Right now, they're hit and miss. About 4 weeks ago, we caught 3 keeper size stripers in those sloughs and a bunch of small ones. 2 weeks ago, we didn't even catch a small one.
When the water gets colder, the bait fish will find the warmer water in these dead end sloughs and the stripers will follow them.
Yes it is for the most part the stripes are holding way west until the temperatures drop. Three weeks ago we had Cool weather and a dip in water temps, then another warm spell.... two weeks, next set of tides like these