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Hot-Bites Fishing Report By the Fish Sniffer Staff	November 14, 2008 Updated Regularly

SAN LUIS STRIPERS ... If you enjoy catching hard-fighting stripers, but want a break from fishing the California Delta, head over to San Luis Reservoir. The striper bite is going strong for bait anglers and should improve even more during the coming weeks. The only downside to the action is that the fish are fairly small, but they still provide an exciting fight and excellent table fare.

“Some of my customers went out to Check Point 12 yesterday and did pretty good while fishing for stripers,” reported Ly Tu at Ly’s Sporting and Fishing Goods. “They didn’t get limits, but they did get quite a few 3 to 4 pound keepers.”

“The best fishing is probably at Dinosaur Point, but to get those fish you’ve got to have a boat since the bass are holding in 30 to 40 feet of water. The fish at Dinosaur Point are running a little bigger, weighing from 3 to 5 pounds and measure 22 to 27 inches. All the bass we are seeing these days are fat healthy fish,” said Tu.

According to Tu, live minnows are the best bait, but he confided that you could catch some stripers on cut anchovies too.

With the lake’s water temperature falling it won’t be long before the bass move to the top of the water column. At that point the fish will begin feeding more aggressively and they will be accessible to both bank and boat anglers.

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The San Francisco bay offers a wide variety of fishing opportunities. All the anadromous species pass through the Golden Gate during their migrations. In the bay you will find California halibut, leopard shark, sturgeon, and striped bass. The sportfishing fleet frequents the Cordell Banks and the Farallon Islands. Both are excellent rock fisheries and during the season you will also find salmon. The local reservoirs provide warm water fresh fishing with the most notable being San Pablo Reservoir. Every once and a while you hear of a bass pushing 10 lbs. If you're in the Bay Area and you just have to fish, this might be the spot. Pier fishing is available at Pacifica and Berkeley.