Bass, striped: 37.10 pounds ... Ira Sizemore of Cincinnati, on July 1, 1983. Bluegill: 3.28 pounds. 12 3/4 inches. Salt Fork Reservoir. Willis D. Nicholes of Quaker City, on April 28, 1990.
Compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake.
Striped bass continue to fill limits within San Francisco ... Stripers in the 22- to 28-inch range are plentiful for those throwing topwater lures in the shallows. Finesse techniques are best ...