Wombat Charters Fishing

05/19/2026

New Napa River Striped Bass Fishing Report now online.

Recent catches, fishing conditions, and highlights from the 2025 season brought to you by Capt Aussie Bob, Wombat Charters - Napa, California.

Napa River 2025 Season – Striped Bass Roundup This is the first post for the newly redesigned website. Even though we’ve been in business since 2017 I’ll have to start this new r…

04/18/2026

KastKing Centron Kapstan & Kapstan Lite are the go to reels for my customers.



Capt Aussie Bob
Wombat Charters
Napa, California

04/17/2026

Very tough day yesterday. Very strong winds out on the river. Whitecaps & muddy. Had to seek shelter right up close behind the levies to get out of the wind which limited the number of spots we could fish. Started out calm and foggy but that changed rapidly once the sun came up.

03/13/2026

I didn’t realize I was so natural unscripted… 🙄

Capt Aussie Bob
Wombat Charters
Napa, California

03/12/2026

These two guys killed it yesterday.

Capt Aussie Bob
Wombat Charters
Napa, California

03/12/2026

These two octogenarians had me running around the boat for a while there. At least thirty Stripers to the boat casting and cranking lures in the shallows. I spent two days solo scouting with little success before today’s charter and this particular spot produced nothing for me on Sunday. Today they were there from the first cast and they were ravenous. I just keep cycling through the spots, some of them miles apart and hopefully find them for you, somewhere. 🤔

Capt Aussie Bob
Wombat Charters
Napa, California

03/09/2026

KastKing Kapstan Elite 4000
15lb KastKing Braid

Casting and cranking lures in the shallows as usual.

02/22/2026

A big thank you to Forest Mackey (Stubborn Rods), Captain Paul (Ranger Sportfishing) and Garrett Dixon (G-Ratt Baits) for putting on a great day and providing lots of giveaways yesterday. I was fortunate enough to win a Sneaky Pete.

02/15/2026

Solo scouting trip

02/11/2026

Got a few Stripers this afternoon out in the cold, wind and rain. As usual casting and cranking lures in the shallows. Got the adrenal pumping and I’m feeling quite content tonight. I was wearing about five layers today making me look about 300lb! I also decided to keep a couple of fish this time. Didn’t see any other boats which is quite typical as a lot of people just sit back and wait until they hear good reports before they bother to get out there for themselves.

Capt Aussie Bob
Wombat Charters
Napa, California