit, not about making them extinct. Sport fishermen can’t even make an impact in that regard.
I agree with all your thoughts at the end. Its something I see both sides of though. I think you are spot on with the winter ocean being the best eating. Nice measure job, you nailed it 25".
Stripers we're brought from the east coast in a custom aquarium train car in the late 1800. The Fish and Game commissioners hired an aquarist who also brought shad and other species. There used to be an active striper hatcher program to support the fishery until it was discovered that sripers pray on out migrating salmon smolts. I don't think the west coast will ever be free of stripers. You are a great fisherman. Thank you for posting videos that help us learn to fish better.
This is also how the great lakes had salmon and steelhead introduced to them. Pretty cool story. I am partial to striped bass fishing here on the east coast . The salmon we get do not takes very good, I believe that's due to them never seeing saltwater.
I know a spot in the north bay where the stripers are landlocked for most of the year and I catch and release out there. The biggest that I know have been caught at this place is 42 inches the biggest that I have caught myself has been 36 inches. I catch and release everything. The only fish that I will keep when I catch it is halibut. I love to eat halibut.
I’d say catch and keep stripers. Three reasons for me: 1. They’re not native 2. They’re still protected by harvest limits 3. I fish for both fun and food. I enjoy it and it helps feed the family. There’s nothing like seafood that doesn’t cost an arm and leg per pound. As long as it’s done legally, sustainably, and it’s not going to waste, I don’t get those who say you should only C&R.
You should try using single hook replacements on the lucky craft, life changing! I did it once and never going back to trebles. They make single hooks with inline rings.
I agree Trebles not neccessary normally Singles are much less painful and snaggy I've replaced rear hooks with the point aimed up to mitigate snagging on rocks and such
@@adamyoung480 yep! I was actually camping on Catalina island a few years back and had to remove a big treble hook from my friend’s hand after he landed a barracuda and things got western. So much easier on the fish and myself using the single hook.
@@harrisgraves592 I put the first 2 hooks facing forward and the last one facing backwards. Helps with those short bite hook sets having it face up on the back too in my opinion.
I saw you once with Ish, crabbing from the south jetty in HMB. I only talked to him, but identified you immediately because of your shorts. It was impressive how long you lasted in the rain.
1st off if you want to eat it go ahead! but personally anything bigger than 28-30" doesn't taste good me 2nd if you start taking out Stripers your going to have to take out the non-native LMB in the delta 3rd as others have posted the water is the key determining factor of the salmon/steelhead numbers, if the water levels are too low and too warm they can't and won't get to spawning areas!! 4th one factor your not thinking of is if we do loose fish like the stripers or LMB do you think all those people will stop fishing? no they will dog pile on to the remaining sports fish and if you think its bad now it will be horrible soon after {example when salmon was closed a few years back the halibut got slammed and it takes years for it to come around- quite a few years with a ton of baby halibut} 5th WE CAN NOT GET INTO MY FISHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOURS BECAUSE WE ALL WILL LOOSE!!! many many many years when the water was as it should be {ie less sent down to so-cal} the problem did not exsist if you do your research you'll find out its all about the water --- Adam and anyone else do your self a FAVOR and watch the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC documentary WATER & POWER: A CALIFORNIA HEIST it will open your eyes!!!!!!!
How long is your leader? What sort of technique do you use when reeling in the lure? I used same lure earlier today more north from where you were at with no bites but did catch a small perch with sandworm.
I get my stripers in a river on the Oregon coast and we eat them. We see very few others guys after them. Next time I go there I'll have a couple Lucky Craft lures in my box. Usually a #5 Storm Wildeye swim bait is the ticket but sometime it's lures like the Lucky Craft.
Met your dad at this same spot this morning. Pretty cool guy. He had a perch on and didn't know he had one on his other pole. Had to walk up and tell him, and found out it was your dad. Catch and keep I love my salmon in the rivers!
