Had A Great Day For Stripers ! :-)

[Fish Chris]

But first.... yesterday was a wash. I fished hard all day in my "original" hotspot, for only two hit's and drops

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So today, I had a few tricks up my sleeve...

Long story short, I figured that if I got one, it would be early...... not. I fished for 3 1/2 hours for 1 darn bite...... But that 1 bite turned into a beauty of a fish, with this 29.8 lb'er

After that, I felt like I could just try anything crazy, and if I didn't catch another fish, so what, I'd have been good with just the fish above. So I bounce around, first fishing an old spot (nothing in 2 hours) then I stopped on a new spot. Didn't even have my portable graph..... but it just looked good > a small creek full of tulles (loaded with split tails) joining the main river, on an outgoing tide. So, I get both my baits out there, and after about 15 minutes, I get blasted so hard, it tries to make my spinning reel (with bait runner set) go into a backlash ! But then didn't just go on and eat it ? Then another like that..... Then I stuck this healthy, strong 19.2 lb'er, which immediately went for thew surface, and just went bazerk ! But I landed her after a strong battle,

I know.... looks little after that 29.8, right ?

So, I had just taken photos of the 19.2, and was in the middle of weighing it, when.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ! There goes my other rod ! It ended up being nearly a twin to this one.... 19.7 lbs. no photos of it.

Had a couple more blasted hits and runs, that ended up dropping the bait..... but all in all, two just shy of 20, and 1 shy of 30, is a really good day for me

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Oh and hey, check these two shots out. These were taken right after I got on the water.

Notice the giant windmills in the middle left.....

Now, I swear to you guys ! NO PHOTOSHOP here !!! Now you tell me those clouds don't look like they are wrapped all the way around the sun !!! In fact, I don't think it's much of a stretch to see "Saturn" in this photo

Yes, that is a bird in the upper left center

[smac024]

awesome fish. I am equally captivated by that last picture of the sunrise. Awesome.

[CWB]

Wow-

Looks bigger than you!

[J Francho]

In fact, I don't think it's much of a stretch to see "Saturn" in this photo

Not a stretch at all - very cool!

Beautiful fish. Sometimes I wonder if NY decided stripers were the answer to alewives instead of browns and Pacific salmonoids. I'd love to whack some, but I have to go to the ocean for them.

[edbassmaster]

Chris, I would love to see your articles in Bassmaster or some other magazine. It's like watching a movie when you read your stories. Great catches and photos. By the way, do you ever eat the Striper?

[Big-O]

WTG Chris and the photos are AWESOME!!!

Big O

www,ragetail.com

[Fish Chris]

Thanks again guys

Oh.... and you remember I've been pulling my boat with my little Hyundai, right ? LOL No problems whatsoever though, pulling, braking, and even launching.

JF, I hear you. And yes, I know I'm spoiled only having to drive about 3 or 7 miles (depending on which ramp) to get to gimungous Sturgeon, and a lot of nice Stripers

EdBass, I really don't eat much Striper myself. Tastes too fishy for me But I bring a few home for all my roomies, let them clean them, and B-B-Q them..... and when all is said and done, I might grab a piece of fresh grilled Striper

It kills them..... but like yesterday I told them, "Sorry guys.... They were all too big to keep". Ahhhh man. What a drag huh ? NOT !!! LOL That's a problem I wish I had ALL the time

Peace,

Fish

[Redlinerobert]

Amazing fish Chris. You da man!

[NorcalBassin]

That's a beast x 2. Nice job as usual... you've definitely turned into a successful lunker hunter.

[Mrs. Matstone]

Great post, pics and fish. Congrats!

[Dwight Hottle]

Up to 20lbs makes for real beauties but your always yearning for that one special fish. Once your knocking on the 30lb door you have achieved trophy success. Congrats on a real trophy.