Latest Napa River fishing reports from Capt. Aussie Bob. Real-time updates on Striped Bass activity, conditions, and techniques in Napa, California.
Mark & Rob joined me once again on a guided Napa River Striper fishing charter. This time it was a half day, shallow water, up-close top water fishing session on light-tackle spinning gear with single, barbless hooks. Rubber net & CNR! Capt Aussie Bob Wombat Charters Napa, California
Regulars Seth and Justin joined me on another Napa River shallow-water, light-tackle Guided Striped Bass Fishing Charter Adventure. Single barbless hooks, rubber net & CNR Capt Aussie Bob Wombat Charters Napa, California
The expression on this 10 year old’s face and his excitement cannot be matched! Quinn’s first time fishing (ever) and under the expert guidance of Capt Aussie Bob | Wombat Charters, Napa California his first two fish, ever. With regular customer “Mr Phil”, his friend Rodney and of course young Quinn – Rodney’s son. Rodney
Lee, Brandy and their 13 year old son John were visiting the area from Lubbock Texas and joined Wombat Charters Fishing on an (extended) half day Napa River guided fishing trip. 😉 John is relatively new to fishing but he sure picked up shallow water lure casting with Capt Aussie Bob really quickly – and
Guided Napa River Striped Bass fishing charter Capt Aussie Bob, Wombat Charters | Napa California Always single, barbless hooks. Predominantly CNR – customer’s choice. Ikijimi, bled and iced if kept. Only rubber mesh nets. Charles & Sopheap were visiting the Napa Valley from Tennessee and chose Wombat Charters for their guided Napa River fishing charter.
An epic day’s fishing on the Napa River for Wombat Charters Three good natured and experienced anglers from Missouri on a Napa River guided Striped Bass fishing charter. This one (in terms of numbers not size) is going to be hard if not impossible for me to ever equal or beat. SIX Napa River Stripers
The Assignment: Find some midday to late afternoon Napa River Stripers before the top of a very high incoming tide Looking for midday, early afternoon fish because I have a bunch of full-day charters coming up. I know the peak times but I have to find at least some action for my customers throughout the
Napa River Striper Setup Napa River Striper caught casting lures in the shallows on light tackle. The KastKing Centron 4000 and 4000 Lite spinning reels are perfect for tossing lures on KastKing 12lb mono or 15lb braid. It is an extremely affordable reel that has a decent drag system and sufficient line capacity to handle
DAY 3: The final day of our three-day Napa River striped bass extended annual fishing charter extravaganza. As always we were casting lures on light tackle to Stripers in the shallows. And always single-shank, barbless hooks and predominantly catch and release but that part is entirely up to you. This year Seth booked three consecutive
DAY 2: The second day of the annual event which was three days this year. The wind came up early today and made it difficult to fish some of the open areas where we caught many of our Stripers yesterday so a change in plans was necessary. It was a long day covering a lot