That’s a great catch. The area you are fishing be aware of the local rivers that breached the ocean from those heavy rains at the end of Dec. There is one local river that hold huge numbers and size of SB that is flowing to the ocean. I would wait at least a month before consuming. IMO.
100% agree. The bigger fish are nasty to eat anyway. Much like the redfish we catch in the gulf and on the east coast. Slot for us is 20-28” plus, the bigger fish lay exponentially more eggs than the smaller fish…they create the next generation. It’s a great fishery. Limit of 2 is just fine if we put in a slot, even better!
It’s a keeper! 😃👍🏼 Nice hook up dude, nice. Hooking up those fish are a lot fun to play. The only think you have to worry about are those seals showing up. The seals will definitely chase after your striper. It happened to me. They took the fish, but at least I got my lure back. I never see anyone catch a halibut yet. Good day out there, clear skies. Nice clam waters. Fish On!!!!
The fish move around much more than you think. That said, eating stripers is fine, especially the smaller ones. Just be mindful of number of meals, especially for kids/moms. Don’t eat the bloodline and don’t give kids the belly meat or skin. Toxins concentrate in fatty tissue. I’m back living in Washington DC region now. You should come out in late May for some insane striper fishing from banks of Potomac right in DC.
I think catching and keeping striped bass is alright as long as you are sticking to regulations or only taking what you need, as Striped Bass have alot of Mercury and other PCBs accumulated in them, its probably best it has strict regulations
Enjoy your videos and enthusiams for our fishereries. Some of your comments indicate to me, that you are uncertain about whether or not the cause of the predation on salmon and steelhead can be atributed to Striped Bass. There are so many more predators taking the smolts than just striped bass. Commorants, herons, egrets, black bass, bluegills, crappie as well as other native and non-native species. The fisheries to survive need clean water and adequate flows through the Delta where life begins. The Striped Bass have been demonized for years by water contractors. You missed another part of the equation on predation and that is what the pinnipeds are doing to adult fish trying to get to the spawning. Did you know that a well known marine scientist has stated that a 10lb. Striped Bass caught today would have weighed 20 lbs. 20 years ago. I would enjoy speaking with you on a one to one basis. I have dedicated a good portion of my life to saving our San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary and would like to share what I have learned over the past 38+ years. I hope to hear from you so we can have a productive discussion and you can use your platform to share what you might learn. I'm Chinese so Gung Hay Fat Choy.
Stripers are a great sport fish and I love them, but Salmon should be the priority for us. I feel like the striper limit should be opened up to help to help the salmon be more competitive
Even CDFW seems conflicted about strippers. On one hand they encourage catch & keep to help salmon smolt survival rates. Then the restrictions striper take with small numbers allowed to be kept. Anybody who wants to eat one should do so, I believe. I just would not eat one from the bay or rivers due to the heavy metals issues. It we had more cattail marshes left in the Delta, that would reduce the heavy metals issue, but nobody’s doing that. BTW, both black bass and strikers are introduced. The word you were looking for is “anadromous”, living in salt water and breeding in fresh water. Like electrical poles, the reverse is “catadromous,” but very few fish, mostly eels, do that.
nor cal fishing guide association has a great video on the Salmon issue, it is a must watch. I also watched a vid from a delta fishing guide, and he recommends releasing all stripers over 10#. Two reasons, the bigger fish are all females, and the better eating fish are under 10#.
Hey brother, thanks for all of the great videos! I live in Ventura and plan to hit the surfcasting pretty hard this year, along with some fishing in Lake Casitas, even considering throwing an inflatable kayak on the back of my electric bike to fish up there. I know you are a bay fisherman but most of your techniques will work up and down a majority of the coast. Is there any information you can give me to help out in the Ventura area, or any of your homies I could check out on RUclips? I'm originally from Boston so I'm happy to learn about fishing here on the west coast, and you do an excellent job.
Striped bass and salmon been living together for over 136 years ...inform yourself don't blame the fish the decline of salmon is more complex than that.
