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After a very late start today (7am) at Stampede we managed to put boat limits in the box for Kokanee to 13” early. Paulina Peak Tackle Clown and Cotton Candy flutterhoochies were hands down the top offering today followed by regular clown and Cotton Candy micro hoochies behind gold and Copper Peak Performer Dodgers at a depth of 60-80’ trolled at 1.1mph. Bass Pro Shops Lamiglas

Moved around today at Stampede and found a more consistent bite with a better grade of Kokanee. Ended up using Paulina Peak Tackle’s Clown and Cotton Candy and added a flutterbug to the front of each for a little more wiggle action. Best depth today was 60-80’otw.

Great day at Stampede today with some kids that didn’t have a chance to get bored. Difficult to keep all the lines in the water at times. Paulina Peak Tackle pink/purple scale flutterbugs, Clown and cotton candy hoochies were tops today. 40-65’ with 60’ otw being best.

We took Sara, a DFW fisheries biologist, along with Darrell Castle and his son Ryan out to Stampede for boat limits of Kokanee to over 15”. Paulina Peak Tackle pink/purple scale flutterbugs were tops today trolling 40-65’ deep. And we got our token cutthroat as a kicker.   Taking a week off for some family time but will be back next week. Same bat time, same bat channel

Today’s family didn’t care about size. They just wanted consistent action so we stayed in the top 30’ most of the day and this was the end result. Betcha we kept and released over 100 kokanee today!!! First 2 hours, could not even get 2 downriggers down. Fish kept pulling line outta my fingers while tying to clip on downriggers.   Paulina Peak Tackle pink flutterbugs, a white

Started trolling from Ramp to the islands. Just to do something different. Was pleasantly surprised to find a bunch of fat Kokes. But no “gooders”. Trolled to where I have been the past month and picked up 2-16”ers, a couple 13’s, a 14” cutthroat and a 16” rainbow.  Paulina Peak Tackle flutterbugs and flutterhoochies out produced hoochies today probably 3/1.   Forgot to give a HUGE shoutout to Bucks Outboard

Last chance for Delta Stripers.  It’s been a short season with the shutdown but the last 3 weeks we have put some clients on an amazing amount of fish.  Next week will be my last week in the delta because it’s starting to get hot and about time for me to head to the hills for some fast action Stampede Kokanee fishing. Currently we are power

NOW BOOKING Delta Stripers.  Tight Lines Guide Service is back open for business but we are running trips a little different.  We are limiting our Angler maximum to 4 Anglers to be able to keep in compliance with social distancing.  We have always ran a clean operation but put in extra work to sanitize the boat, rods, reels, and pretty much everything.  I provide masks and

NOW RE-BOOKING Sacramento Delta Stripers. The end of shelter in place order is in sight and I am soooooooo happy!!!  With cabin fever sweeping the nation, Tight Lines Guide Service is here to assist you with a day out in the fresh air, nothing to worry about, and to feel the tug of an tasty striper Though my last newsletter said I was staying open, I thought it wise to

NOW BOOKING Stampede Kokanee.  If you have not heard yet, Kokanee fishing at Stampede has been amazing in both size and quality.  We are catching fish over 17"!!!  Boat limits have been the norm with limit sticks full of 14”to 17” kokanee.  We are also releasing another 20-30 fish per trip.   If you are not catching 10+ fish an hour, something is wrong in your set-up and

  NOW BOOKING Stampede Kokanee.  If you have not heard yet, Kokanee fishing at Stampede has been amazing in the number of fish we are putting in the boat.  Boat limits have been the norm with limit sticks full of 14" to 16" kokanee.  We are also releasing another 50-75 fish per trip.  It has been nearly impossible to have 4 rods in the water at a time.  If you are

NOW BOOKING Sacramento River Delta Stripers.  Just like clockwork, mid March is when the stripers start to show up in great numbers and this year is no different.  Yes, the water is off colored and the flows are higher, but the fish don't care. We Started doing recon missions 2 weeks ago searching out clear water in the south Delta and found the fish and they