ToadsToadsOnly
05-06-2015, 12:49 PM
Imagine casting your 10+" swimbaits into the current 4 cranks into your first cast you feel a THUD, next crank THUMP, next crank WHAM!!!!! Fish ON!! A rat pack of 25-50+ lb stripers are fighting over your bait. Your buddy makes a cast 5 cranks into his cast DOUBLE HOOKUP!!!!!!!
What an amazing trip, ever since Mike Bennett’s post years ago fishing Arkansas chasing monster stripers in Arkansas have been a dream of mine. After seeing a few recent post on FB about the epic fishing that have been going on this past month I could not resist the urge to book a trip with the striper legend Ron Waymak in Hot Springs Arkansas. I sent Gerald Liem last minute invitation to join the trip and he was on board and booking his flight in a moment’s notice.
A few weeks ago the Cali Boys as they call us were putting the hurt on the stripers at Lake Ouachita on the swimbaits. The week prior to our trip the swimbait bite slowed down however Captain Ron Waymack was still sticking the pigs on live Gizzard Shad. Lucky us the stripers decided to cooperate on my trip and were destroying the swimbaits.
We spent 2 ½ days pounding the bank with the plugs and it sure did pay off, Gerald and I knew this trip was not about the number of fish we land. We were sticking to the MOTTO ToadsToadsOnly –Go Big Or Go Home-.
This is not going to be a long winded report I am going to let the pictures do the talking.
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All of our fish were released except 1 52 lb er which I sent to the taxidermist to do a skin mount.
Tackle:
Okuma Shadow Stocker 8’6’ Swimbait Rod paired with a Lexa 400
Same Shadow Stocker paired up with a Shimano Tranx
40lb Trilene Big Game Clear Fishing Line with Suffix 832 65lb backing
This was definitely one of my best fishing trips in my books, this even blows my striper mission to Delaware out of the water.
Until Next Time
Go Big Or Go Home
ToadsToadsOnly
Go Get Em Boys
Follow my FaceBook Hunt For Big Fish (ToadsToadsOnly) https://www.facebook.com/groups/114189495339212/
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What an amazing trip, ever since Mike Bennett’s post years ago fishing Arkansas chasing monster stripers in Arkansas have been a dream of mine. After seeing a few recent post on FB about the epic fishing that have been going on this past month I could not resist the urge to book a trip with the striper legend Ron Waymak in Hot Springs Arkansas. I sent Gerald Liem last minute invitation to join the trip and he was on board and booking his flight in a moment’s notice.
A few weeks ago the Cali Boys as they call us were putting the hurt on the stripers at Lake Ouachita on the swimbaits. The week prior to our trip the swimbait bite slowed down however Captain Ron Waymack was still sticking the pigs on live Gizzard Shad. Lucky us the stripers decided to cooperate on my trip and were destroying the swimbaits.
We spent 2 ½ days pounding the bank with the plugs and it sure did pay off, Gerald and I knew this trip was not about the number of fish we land. We were sticking to the MOTTO ToadsToadsOnly –Go Big Or Go Home-.
This is not going to be a long winded report I am going to let the pictures do the talking.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Delaware%20fishing/IMG_20150427_005241.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/toadstoadsonly/media/Delaware%20fishing/IMG_20150427_005241.jpg.html)
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All of our fish were released except 1 52 lb er which I sent to the taxidermist to do a skin mount.
Tackle:
Okuma Shadow Stocker 8’6’ Swimbait Rod paired with a Lexa 400
Same Shadow Stocker paired up with a Shimano Tranx
40lb Trilene Big Game Clear Fishing Line with Suffix 832 65lb backing
This was definitely one of my best fishing trips in my books, this even blows my striper mission to Delaware out of the water.
Until Next Time
Go Big Or Go Home
ToadsToadsOnly
Go Get Em Boys
Follow my FaceBook Hunt For Big Fish (ToadsToadsOnly) https://www.facebook.com/groups/114189495339212/
IG Grindmentality007