I don't mind the lower fish limit. It makes me go fishing more often. Plus I don't have to freeze fish that often. Always fresh. And I support my local tackle shop more by fishing more often.
Stripers and salmon have coexisted in the delta since 1889. That's when the striped bass was introduced. The numbers of fish were healthy up until about 1972 when the peripheral canal was built that took all the water from the Delta and shipped it South to LA. Fish numbers have plummeted since. It's not the striped bass it's causing the problem it's water diversions. Please stop blaming the striper
You're totally right about the striped bass being invasive and less desirable than the native species. I remember reading an article on the topic and apparently the issue was they waited too long to do something about the striper population. By the time they eventually did treat them as invasive the damage was done. They began to be over fished and then they realized that it was causing imbalance with other species of fish. The striped bass had already eradicated so many of their competitors that the striped bass had essentially replaced them in the eco-system hence why we now have a limit of 2. 🤷♂️
I’ve been wanting to try those in the surf here in seaside Oregon! Those and the ones that start with a C! Awesome videos my dude, just started my own channel! 🐟🎣🌊 keep ‘em coming
For stripe Bass If you're doing everything legally and taking legal fish no problem I catch a few of them in the Delta I strictly release them do not eat anything out of the Delta That's just me
Strippers are great eating fish and I do support catch and cook! If you’re talking about invasive species, the Pike Minnow/Squawfish is a fish that needs to be targeted! They do more damage to fry and smaller fish like Salmon than anything else!
That fish is a meal. There are many small stripers out there. I have lost alot of bait and tackle to stripers and caught tons of them. The little shakers are so prevalent in the rivers and delta that they are a nuisance. Eat the big ones there are plenty of little ones.
Bro if you are eating them as a food source then harvest, we need to stop relying on the grocery stores as our main source of food! Look what happen when covid hit! People panic and the shelves emptied and then the restrictions started. You should also think about a small garden for yourself too, plus you will be so much appreciated of the fresh clean food you are feeding yourself! Fish on bro! I have a few Trout recipes that I love to do if you want any ideas for when you go trout fishing, posted on my channel! Awesome video!
Great video Shame you have to upgrade a lure to catch a bigger fish. Those lure companies can buy the upgraded hooks and split rings in bulk and pass on the savings.
Eat the striper, they compete with largemouth and crappie in the delta and salmon and steelhead in the delta and river systems and compete with halibut big time in the bay
So are shad, salmon, steelhead. Everything eats salmon fry. Especially when it is dumped in by the thousands of pounds. I wish you wouldn't disseminate that non native narrative to justify killing striped bass. If you want to kill them kill them, but don't encourage others to vigilant fish them because you say they are non native and destructive. Nothing could be further from the truth. Overfishing of salmon, both commercial and rec and water mismanagement are the issues you should be focusing on. Use your platform for good.
Let me know your thoughts, should we catch and keep? Or catch and release?
I didn’t know they were introduced… I like your argument re catch and keep, makes sense, especially since they’re in direct competition with salmon and steelhead. Thanks for the lesson and keep it up man! ✌️❤️🍻🖖
In my opinion that looks like a responsible size to keep, any bigger and I would let them go for someone else though, and of course, never keep more than you and your family will eat in a couple days. That being said, you do have a valid point about them hurting salmon and steelhead, but I don't think removing stripers will help salmon and steelhead in a measurable way if the management strategies are not fixed (Higher flows in the sac and san joaquin rivers). I think both species can coexist with better management of the salmonoids as they did in the early to mid 1900's.
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If you want to catch stripers in the surf and eat them, then don't let anyone tell you to do different. Please educate yourself on why stripers were introduced on the west coast and don't use the "invasive species" reasoning as the crutch to bonk and bleed surf stripers. These fish were introduced for a reason, and are not invasive, but now an integral part of the CA delta eco-system. If you want to be part of the ethics large fish committee then let the large spawners over 12 lbs swim away and keep the 18" to 30" schoolies. And if you want big numbers of large stripers to catch then you need to contact your local government and have them remove the dams, control the sea lions and cormorant population in parallel with managing all the water issues in CA. Fun times.
