On less windy days try trolling for striped bass off Decker Island and the backside commonly known as Horseshoe Bend for stripers to 12 pounds. Field scouts report that the bass are moving in and out of the Delta region with some that have completely spawned out and some yet to spawn. On the San Joaquin River trollers still continue to take good numbers stripers off the sand bar in front of Eddo's Harbor, both the Santa Clara and San Andreas Shoals with catches averaging about 24 inches in size. If you are into anchoring and dunking your favorite bait try anchovies at the Power Lines, south of Rio Vista. For sturgeon fish the outgoing tides off light 14 off Sherman Island eel strips tipped with a piece of nightcrawler or salmon roe. Largemouth bass fishing is rated very good with the typical bass weighing 2 to 3 pounds, up to 9. A recent Bass Derby took place on the Delta and the winning 5 fish limit weighed in at 36 pounds. That’s a 7 pound average. The bi fish of the tournament weighed 9 pounds. The Pacific-American Striped Bass Derby concluded over the weekend where 300 participants fished the contest. During the event 102 striped bass were registered with weights ranging from 2 pounds to 24 pounds. a good number of the fish came from the Decker Island area. The big fish was taken from the Tisdale area on the upper Sacramento River. Anglers tossing grubs, Shad Darts and flies to catch American shad, especially at the Freeport Bridge and farther along the Sacramento River at the Minnow Hole and off Miller Park. American shad also showing at Verona and the Feather River.