I fished Del Valle today going after bass. The lake was fairly blown out by all the rain and I didn't get a single bite on the bass, but in the afternoon I got whomped on the huddleston by a solid 18.4lb striper }(. My drag was basically locked which made for a good line test for my 25lb triple fish. That and the fact that the fish had the entire bait inside it's mouth and it's mouth was shut :9 The fight was less than a minute. That's the first striper I've caught at Del Valle and it was a kick in the pants for sure. The lakes need a few weeks to stablize for the bass I think.

http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/1_16_05_rob_18.4lb_striper.jpg

see the line coming out the mouth
http://www.calfishing.com/images/daily_reports/1_16_05_rob_18.4lb_striper_2.jpg

NICE FISH!!!...You don't see them swallow a bait like that very often..Nathan
www.Bettencourtbaits.com

Lawd have Mercy, that's a nice Striper young man!

Dan

Way to go Rob,now maybe we will see you at the river more..ehh.Big linsiders inhale the big plugs quite offten,espesially subsurface swimbaits.I watched PHISHnuts bag a 24# that tryed to do the Debbie deepthrout on his stocker trout.:9
Billy.

?What rof did it take?If you dont mind...

That fish ate the ROF12. I was just casting along down past a little point. The fish hit totally out of the blue. It was pretty lucky considering the water visiblity was 1 foot, the bait must have just happened to go right by the fish. I've never seen a striper boil at Del Valle, but I've also never been there on a weekday or when they stock trout. I think weekend boat traffic usually puts those fish down. The fish had the bait so far inside it's mouth the lure came out undamaged, which was nice :)

That's cool, nice fish!!I kinda like Striper/LMB lakes just for that reason,you might be targeting one or the other but the odds might be more in your favor of catching a nice fish period.

But..don't go and catch too many stripers, you just might find yourself chasing them all over the state, they do get bigger than LM ;-)

Trev-

Very nice! Were you still working the lure for Bass or did you throw to a boil or any other indication that there was a Striper there?
Tight lines,
Wade

Nice fish Rob, a little surprise variety is good, huh :)
Those rainy days are my favorite to fish the linesides.

Very Cool!
Josh

Yes nice fish!

Those stripers eat the _hit out of the Hudd.They don't play
around with it.Almost everyone I get has the bait back in it's crusher.

-Shane