I say you paid for the right to choose when you bought your license. As long as it's legal.
I'm 66 been striper fishing for 60 years,I can see people's comments on stripers are some what right, but the number of these fish are 10% of what we had in the 60s -70s 80s I know I was there, salmon are 90% caught from a boat, poor people have to fish from shore and can't get many salmon,so the stripers are our main fish,with California taking more and more freshwater from the Delta the salmon will be gone in 20 years and all we will have is stripers, for ten years I worked on a farm in the central valley we would pump water from the Delta to water the crops and in this water would be baby salmon,and bass,in all of the thousands of stripers I caught I never never had a baby salmon in a striper thanks!
Spot on 100%.
I was part of the California Delta Salmon and striped bass juvenile index surveys with Caption Rodger Thomas of the Golden gate Salmon association and did these surveys for years. Salmon and striped bass both had record juvenile index numbers in 2004-2006 then the state began stripping alarming amounts of water. Numbers have never recovered wince
The first thing I noticed about this reel is its weight ruclips.net/user/postUgkxM68VkfsQhHaabDce1IwOCXuvumcpbZ_k . I wouldn't say it was uncomfortable but it was a little heavier than other similarly sized reels. However, that didn't deter my enjoyment of how smooth this reel is. I spooled it with 20lb. Tuf-Line XP and it's perfect for what I use it for. I have it paired with an 8'6" Medium/Fast Okuma SST Salmon/Steelhead rod. The combination is perfect for casting and even drifting. I used the reel all day and didn't experience any arm or hand fatigue except when fighting a few fish! The bail is solid and feels strong when engaging by reeling and manually closing the bail by hand. The large rubber handle grip is very comfortable. It's got a powerful drag, silky smooth reeling, and feels very comfortable in the hands. I recommend it!
I feel like the perch hit the flash minnow because they probably see a lot of crippled/dead sardines and other small fish get washed in by the waves and they clean em up. I've caught a few perch just letting the flash minnow get pushed around in the waves (not reeling in).
Amazing insight only real fisherman able to break their experiences down like this you could tell die heart is definitelyOne of those people
Both Salmon and Striper numbers plummeted after the Delta pumps came online. Prior to that, both the Salmon and Striper population was healthy.
The Salmon have survived the Gold Rush, the CVP and SWP, multiple droughts, El Niño and La Nina, Sea Lion intrusion into the river system and California population growth. They are truly an amazing fish.
Juvenile index numbers on salmon and Steelhead were at record numbers 2004=2006. DFG and their commissioners then placed water rights in the hands handful of a few greedy vs the states fish and anglers. Farmers pay heavy for water as well. The yolo bypass lets millions of acre feet of water go to the ocean unused and is the place where the solution begins.
@@jimbo4612 Yep.. water management in this state is a complete basket-case, much like many other things here
@@CL-rm6sb Many of those with power over the water do not hunt of fish thus have no interest in either and just see federal implementation on the states water resources and fisheries as a cost of business. Attitude is: If 100k Salmon have to die in 78 degree water as well any surviving smolts so be it as long as the profit is larger than the fines. Then blame the loses on striped bass which have been depleted to around 15% of their former record numbers. Gonna fight for rights till my last day fishing but the writing is on the wall.
striper steelhead and salmon thrived together before drought conditions became common
also what does getting rid of stripers actually accomplish with complete certainty and calculable results as a product from destroying an entire established and popular sportfish species population? please tell me how getting rid of every last striper would without a doubt increase salmon and steelhead populations to the extent of making it worth exchanging the entire anadromous california striper population for a few more steelhead and salmon. i want you to tell me how getting rid of stripers is guarunteed to be effective in restoring anadromous salmonoid species populations
It’s about keeping them if they’re of legal size and within the quantity limit, not about making them extinct. Sport fishermen can’t even make an impact in that regard.
