Last weekend I launched out of lads and ran towards whisky slough. The hyacinth is thick in Stockton, and will hinder were you can go and when depending on tide. So I just picked a section of main channel out side of Stockton and went to work. The shad are defiantly moving in, with stripers right behind boiling. I Started out throwing topwater, picked up one early on the River2sea rover. I had two more takers, both were stripers though. After the sun came up I switched to a river2sea rig walker swim bait in white ice, it pulled a lot of fish. I worked on the inside weed lines along rip rap. I was also working a jerk bait were I could. I lost one decent fish on it looked over 4lbs, but most were a pound to a pound and half or stripers. As the tide bottomed out I started flipping senkos and punching. Best fish of the day came punching right at the turn of the tide. I was punching hyacinth with a 1 1/2oz trash bomb and a Yamamoto flapping hog in green pumpkin. I was off the water by 12pm. Good luck out there.