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  1. CoachPotato

    Breaking in the new C-Dory and doin' it right - with a big 'ol sturgy!

    After sitting in my easy chair since Dec 1, too wimpy for winter fishing in my old age, I finally headed to Brannan Island State Park near Rio Vista, CA and an overnighter on Suisun Bay, downriver about 20 miles. The main purpose of this trip was to finally break in my new (to me) C- Dory...
  2. CoachPotato

    Nov 15-18: Another three days of sturgeon fishing from Rio Vista to Suisun Bay

    The weather and tides cooperated to produce three near-perfect days for sturgeon fishing, so I headed to Rio Vista aboard the motor home with the boat in tow to try yet again to break my sturgeon slump. Monday was a bit breezy so I fished locally, near Light 25. I caught nothing but an endless...
  3. CoachPotato

    Suisun Bay Sturgeon (Calif Delta)!

    October is finally here so I headed out for my first sturgeon trip of the season. I hooked the boat to the coach and headed for Delta Marina. I spent three days fishing; Monday at Decker Island, and Tuesday and Wednesday at my honey hole on Suisun Bay. I struck out, but my fishing buddy John...
  4. CoachPotato

    May 4-6: Three Days of Rio Vista Sturgeon Fishing (Sacramento River California)

    I spent three days and nights at Delta Marina on the Sacramento River in Rio Vista this week. I fished Tuesday (May 4) through Thursday over the clam bed at Light 25, just a mile or so downriver from Rio Vista. It was too windy to try Suisun Bay this week, but I sure wanted to! The wind was...
  5. CoachPotato

    Largest Legal Sturgeon! April 7 at Rio Vista, Kalifornistan

    I headed to the delta again for three days of fishing and stayed at Delta Marina's RV Park on the Sacramento River in Rio Vista, Kalifornistan. The only event worth mentioning all three days is that my friend Willie joined me for some sturgeon fishing on Wednesday, and contrary to my boat rules...
  6. CoachPotato

    3-25: Sturgeon On! At Light 25 below Rio Vista on the Sacramento River

    Wow! What an exciting end to a four day trip this week to Delta Marina in Rio Vista! After three days of fishing, including two long cruises down to Suisun Bay only to be blown out after just a couple of hours of fishing, I caught a nice 52 inch, approx 40# sturgeon in the last hour of the trip...
  7. CoachPotato

    Suisun Bay Sturgeon (Calif Delta)

    I headed to Delta Marina on the Sacramento River in Rio Vista, CA for another three days of fishing - but had my time cut back due to a cousin's passing and funeral on Thursday. Next trip should be four days to make up for it! On Day 1, I fished near Decker for about six hours - for no action...
  8. CoachPotato

    Foggy sturgeon fishing on Calif Delta

    With light winds and fair to middlin' tides predicted, I headed to Delta Marina (in Rio Vista, Ca on the Sacramento River) again for some sturgeon fishing. Around 1130 Tuesday, I anchored under bright sun and perfect conditions off Decker Island and tossed some eel steaks out over the transom...
  9. CoachPotato

    Feb 10: Trout at Camanche Lake near Stockton, Ca

    My fishing buddy, John, and I headed to Camanche for our first visit of the year. We trolled from 1000 to 1500, landing just five trout to 1? pounds. The first came in open water near Hat Island, the rest came much later at a shallow point southeast of Little Hat Island. Downriggers were...
  10. CoachPotato

    Back chasing sturgeon on Suisun Bay - and armed teenagers!

    I finally got out of the house this week after staying home by the fire the whole month of January. I headed to Delta Marina on the Sacramento River in Rio Vista (N. Kalifornistan) with the coach and the boat, and spent three days fishing. Day 1 and 3 were spent at Decker Island where I spent...
  11. CoachPotato

    Eight foot sturgeon caught on Sacramento River!

    I headed again this week to the delta for another few days of chasing sturgeon. My first day was a skunk near Decker Island, but a boat nearby had to raise anchor to drift with a huge eight footer to get him to the boat - and away from the damn furbag who tried to steal him. They managed to boat...
  12. CoachPotato

    5 days fishing with m'boy... and another big ol' sturgeon!

    My son joined me this week at Rio Vista, Calif (on the Sacramento River) and we fished Tue-Thurs at Decker Island and also down at my honey hole on Suisun Bay. We were skunked both days at Decker, but fortunately Thursday dawned calm and sunny, making a cruise down to Suisun possible. We fished...
  13. CoachPotato

    Nov 11: Another Sacramento River Sturgeon

    My fishin' buddy John joined me for a trip to Brannan and Decker Island. (Below Rio Vista, Ca on the Sacramento River) We dropped anchor about 0830 at the same spot as the past few weeks, just off Decker Island and as close to the shipping channel as we could. Around 1030 he set the hook into...
  14. CoachPotato

    Sturgeon bite still hot on the Sacramento River! (Nov 3-5)

    I just got back from three nights at Brannan Island Park (near Rio Vista on the Sacramento River). I fished Tuesday through Thursday, and caught a total of three sturgeon. Tuesday was a blank, but a flat calm and beautiful day on the Sacramento River. Wednesday was breezy, but after aborting a...
  15. CoachPotato

    Awesome sturgeon bite of California's Sacramento River

    October 20-22 This week's three day sturgeon safari just off the ship channel near Decker Island, just south of Rio Vista, Ca on the Sacramento River was unusually productive! I had five hooked over the three days, and three of them to the boat. I released two at opposite ends of the slot -...
  16. CoachPotato

    Oct 6-9 Brannan Island & Suisun Sturgeon!

    Finally! I made it down to my honey hole on Suisun Bay (above SF Bay in Calif.) for the first time since April. I tried twice since my last visit in April and it was just too windy. (Typical summertime on the delta.) I stayed at Brannan Island State Park in the motorhome for two nights, and...
  17. CoachPotato

    Windlass project done on my aluminum boat!

    (Tried to post this in Completed Projects, but couldn't.) I'm just too old and worn out to fight the anchor while standing at the bow of a rather small boat. Having had a windlass on two prior boats I decided I couldn't live without one even on this smaller boat. At 65 I'm too frail - or maybe...
  18. CoachPotato

    Camanche Trout fishing June 11 (N Cal)

    Got one little trout @ one pound for six hours of trying yesterday at Camanche Reservoir near Stockton, Ca. But who's complaining?! I trolled and bait fished, just couldn't garner much attention. The lake is getting too warm for healthy trout (72? surface water now), and they've stopped the...
  19. CoachPotato

    Sacramento River (CA) 15# Striper

    Hoping to time our trip to Suisun Bay (on N. California's 1000 mile delta) between windy days, I hooked the boat to the motorhome and headed for Brannan Island State Rec Area, (one of the parks on the governator's list to close). I got settled in on Tuesday, the 2nd, and awaited the arrival of...
  20. CoachPotato

    Camanche Lake trout fishing May 14 (NorCal)

    I trolled Lake Camanche (in the foothills near Stockton, CA) on Thursday from 0900 to about 1600. A fighting mad two pounder took my Rapala Firetiger at 20' near Big Hat Island during the first hour to get my day started off right. He took several good runs from the boat before winding up in the...
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