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Went duct fishing for a few hours this early evening with Ferno and my neighbor. Hot and a little windy. Water barely moving. I started throwing a 3/4oz Trap and nothing, switched to 1oz KPN and had what felt like a bump but nothing after that. Next went to a white bucktail with curly trailer and nothing. Ferno was throwing LC Pointer and nothing. He had a 2 hits on a tube. My neighbor is throwing the A super spot and then small swim shad and nothing. I see very tiny 1" baby fish following once in awhile and also leaping out of the water at times as my lure gets close to the shore. I get the bright idea to go smaller on the lure and put on a 2 3/4" Strike King lipless. A few casts and I get one bump. Several casts later as I was walking the shore I am almost at the end of my retrieve and about 8' from shore I get a good strong hit and set the hook. It is on and it feels like a good one. My drag was a little tight and I was afraid of ripping the lure out but no way I was going to mess with it fighting the fish. It makes several runs and a few very aggressive runs but I finally tire it out. Ferno comes to lip grip for me with the gripper.
It was 32 1/2" long and according to Ferno's scale 11lbs. We all thought it should have weighed more. I weighed it at home with my scale and got 13lb 15oz. We pretty much guessed 14 to 16. It was caught in the daylight but we took the pic when we were done at about 8:30pm.
It was good to finally get out and fish again. A nice healthy DD doesn't hurt either. Striper Mafia crew beat the skunk! :D
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%207-30-09/duct7-30-09_1.jpg
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%207-30-09/Duct7-30-09_2.jpg
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%207-30-09/Duct7-30-09_3.jpg
vagabond
07-30-2009, 10:39 PM
thats a very nice striper,kool you found out what they wanted..
fishinone
07-30-2009, 10:51 PM
Nice DD !
You can check your scales by weighing a gallon of water. One gallon weighs 8 pounds.
tacklejunkie
07-31-2009, 05:43 AM
Nice work yet again!
I almost went to try the other day but the drive turned me off. Maybe next time. Good work figuring out what they wanted :Wink:
Thanks guys. Here's a shot from ferno's phone that really shows off this fish.
http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/forum/attachments/southern-california-freshwater-reports/17287d1249023877-duct-double-digit-photo.jpg
Yoli,
Nice striper you got there bro :Applause:. It should be nicer on the KPN's ......:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:.
How is the grass & moss there lately?
Congrats!
KPN.
Khahn, I tried and managed to get what felt like a hit on the KPN. I saw the tiny fish and thought to downsize the presentation. Moss is gone. There are some weeds here and there but that is ok. It's that sticky, clumpy moss that sucked and it seems to be gone now. Water started to flow more as we left about 8:30pm. From like 5:30pm when we got there until we left it was very slow movement.
TroutOnly
07-31-2009, 07:06 AM
very nice striper yolo, i need to go up to the duct more im five minutes from it and i know so old school spots awawy from the pressure,,,,,,,,,T/O
RamboBoy
07-31-2009, 07:47 AM
Good job, bro. changing the lures and you got em
PHISHnutS
07-31-2009, 08:06 AM
Very nice solid striper, well deserved for the time you put in.
very nice striper yolo, i need to go up to the duct more im five minutes from it and i know so old school spots awawy from the pressure,,,,,,,,,T/O
Not really a lot of pressure lately but I have a few old school spots too just in case. You should get out there. It's close, it's free and hold some nice fish. That's what keeps me coming back.
Good job, bro. changing the lures and you got em
Thanks Rambo. You coming out anytime soon?
Very nice solid striper, well deserved for the time you put in.
Thanks man. The moss is gone. Let me know when you and the Skipper come out this way.
SkipperDick
07-31-2009, 10:41 AM
Way to go Zoli! Way to read it brother. glad to hear the weeds are not so bad now, and that they are actually closing the gates down some. You up for another run today/tonight?
SkipperDick
Skipper, I wouldn't mind going again. Let me know when you will be in town.
cutbait
07-31-2009, 04:05 PM
Nice fish Yolo. The camera pic does show off that pig. great job.
Liteweight
07-31-2009, 09:51 PM
Nice catch! Always enjoyed reading your posts while I was a "lurker". They (posts) stopped after I finally registered a few months back. Glad to see you back on 'em.
LW
RamboBoy
08-01-2009, 06:20 AM
Thanks Rambo. You coming out anytime soon?
Yep, I will call ya.
smokinflies
08-01-2009, 07:39 AM
awesome job pulling out those dd's yolo.
awesome job pulling out those dd's yolo.
Thanks. It is the same fish in all the pics though. I only caught one.
trail blazer
08-01-2009, 09:17 AM
verry VERRY NICE YOLO!!!!!!!
WTG on going the distance to get on the striper!!!
BEAUTIFUL FISH,,,,,
Thanks TB. It's been a pretty good year for me so far for DD's. It's my 3rd one so far and this one is the largest. Looking forward to some more before the year ends.
spooky007
08-02-2009, 04:20 PM
Great catch Zolie!!
Ferno
08-04-2009, 09:32 PM
you stole randy's fish he fished that spot for a long time lol
Haha. :ROFL: Good one Ferno. I guess he didn't fish it long enough :LOL:
gletemfeelsteelgary
08-05-2009, 06:49 PM
Nice fish...I meant to reply to this a lil while back...a toad fo sho' !
AND YES that 2nd pic does it better justice....I always look at the scaling and you can see the magnatude of the fish and the 1st pics didnt fare well...
Real nice catch...huge congrats..
saweet !
nice work
Gary
Thanks. I'm still on the hunt for the 20+ lber I farmed early this year. I still have nightmares from that one, lol. I wish he never came up and got so close to me as to witness what I had on the end of the line.