Help Please,
I am new to the Palmdale area and am a fishing fiend. I love bass and stripper fishing and have done well over the years at castaic and silverwood. What I need advise on is where and how to tackle the Aqueduct stripers and cats. Have mainly been fishing the areas around the 14 and Ave S. I would appreciate any and all comments and help with this, thanks.

Tight Lines,
Bank Pounder

sorry for the slip up, strippers are a whole lotta fun but I realy am looking for stripers, lol.

Tight Lines,
Bank Pounder

Use one dollar bills ;)

For stripers in the aquaduct, you could find some good info in the archives on this site.There were alot of posts about what,when and where to fish. I haven't fished the concrete river yet, I still can't picture catching a big striper in that kind of structure,current and clear water. Sounds like fun though.

I would like to check out the stretch of aquaduct right before it goes underground to feed Silverwood, that would be an interesting spot to fish.


Trev-

Trev,
Those dollars are the best bait. Thx for the heads up on the archives.
Chet

Trev,

You're talking about the summit valley access point. There are stripers in there, I've heard them at night splashing around..I am yet to catch one though. I have seen some absolutely monsterous cats come out of there, and I know the striper are just as large, but are notoriously hard to catch. If you ever want a partner, let me know. I've been looking 4 someone who is willing to fish that stretch of the aqueduct and figure out the striper mystery.

~onelove4u

"We were somewhere on the edge of the desert, near Barstow, when the drugs began to take hold" - HST

Whats up Bank Pounder,

Im looking at fishing that stretch out in Palmdale soon. Have you had any luck?

The only part of the aqueduct I have fished is out in summit valley...no stripers yet.

~onelove4u

"We were somewhere on the edge of the desert, near Barstow, when the drugs began to take hold" - HST

What really sucks is: when I try to catch stripers at the aqueduct I can't get'em. But, when I am catfishing I accidently catch'em. People say live bloodworms are great for both. I used nightcrawlers. When dragging them in is when I would catch a striper. I also hear Bucktail jigs do well. Late spring when the water is warming, I would see alot of topwater splashing. So, topwater baits are a choice then. I could never predict boils. So, just gotta have'em with you at all times. I usually go out in late spring. I will see you there sometime.

Onelove,
I scratched a small striper a couple weeks ago in the rips behind a set of gates at 25th on a bucktail. Can't miss me, I look like the old wrestler Hillbilly Jim in my overalls, I'll see ya out there.

Tight Lines,
Bank Pounder

Hey Fisheez,
I hear that alot. I forced myself to left the cat gear home and just work the S.B. baits and it finally paid off, my first one and she swam away great, only 4 pounds but it's a start. I'll see ya out there, I work the duct all over the west side of the valley.

Tight Lines,
Bank Pounder

onelove..

Are you talking about the the last stretch of aqueduct before it goes underground? I did'nt think there was any road access to it.
I've seen it on maps and heard the crazy security guard on top of the Silverwood dam talking about seeing big stripers in there. He said something about big siphs or somekind of gates to prevent big debris or fish(?) from going in...some kind of back-current?

I'll let you know if I head up there..

Phish..

Yeah there's access to it. From summit valley rd. Just past the old dump road heading east.

Its a long ass stretch of aqueduct, that no one ever sees. I know for a fact, that there are some giant fish in there, but I don't know what the security guard was talking about. I don't know of any siphons or anything.

I know what happens to them past that stretch though..they either

1. get dumped into silverwood (very rare)

or

2. get choped up in the electric turbines at the power plant near silverwood. (quite often)

At least this is what I know. Someone from edison would know better. But they're big! AND Fu*$%ing hard to catch!

~onelove4u

"We were somewhere on the edge of the desert, near Barstow, when the drugs began to take hold" - HST