@@LettuceLand explain what having a smaller population of stripers accomplishes please
Here in the East Cost the slot fish for striper is 28 to 35 inches and 1 fish a day, love your videos, tight line
When you reel against your drag like that, you put a zillion twists in your line
Relative to the numbers of fish vs fisherman, a rod and reel likely won’t make a dent in the striper population. Catch and keep. Absolutely
They make dents in lots of other fish populations across the world. However I don’t disagree. Catch and keep all the way.
Let’s not forget about my own terrible luck and mediocre skill to keep the fish populations healthy lol
I agree with all your thoughts at the end. Its something I see both sides of though. I think you are spot on with the winter ocean being the best eating. Nice measure job, you nailed it 25".
Stripers we're brought from the east coast in a custom aquarium train car in the late 1800. The Fish and Game commissioners hired an aquarist who also brought shad and other species. There used to be an active striper hatcher program to support the fishery until it was discovered that sripers pray on out migrating salmon smolts. I don't think the west coast will ever be free of stripers. You are a great fisherman. Thank you for posting videos that help us learn to fish better.
This is also how the great lakes had salmon and steelhead introduced to them.
Pretty cool story.
I am partial to striped bass fishing here on the east coast . The salmon we get do not takes very good, I believe that's due to them never seeing saltwater.
I know a spot in the north bay where the stripers are landlocked for most of the year and I catch and release out there. The biggest that I know have been caught at this place is 42 inches the biggest that I have caught myself has been 36 inches. I catch and release everything. The only fish that I will keep when I catch it is halibut. I love to eat halibut.
I still can’t believe that lucky craft catch perch. It’s almost as long as the perch itself
Yooo Adam congrats on the luckycraft sponsor! Super excited for it!
I’d say catch and keep stripers. Three reasons for me:
1. They’re not native
2. They’re still protected by harvest limits
3. I fish for both fun and food. I enjoy it and it helps feed the family. There’s nothing like seafood that doesn’t cost an arm and leg per pound.
As long as it’s done legally, sustainably, and it’s not going to waste, I don’t get those who say you should only C&R.
As with all species, release the big ones but keep the smaller ones for dinner. Smaller ones taste better anyway,
You made me come back from retirement just placed an order for everything I need to surf fish . Thanks for reminding me of the good old times pal
You should try using single hook replacements on the lucky craft, life changing! I did it once and never going back to trebles. They make single hooks with inline rings.
I agree
Trebles not neccessary normally
Singles are much less painful and snaggy
I've replaced rear hooks with the point aimed up to mitigate snagging on rocks and such
Aloha, also agree. Pretty much swap most of my trebles for singles. Better hookset, bigger fish, less damage(to me, and them).
@@adamyoung480 yep! I was actually camping on Catalina island a few years back and had to remove a big treble hook from my friend’s hand after he landed a barracuda and things got western. So much easier on the fish and myself using the single hook.
@@harrisgraves592 I put the first 2 hooks facing forward and the last one facing backwards. Helps with those short bite hook sets having it face up on the back too in my opinion.
I saw you once with Ish, crabbing from the south jetty in HMB. I only talked to him, but identified you immediately because of your shorts. It was impressive how long you lasted in the rain.
Stripers almost wiped out on East coast years ago.
can you tell what set up to use with these lures??? Thanks for all the great tips on surf fishing
1st off if you want to eat it go ahead! but personally anything bigger than 28-30" doesn't taste good me 2nd if you start taking out Stripers your going to have to take out the non-native LMB in the delta 3rd as others have posted the water is the key determining factor of the salmon/steelhead numbers, if the water levels are too low and too warm they can't and won't get to spawning areas!! 4th one factor your not thinking of is if we do loose fish like the stripers or LMB do you think all those people will stop fishing? no they will dog pile on to the remaining sports fish and if you think its bad now it will be horrible soon after {example when salmon was closed a few years back the halibut got slammed and it takes years for it to come around- quite a few years with a ton of baby halibut} 5th WE CAN NOT GET INTO MY FISHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOURS BECAUSE WE ALL WILL LOOSE!!! many many many years when the water was as it should be {ie less sent down to so-cal} the problem did not exsist if you do your research you'll find out its all about the water --- Adam and anyone else do your self a FAVOR and watch the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC documentary WATER & POWER: A CALIFORNIA HEIST it will open your eyes!!!!!!!
