CHRIS MCBETH
Well-Known Member
I took Ken’s advice and fished in the back of Navajo Canyon today.
I got there a bit late after waiting for the morning rain to let up, which it did making way for blue sky’s and sun!
I only had 2.5 hours of fishing time and caught 6 SMB (all released) and 3 big Striped Bass.
SMB were caught on Yamamoto Hula Grubs cast at a stand-still in the shallows, and the Stripers were caught trolling a Bomber Deep Fat Free Shad.
The fish finder was going NUTS with fish back in that canyon so I expect if you could figure out what they’re biting you could probably haul 50-100 of them in during a full day.
I got a weather alert on the VHF at 11:30, heeded it’s warning, and hightailed it back to Antelope Point, and not a minute too soon.
At about 1:00 the wind abruptly picked up and gusted hard enough to blow my cot out the back of the truck (40+ mph I’m guessing) with sustained winds around 20-25mph.
Overall, a great day!
Thanks for the warning about the rocks Ken!



I got there a bit late after waiting for the morning rain to let up, which it did making way for blue sky’s and sun!
I only had 2.5 hours of fishing time and caught 6 SMB (all released) and 3 big Striped Bass.
SMB were caught on Yamamoto Hula Grubs cast at a stand-still in the shallows, and the Stripers were caught trolling a Bomber Deep Fat Free Shad.
The fish finder was going NUTS with fish back in that canyon so I expect if you could figure out what they’re biting you could probably haul 50-100 of them in during a full day.
I got a weather alert on the VHF at 11:30, heeded it’s warning, and hightailed it back to Antelope Point, and not a minute too soon.
At about 1:00 the wind abruptly picked up and gusted hard enough to blow my cot out the back of the truck (40+ mph I’m guessing) with sustained winds around 20-25mph.
Overall, a great day!
Thanks for the warning about the rocks Ken!




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