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Stopped by the duct on the way home today. Right away I start getting hits on almost every cast. They would bump it and that's it. Finally one commits and it is on. This guys did not want to give up as I was battling it for quite a while. It would start coming in and turn and dive deep. I slowly worked him closer and would run and dive again, several times. By the time I landed it, both he and I were worked pretty good. Felt bigger than 10lb 13oz but that's what the scale said. It was as chunky as they come. It was bleeding pretty good and the extreme energy it exerted it would not have survived a release. I actually gave it to my dad.
I kept tossing for a little bit and was still getting lots of bumps but no more would commit. Not bad for a 20 minute quickie.
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%204-9-09/DuctDD1.jpg
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%204-9-09/DuctDD2.jpg
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%204-9-09/DDStriper.jpg
chansen49
04-09-2009, 05:12 PM
Damn nice fish right there!!
Good job!
Chris
Baja Vinnie
04-09-2009, 05:19 PM
Saaweeeeeeeet!! Nice jailbird from the concrete river. I bet that fight was so fun in the moving water. I can only imagin those line peeling runs when he ran deep. NICE!!! Good job and nice pic's.
BV
Tr1p0d
04-09-2009, 05:25 PM
Nice going... I knew you can do it... Keep it up...
Trout-Slayer77
04-09-2009, 05:36 PM
good job thats a big one
Team-Reefa Jimmy
04-09-2009, 05:37 PM
very nice...
trail blazer
04-09-2009, 06:41 PM
WTG YOLO
YOU DA MAN BRO!!!!!!!!!!!
Love it when they make the reel go zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
nice pig
T,BLAZE
FINSMACKDOWN
04-09-2009, 06:46 PM
Wow! Thats a great fish, nice job.
it does look bigger than 10lb
trashetanush
04-09-2009, 06:47 PM
Nice Fish.
Wanted to ask how deep are the Aqueducts?
WJC71
04-09-2009, 06:59 PM
Great job out there Yolo :Smile:
tpfishnfool
04-09-2009, 07:22 PM
Yea !! Thats what im talkin about. Great job and you deserve it. Time in pays off..
Thanks all. It was good to hook a DD after a few years being just under. Last DD I had was about 3 or 4 years ago in the duct. I lost one earlier in the week in a similar bite when my reel got jacked up after hooking one. It got stuck and would only wind on one side and messing with it, I lost the fish. New reel and revenge was mine today :) They were tapping the lure on almost every cast and several times on a retrieve. I'm just glad one decided to play.
Wingnut
04-09-2009, 08:14 PM
Beautiful duct Striper ya got there, well done!
Hitts0n
04-09-2009, 08:47 PM
Great j0b ! Thats a fat stripe !
Panfish Junior
04-09-2009, 10:17 PM
Nice!!!!!!!!!! :EyePop: That's what I'm talking about. Good job! :Smile:
pokerface12
04-10-2009, 01:25 AM
Congrats on a DD striper.
RamboBoy
04-10-2009, 07:07 AM
Nice DD fish. Congrats
DEADROOTS
04-10-2009, 07:35 AM
Nice, what were you using as a lure?
thepuma
04-10-2009, 07:46 AM
WTG Yolo. What an awesome fish. I still have yet to catch a DD. Been so close so many times. Man that fight must have been awesome... I thought about going out last night, but went elsewhere instead.
Congrats....
Great job on the DD Yolo! I think I know that honey hole :ROFL:.
KPN.
deadroots, I was using a Rat L Trap.
thepuma, It's good to finally get back to a DD. It's been a few years for me from the duct. You should have gone out.
KPN, I was just lucky and was in the right place at the right time. Trust me. I have been skunked there too many times to remember. My neighbor went out to the same spot after I got home and showed him my fish and didn't get squat. They have moved on.
KPN, I was just lucky and was in the right place at the right time. Trust me. I have been skunked there too many times to remember. My neighbor went out to the same spot after I got home and showed him my fish and didn't get squat. They have moved on.
Yolo,
I just joking with you. I've been skunk at the Duct many times I can't remember :ROFL:. Stripers in the duct moving on according to water movement & weather.
There was day we get 4 fishs at one night and we come back the night after NADA!
I may hit the duct for a revenge :Smile:, some time next week.
Congrats again.
Khanh aka KPN.
fishpimp4life
04-10-2009, 11:45 AM
Yolo,
Now that's a fat ol' lineside!!!! nice work:Wink:
thepuma
04-10-2009, 11:51 AM
Nice Fish.
Wanted to ask how deep are the Aqueducts?
Trash,
Check out this thread for pictures when the duct was almost empty.
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?t=29432&page=2
trashetanush
04-10-2009, 04:42 PM
Trash,
Check out this thread for pictures when the duct was almost empty.
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?t=29432&page=2
so its right about 15'? Another question. How fast are the currents? lol
thepuma
04-10-2009, 07:09 PM
so its right about 15'? Another question. How fast are the currents? lol
Anything from as still as a pond to a raging river. They control the speed of the currents with the gates. They don't publish the gate schedules, so you never know what the current will be like until you get there. Sundays and evenings they have the gates open quite often.
Sorry for the OFF TOPIC Yolo..... Your fish still kicks @$$!!!!:Smile:
BUDdhaBIG
04-10-2009, 08:34 PM
woooo weeee that's a beauty! congratulations on that monster! keep 'em coming. *thumbs up*