When I was younger, I never understood catch and release. I don’t understand it now but I still like eating what I catch
100% agree get those striper limits up. You nailed the reasoning for it.
How long is your leader? What sort of technique do you use when reeling in the lure? I used same lure earlier today more north from where you were at with no bites but did catch a small perch with sandworm.
I get my stripers in a river on the Oregon coast and we eat them. We see very few others guys after them. Next time I go there I'll have a couple Lucky Craft lures in my box. Usually a #5 Storm Wildeye swim bait is the ticket but sometime it's lures like the Lucky Craft.
Met your dad at this same spot this morning. Pretty cool guy. He had a perch on and didn't know he had one on his other pole. Had to walk up and tell him, and found out it was your dad. Catch and keep I love my salmon in the rivers!
That’s a great catch. The area you are fishing be aware of the local rivers that breached the ocean from those heavy rains at the end of Dec. There is one local river that hold huge numbers and size of SB that is flowing to the ocean. I would wait at least a month before consuming. IMO.
Just my opinion,but I think they need a slot limit on striper. 18-25"
100% agree. The bigger fish are nasty to eat anyway. Much like the redfish we catch in the gulf and on the east coast. Slot for us is 20-28” plus, the bigger fish lay exponentially more eggs than the smaller fish…they create the next generation. It’s a great fishery. Limit of 2 is just fine if we put in a slot, even better!
WOW! Strippers this time of year
@Die Hard Fishing Anadromous and thanks for the great info! Which trebles do you swap them out for? Those look similar to the stock ones. 🙏
You get corbina or yellow croakers in the surf that far north? I used to catch em all the time in Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey.
It’s a keeper! 😃👍🏼
Nice hook up dude, nice.
Hooking up those fish are a lot fun to play.
The only think you have to worry about are those seals showing up. The seals will definitely chase after your striper. It happened to me. They took the fish, but at least I got my lure back.
I never see anyone catch a halibut yet.
Good day out there, clear skies. Nice clam waters. Fish On!!!!
The fish move around much more than you think. That said, eating stripers is fine, especially the smaller ones. Just be mindful of number of meals, especially for kids/moms. Don’t eat the bloodline and don’t give kids the belly meat or skin. Toxins concentrate in fatty tissue. I’m back living in Washington DC region now. You should come out in late May for some insane striper fishing from banks of Potomac right in DC.
I say keep but it is totally up to you and your thoughts . At the same time , it was a nice fish to catch . Good luck with your sponsor .
what position are you standing on? Not on this but all fish????
I think catching and keeping striped bass is alright as long as you are sticking to regulations or only taking what you need, as Striped Bass have alot of Mercury and other PCBs accumulated in them, its probably best it has strict regulations
I’m new to all this. What size and make pole should be used when fishing on the California surf? Love your channel 👍
I can agree with you on the striper being introduced to the west coast
I love those reels but they don't last and what's your rod I use a 10 foot team diwa cast like a dream
Enjoy your videos and enthusiams for our fishereries. Some of your comments indicate to me, that you are uncertain about whether or not the cause of the predation on salmon and steelhead can be atributed to Striped Bass. There are so many more predators taking the smolts than just striped bass. Commorants, herons, egrets, black bass, bluegills, crappie as well as other native and non-native species. The fisheries to survive need clean water and adequate flows through the Delta where life begins. The Striped Bass have been demonized for years by water contractors. You missed another part of the equation on predation and that is what the pinnipeds are doing to adult fish trying to get to the spawning. Did you know that a well known marine scientist has stated that a 10lb. Striped Bass caught today would have weighed 20 lbs. 20 years ago. I would enjoy speaking with you on a one to one basis. I have dedicated a good portion of my life to saving our San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary and would like to share what I have learned over the past 38+ years. I hope to hear from you so we can have a productive discussion and you can use your platform to share what you might learn. I'm Chinese so Gung Hay Fat Choy.
