madwire3
11-16-2010, 11:45 PM
hit the duct... keep in mind everyone its been like 12 years since ive caught a striper and that one was like 14 inches and the only one ive ever caught, caught plenty of decent catfish but no love from the striper gods tilllllllll
again hit the duct around sundown, baited one pole with shad and tossed lures for a good while with absolutely no love...
decided to sit back and have a beer and catch upwith my buddy .. "set up the second rod for bait, tossed on bells and popped a beer out" soon after jingle..
very subtle, i was on top of it anyways,, jingle and slow pull so i set that sucka.. mild fight wasnt impressed but was excited maybe a STRIPER!!!
fight got better then pooped out... got it in and seen the size and species and then got nervous... lipped it and got it in.. 22 inch striper baby!!! broke my long running striper skunk and its a personal best...
calmed down threw him on a stringer "dont get to munch striper often only when my brother brings one around" and popped another beerski..
the lightest, queitest,, most gentle of a jingle... ran over and watched.. reminded me of all the tiny bluegill picking my nighcrawlers apart,, screw it ill pull.. SET THAT HOOK,, and bam its solid like i set into a tire but it moved... 3 seconds of tug and slack,,, gone.. rebait and walk to sit down other pole does the same gentle jingle i run back and watch, does it again so again i swing for the tire..
fight on, drag screaming, breaking in that cheapo diawa setup.. learning quick why u all love these fish so much, fight this guy for a while tighten the drag a little as i go cause he just keeps runnin... finally in and i lip it and run for the dirt... 24 inch striper heck ya
hour and a half goes by and nothing but a big stick tangles a line.. then major jingle... fight on like the last one, good battle and again brought to the thumb, 22.5 incher...
no love for my buddy but man all i hoped for was 1 of any size to beat the long lasting skunk,,
first fish personal best, second fish new personal best plus my first limit, 3rd my new personal best single trip 3 fish one trip
and that striper thumb you guys talk about,,, oh yeah its on both thumbs
checked the stomachs,, someone either had the first one stealing bait or they dumped a mess of cut anchovies in the water because it had 7 cut peices fairly fresh and a silverside, the second fish had a 5 inch catfish a few silversides/or/smelt, and a peice of a broken hook all rusted stuck in its insides and of course the shad i had on as bait
hoped i could put al the good lure tips to use but it just wasnt workin and once the beer got in me i didnt wanna mess with em,, bad shoulder and all that casting dont mix too well some nights
the 22 and 24 incher (http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1148.snc4/149095_120011944729591_100001623593331_145299_4707 438_n.jpg)http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1148.snc4/149095_120011944729591_100001623593331_145299_4707 438_n.jpg
the 22.5 incher (http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs989.snc4/76196_120011984729587_100001623593331_145300_31436 77_n.jpg)http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs989.snc4/76196_120011984729587_100001623593331_145300_31436 77_n.jpg
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again hit the duct around sundown, baited one pole with shad and tossed lures for a good while with absolutely no love...
decided to sit back and have a beer and catch upwith my buddy .. "set up the second rod for bait, tossed on bells and popped a beer out" soon after jingle..
very subtle, i was on top of it anyways,, jingle and slow pull so i set that sucka.. mild fight wasnt impressed but was excited maybe a STRIPER!!!
fight got better then pooped out... got it in and seen the size and species and then got nervous... lipped it and got it in.. 22 inch striper baby!!! broke my long running striper skunk and its a personal best...
calmed down threw him on a stringer "dont get to munch striper often only when my brother brings one around" and popped another beerski..
the lightest, queitest,, most gentle of a jingle... ran over and watched.. reminded me of all the tiny bluegill picking my nighcrawlers apart,, screw it ill pull.. SET THAT HOOK,, and bam its solid like i set into a tire but it moved... 3 seconds of tug and slack,,, gone.. rebait and walk to sit down other pole does the same gentle jingle i run back and watch, does it again so again i swing for the tire..
fight on, drag screaming, breaking in that cheapo diawa setup.. learning quick why u all love these fish so much, fight this guy for a while tighten the drag a little as i go cause he just keeps runnin... finally in and i lip it and run for the dirt... 24 inch striper heck ya
hour and a half goes by and nothing but a big stick tangles a line.. then major jingle... fight on like the last one, good battle and again brought to the thumb, 22.5 incher...
no love for my buddy but man all i hoped for was 1 of any size to beat the long lasting skunk,,
first fish personal best, second fish new personal best plus my first limit, 3rd my new personal best single trip 3 fish one trip
and that striper thumb you guys talk about,,, oh yeah its on both thumbs
checked the stomachs,, someone either had the first one stealing bait or they dumped a mess of cut anchovies in the water because it had 7 cut peices fairly fresh and a silverside, the second fish had a 5 inch catfish a few silversides/or/smelt, and a peice of a broken hook all rusted stuck in its insides and of course the shad i had on as bait
hoped i could put al the good lure tips to use but it just wasnt workin and once the beer got in me i didnt wanna mess with em,, bad shoulder and all that casting dont mix too well some nights
the 22 and 24 incher (http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1148.snc4/149095_120011944729591_100001623593331_145299_4707 438_n.jpg)http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1148.snc4/149095_120011944729591_100001623593331_145299_4707 438_n.jpg
the 22.5 incher (http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs989.snc4/76196_120011984729587_100001623593331_145300_31436 77_n.jpg)http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs989.snc4/76196_120011984729587_100001623593331_145300_31436 77_n.jpg
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