Stripers from Channel Island

[Mead_Stripers]

Hi everyone:

Here is a pic from my 8 day houseboat trip at Mead. We didn't fish much this night because it was Thanksgiving. The turkey was awesome courtesy of yours truly.

Best regards,

Paul
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[southernman]

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[Mead_Stripers]

Hey SM,

I can't tell you how bad I am suffering from the withdrawals having returned to Southern Cal for 10 days now. I wish I knew how to fly so I could just go out there on the weekends in a Cessna. Perhaps, when I retire, I can look forward to such times.

Best regards,

Paul
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[BaySport]

Nice group of pictures! I can see why you love that part of the lake!
BaySport
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[Mead_Stripers]

Thanks BaySport. I'm telling you need to go to the Temple Basin more...just to spice things up. Maybe an overnight trip? I know you may not be interested in the houseboats, however, Temple Bar Marina does have fishermen cabins for $40 a night. I know you love to fish at 4 - 5 a.m. so just get the cabin in the afternoon, and head out early. There is hardly any boat pressure out there since it's out of the way. Unfortunately, I don't know of any live bait/shad in the area. Then again, I don't look around the shorelines early in the morning. I've seen some tadpole size shad but they're not going to do much for you. I've heard all sorts of rattle traps, trout lures, and crank baits do well in deeper waters. Unfortunately, I'm not that skilled when it comes to fishing with artificial baits at deeper depths but you may have better luck than me. There are a couple coves where the water is pretty deep...and where legend has it that larger stripers roam about there.

Anyway, give it some thought and please let me know if you're interested in trying it out. I think I should just purchase a houseboat (used of course), and moor it there. All these houseboat trips are starting to add up so it just might make sense for me.

Best regards,

Paul
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[striperdude]

How bout you clue me in on some hot spots in the temple basin. Thanks
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[Mead_Stripers]

Absolutely. I have to tell you though. The fishing is slow during the day. The only place I have had success during the day is in Ladder Cove, which is adjacent to the Temple Bar Marina. One side of the cove has high cliff walls. The other side of the cove has small beaches and small hills. You want to fish about 30-50 feet away from the shoreline on the side with the high cliff walls. Just keep drifting into the cove and you'll hit a school of stripers. Try all depths. Some areas are pretty deep. You probably should keep the line about 10 - 20 feet down. That's where I've had the most luck. But try all depts. You want to start fishing about 50 yards into the cove. Don't start from the opening. Just look for the cliff walls and start from there.

Now, night fishing is hot. Go to Channel Island which is in Gregg's Basin. There is a large sandy beach. Go to the East Side of Channel Island on the sandy beach. It should be pretty deep in that area. I typically fish off the back of a houseboat which puts me about 50 feet from the shoreline. So you want to drop your line about 50 feet from the shoreline.

Another good area is the first cove Southeast of Delmar Butte. Don't go into the large cove facing Delmar Butte. Instead, circle around to the southeast of that large cove. There's a shallow point at the entrance of that southeast cove. Go in the first cove about 30-40 feet along that shallow point. Again fish about 50 feet from the shoreline. At sunset, chum a lot of anchovies in that area. My cousin and I caught around 250 stripers in a few hours. Just make sure to chum at sunset. Make sure you chop up the anchovies in tiny pieces...not bate size pieces.

Good luck, and let me know how you do.

Best regards,

Paul
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[Burbot]

Just signed up on this board a few minutes ago. I've been reading it for a few days now and am happy about the information I have received. I am heading out to Lake Mead this Saturday afternoon for a round of night fishing. I plan on going to Temple Bar and fishing off Heron Pt. per Mead Stripers advice. If there are any more tips you could give me concerning this night shore fishing, I'd sure take it. I just hope I'm not too early in the year to do some good. I guess there's only one way to find out. I will galdly report any and all action I get while fishing this weekend and hope to report some good news. Take care and thanks for listening.
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[stripercraze]

Good Luck hope you catch a mess of fish!!!!

Stripercraze
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[BaySport]

Welcome to the Nevada board! We all would love to hear about your fishing trip so please post. I'm going to hit up Temple Bar sometime this year. There has been too much good stuff going on there not to try it out.
BaySport
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[Mead_Stripers]

Hi Burbot,

Welcome to the board. Well, they recently expanded the marina a lot so I'm not sure how that affected the fishing at Heron Point. The key is to look for the drop offs. You have to fish off the drop offs with anchovies. Refer to some of my old postings. There are extensive details as to how you should rig your line and where you should fish. You could also fish Monkey Cove, which is adjacent to Temple Bar Marina. You have to take a dirt road but it's not far from the marina. Just follow the signs.

So here the major keys to excellent fishing at Temple Bar Marina.

1. Find the dropoffs right at sunset. Find a few spots just in case one or two spots are cold. As you walk along Heron Point, you'll see manmade piers made of rocks and mud. I made them with my cousins and friends. We used those piers to fish from. I don't know what the current depth is but if you see the piers, you know you're in the right area. But again, the lake level has dropped so much so those piers may be totally exposed inland.
2. You need to find a dropoff within 40-50 feet from shore because you won't be able to cast your line out that far with the rig that I recommend.
3. Chum a few anchovies in that drop off area. Cut them into tiny pieces and spray the area.
4. Chum that same area every 15-20 mins if you don't get any action.
5. Don't let your hook and bait run along the lake floor.
6. Constantly reel in your line so that the bait stays about 5-10 feet below the lake surface.

Good luck, and let me know how you do.

Best regards,

Paul
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[dhoneh]

I am new to Lake Mead and read one of your post where you told a fellow to look at your previous posts to see how to rig to fish from shore.
I would appreciate it if you would repeat the rigging and how to use it.
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[stripercraze]

Welcome,

I do not know where you live but there is a striper club that meets in Henderson the second Thursday of the month. It costs nothing to attend their meetings. You can get a lot of info there. Or you can visit there new web site.

[url "http://www.nevadastriperclub.org/"][/url][/url]www.nevadastriperclub.org[/url]


Hope this helps.

Stripercraze
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[Mead_Stripers]

Hi Striperdude,

Just wondering if you've had any luck at the "hot spots" I recommended. I'm going out there in early-October for my annual 8 day houseboat trip. I can't wait because the fishing is always hot in October. Frankly, it's "hot" all year round.

Best regards,

Paul
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