love all your videos bro. thank you
You and the crew put out great content and your hard work is definitely appreciated. Fish on🤙🏽🤙🏽
Thank you so much 👍
Where is this near ?
Stripers are a great sport fish and I love them, but Salmon should be the priority for us. I feel like the striper limit should be opened up to help to help the salmon be more competitive
How heavy are those lures
How long of a leader line you’re using with those lucky craft?
Even CDFW seems conflicted about strippers. On one hand they encourage catch & keep to help salmon smolt survival rates. Then the restrictions striper take with small numbers allowed to be kept. Anybody who wants to eat one should do so, I believe. I just would not eat one from the bay or rivers due to the heavy metals issues. It we had more cattail marshes left in the Delta, that would reduce the heavy metals issue, but nobody’s doing that. BTW, both black bass and strikers are introduced. The word you were looking for is “anadromous”, living in salt water and breeding in fresh water. Like electrical poles, the reverse is “catadromous,” but very few fish, mostly eels, do that.
Yeah that was an epic catch of the sardine of the westerly waters!!
When was this filmed
nor cal fishing guide association has a great video on the Salmon issue, it is a must watch. I also watched a vid from a delta fishing guide, and he recommends releasing all stripers over 10#. Two reasons, the bigger fish are all females, and the better eating fish are under 10#.
Winter striper nice!
Have you ever tried roasting a striper in salt crust? It's quite good.
Nice lines on that big boy!!!
Nice One bro! Caught one 26” stripebass at HmB using Softshell sand crabs and its my first stripebass from the ocean and they taste really good
He said, "the bay," but I don't recognize that lighthouse.
What beach is that?
Hahahah the clouds of pelican turds in the drone shot was hilarious 😂
Santa cruz?
Hey brother, thanks for all of the great videos! I live in Ventura and plan to hit the surfcasting pretty hard this year, along with some fishing in Lake Casitas, even considering throwing an inflatable kayak on the back of my electric bike to fish up there. I know you are a bay fisherman but most of your techniques will work up and down a majority of the coast. Is there any information you can give me to help out in the Ventura area, or any of your homies I could check out on RUclips? I'm originally from Boston so I'm happy to learn about fishing here on the west coast, and you do an excellent job.
I live in Ventura. Check out my friend Vince Goes Fishing on RUclips.
Catch. Agree that the stripers complete with the salmon and steelhead, that is they devour everything. And they're delicious.
Striped bass and salmon been living together for over 136 years ...inform yourself don't blame the fish the decline of salmon is more complex than that.
Hi Adam enjoy watching your videos as always.What kind rod and model are you using?Thanks
What beach it this?
Awesome video. Lucky craft slay the surf !! Great catch and enjoy the fish tacos…
I don't mind the lower fish limit.
It makes me go fishing more often.
Plus I don't have to freeze fish that often. Always fresh.
And I support my local tackle shop more by fishing more often.
Get LC to upgrade their hooks please, especially since their pice should include better hooks. Owner zowire would be a nice replacement
Where is this?
I need to head up north!
slot sizes on striper... shouldn't be killing big mamas.
Lucky crafts are legit, the only bait that could arguably be better is the vision 110 by megabass. Incredible sponsorship there.
