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Hit the duct this a.m. and it was windy and cold. Water barley moving at about 1/8 open gates. I'm throwing the usual traps, bucktail and pointer for nothing. I switch to a super fluke and am working it just under the surface. I can see the bait the whole way and I am working it slow and giving it some slight twitches. Half way back I see a striper come up and engulf it. It's hooked but immediately does the duct roll and dive and unhooks himself. I keep retrieving and it comes back and nips it. I keep retrieving and it comes back a third time and I see it inhale the whole fluke and I set the hook again and it is on. A decent battle ensues and I land it. I pop the cherry on my new set up with this healthy duct striper. It was 26 3/4" long and close to 9lbs.
I work the area for another 15 minutes but nothing else. Cold and getting windier by the minute, I decide to call it a morning.
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2012-5-09/12-5-09_2.jpg
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2012-5-09/12-5-09_1.jpg
vanillagurilla
12-05-2009, 09:44 AM
nice work!
jr549
12-05-2009, 09:58 AM
good job nice size fish. had the urge to go this morning but the wind is blowing hard over here on the eastside.
Thanks. Yes it was windy as heck. My hat blew off, thus the funky hat hair in my pic, lol.
Good job out there Zoli :Applause:.
I went out Thursday evening until 3.30am for a big fat skunk. It was cold that night, all of my rod's guide & reel was frozen, had to break them off every time :Shocked:.
KPN.
Thanks Khanh. I wanted to mention that it was busting at the seams full in the stomach and intestines with the shrimp salad.
Another beautiful fish. Nice!! I've tried about a dozen times here in HESPERIA AQUEDUCT!!
NEVER EVEN A BITE! Would love to catch any size striper down here.
RamboBoy
12-05-2009, 12:40 PM
Good work Zoli
cutbait
12-05-2009, 02:26 PM
You da man You Only Live Once!
Thanks Rambo and cutbait. That striper only lived once too, haha.
Mondo21
12-05-2009, 06:04 PM
Nice Fish.:Applause: Thanks for the pics and report. Cindy:Big Grin:
Here is the frozen guide on my reel I got last thursday night. I had to break them off every time to make the next cast :Shocked:. BBBRRR!!!
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/Fisherman7/Frozenguide120309.jpg
KPN.
Yeah it has been below freezing for a a couple of weeks except for last night and this morning. The cloud cover kept the temps up. Sort of like a lid on a pot, lol.
RamboBoy
12-06-2009, 10:16 AM
Thanks Rambo and cutbait. That striper only lived once too, haha.
Ha ha ha :Smile:
spooky007
12-07-2009, 05:13 PM
Nice fish Z!!
fishinone
12-07-2009, 06:35 PM
Nice fish. How do you know it's the same one?
Thanks spooky.
fishinone, I know because I saw it the whole time. The water has really cleared up at the duct since the flow has reduced. I had eye contact with the fish the whole time from the first hook up, to getting off and then turning and hitting it again and then swallowing it for the third time. It was a thrilling experience, especially in the small patch of glassy water I was working that had a wind block, I could see the fluke the whole retrieve.
fishinone
12-08-2009, 03:00 PM
I know because I saw it the whole time. The water has really cleared up at the duct since the flow has reduced. I had eye contact with the fish the whole time from the first hook up, to getting off and then turning and hitting it again and then swallowing it for the third time. It was a thrilling experience, especially in the small patch of glassy water I was working that had a wind block, I could see the fluke the whole retrieve.
Oh yea! That's just way too much fun!
I've got to get out and fish. I've been lurking for weeks now.
Fish I None will soon be Fishin One.:ROFL:
Oh yea! That's just way too much fun!
I've got to get out and fish. I've been lurking for weeks now.
Fish I None will soon be Fishin One.:ROFL:
You wish Ron.......:ROFL:. It's very cold out there.
KPN.
fishinone
12-08-2009, 04:10 PM
You wish Ron.......:ROFL:. It's very cold out there.
KPN.
Khahn!? I thought you had my back!:Angry::ROFL:
I'm from the North East. Cold is relative.
fishinone
12-08-2009, 04:16 PM
Yolo,
Check your PMs.
Oh yea! That's just way too much fun!
I've got to get out and fish. I've been lurking for weeks now.
Fish I None will soon be Fishin One.:ROFL:
You wish Ron.......:ROFL:. It's very cold out there.
KPN.
Like this cold? I stopped for 5 minutes on the way to work this morning and this was the result. Cold is fine with me but the wind was blowing pretty hard early and I hate the wind with the cold.