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02-02-2009, 09:05 PM
Took off to Henderson Nv to see my striperholic friend for Superbowl weekend. Have made this an annual trip for a few days of fishing/float tubing Lake Mead and Superbowl festivities.
We wanted the big ole stripers but also were in desperate need of some meat.
We tubed both Hemenway and Boulder areas. On Friday there was a trout plant at both areas. Fished many different trout immitation hard and soft baits and also rattletraps. I was also trying to get one to bust on a pencil popper. Swimbait bite was tough this year. My buddy was able to get one on a rattletrap about 1 1/2 lbs. We saw one caught on a plug at Hemenway that went about 15 lbs.
On Friday afternoon we tubed across Boulder and bait fished (chovies) from shore for a couple hours. We got a lot of bites and I think brought home 2 in the 2 lbs range.
My buddies wife insited we fish on Saturday due to her having to get ready from the Superbowl party, oh darn! We tubed back to the point where we caught a couple and bait fished till about 1:00pm. We got into a real good bite and ended up with 15 fish with a total weight of 36 1/2 lbs, up to almost 4 lbs..
When we got to the fillet station there was a guide and some other guys filleting there catch, they caught like 65 stripers but they were all under 12 inches except for one. Our fish were all over 2 lbs except for 3 that went about 1 1/2 lbs.. Guess we got into the better school.
Freezer now full, had bbq'd stripers for dinner tonight!
We wanted the big ole stripers but also were in desperate need of some meat.
We tubed both Hemenway and Boulder areas. On Friday there was a trout plant at both areas. Fished many different trout immitation hard and soft baits and also rattletraps. I was also trying to get one to bust on a pencil popper. Swimbait bite was tough this year. My buddy was able to get one on a rattletrap about 1 1/2 lbs. We saw one caught on a plug at Hemenway that went about 15 lbs.
On Friday afternoon we tubed across Boulder and bait fished (chovies) from shore for a couple hours. We got a lot of bites and I think brought home 2 in the 2 lbs range.
My buddies wife insited we fish on Saturday due to her having to get ready from the Superbowl party, oh darn! We tubed back to the point where we caught a couple and bait fished till about 1:00pm. We got into a real good bite and ended up with 15 fish with a total weight of 36 1/2 lbs, up to almost 4 lbs..
When we got to the fillet station there was a guide and some other guys filleting there catch, they caught like 65 stripers but they were all under 12 inches except for one. Our fish were all over 2 lbs except for 3 that went about 1 1/2 lbs.. Guess we got into the better school.
Freezer now full, had bbq'd stripers for dinner tonight!