Stripers and salmon have coexisted in the delta since 1889. That's when the striped bass was introduced. The numbers of fish were healthy up until about 1972 when the peripheral canal was built that took all the water from the Delta and shipped it South to LA. Fish numbers have plummeted since. It's not the striped bass it's causing the problem it's water diversions. Please stop blaming the striper
Anadromous
You're totally right about the striped bass being invasive and less desirable than the native species. I remember reading an article on the topic and apparently the issue was they waited too long to do something about the striper population. By the time they eventually did treat them as invasive the damage was done. They began to be over fished and then they realized that it was causing imbalance with other species of fish. The striped bass had already eradicated so many of their competitors that the striped bass had essentially replaced them in the eco-system hence why we now have a limit of 2. 🤷♂️
KEEP IT!! love me some fresh fish !!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats why there is a length and a limit for keeping
I’ve been wanting to try those in the surf here in seaside Oregon! Those and the ones that start with a C! Awesome videos my dude, just started my own channel! 🐟🎣🌊 keep ‘em coming
I think the main reason for keeping a 25” striper is because they are DELICIOUS!! Nice catch!!
For stripe Bass If you're doing everything legally and taking legal fish no problem I catch a few of them in the Delta I strictly release them do not eat anything out of the Delta That's just me
Strippers are great eating fish and I do support catch and cook! If you’re talking about invasive species, the Pike Minnow/Squawfish is a fish that needs to be targeted! They do more damage to fry and smaller fish like Salmon than anything else!
Squawfish are native to California, at least in the sac river system and Russian rivers
I love having strippers to dinner 😉
The way you described it, i would keep the striper
Harvesting legally caught fish is one of life's simple beautiful pleasures.
Hell yeah!!! Lucky craft
That fish is a meal. There are many small stripers out there. I have lost alot of bait and tackle to stripers and caught tons of them. The little shakers are so prevalent in the rivers and delta that they are a nuisance. Eat the big ones there are plenty of little ones.
Bro if you are eating them as a food source then harvest, we need to stop relying on the grocery stores as our main source of food! Look what happen when covid hit! People panic and the shelves emptied and then the restrictions started. You should also think about a small garden for yourself too, plus you will be so much appreciated of the fresh clean food you are feeding yourself! Fish on bro! I have a few Trout recipes that I love to do if you want any ideas for when you go trout fishing, posted on my channel! Awesome video!
DFW needs to set a slot limit with only 1 fish in excess on 30 inches in possession. Most the larger stripers are females.
Fry him up for the salmon!
I don't fish often. So when I do, I keep when legal.
Very nice fish
Nice fish Man...
You're the best Adam! I've been binge watching all your videos can't wait for the 2022 fishing season
Nice fish! 4/1 can't some soon enough. Just save me a few fish this season okay?
Great video
Shame you have to upgrade a lure to catch a bigger fish.
Those lure companies can buy the upgraded hooks and split rings in bulk and pass on the savings.
Eat the striper, they compete with largemouth and crappie in the delta and salmon and steelhead in the delta and river systems and compete with halibut big time in the bay
SALUDOS BROTHER DESDE MANTA ECUADOR EXCELENTE CAPTURA POR FAVOR AYUDANOS .QUE CAÑA ES LOS DATOS EXACTOS GRACIAS Y BUENA PESCA
I catch to eat, like hunting I eat everything I target, anchovies, shad, herring, smelt, croakers, sand dabs.
Catch and EAT for sure.
So are shad, salmon, steelhead. Everything eats salmon fry. Especially when it is dumped in by the thousands of pounds. I wish you wouldn't disseminate that non native narrative to justify killing striped bass. If you want to kill them kill them, but don't encourage others to vigilant fish them because you say they are non native and destructive. Nothing could be further from the truth. Overfishing of salmon, both commercial and rec and water mismanagement are the issues you should be focusing on. Use your platform for good.
100%
Catch and cook dude. Lol. Keep up the good work
I believe they should Raise the limit on how many you can keep, your right very evasive ,and harm lots more than just salmon and steelhead.
Fyi: If you reel while your drag is going out, you are just twisting your line, and not gaining on the fish.. Hey, nice striper though!
Euryhaline is the word you're looking for