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

"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"

Deo Vindice

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