Post pictures of the fish you catch!!

[jt57]

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JT those are some nice trout! I continue the hunt for my monster 21"er of the year!

Thanks!!

 

[bassaholic]

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I got this one dragging a carolina rig with a bruised banana worm in 6' of water at Lake Oconee about two weeks ago.

 

[5150abf]

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Catfish baby!!! This one is probly 16lbs

 

[davidf5252]

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I got this one dragging a carolina rig with a bruised banana worm in 6' of water at Lake Oconee about two weeks ago.

I live in Buford Ga near Lake Lanier!! We should go fishing some time

here is one i got last Saturday at Lay Lake in Alabama...

 

[davidf5252]

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oh and dont worry about that Alabama hat my little bro let me wear it bc mine got soaked in the rain that morning..GO DAWGS!!

 

[FLATHEAD]

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Got this pig smallie today.

 

[davidf5252]

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very very nice smallie!!!!

 

[Rockchalk]

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Here's a few we caught at Beaver Lake AR. Biggest striper went 31#... the one I caught of course!

 

[catcatcher]

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45lbs

65lbs

50lbs

60lbs

55lbs

 

[davidf5252]

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Here's a few we caught at Beaver Lake AR. Biggest striper went 31#... the one I caught of course!

i REALLY need to look into striper fishing...dang..

 

[Geo2008]

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How's about this one...

51# freshwater striper a few weeks ago

What kind of fishing rig and bait did you have to catch that striper with? If it was shad, did you buy them or use a castnet?

Did you get tipped off by jumping baitfish or seagulls and then go hunt him down?

I am just starting out with striper fishing, have snagged a few down in Lake Lanier in Georgia but am trying to figure out a new lake here in NC.

What is my best bet as far as as a bait setup?

Geo

 

[LubeDude]

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Check out this football I caught at Clear Lake California last month! Sorry for the dark picture.

5# 10oz!

 

[bassaholic]

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I live in Buford Ga near Lake Lanier!! We should go fishing some time

here is one i got last Saturday at Lay Lake in Alabama...
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Yeah I am going out this weekend but it may be fishing or just fixing the outboard again. You can remedy that hat probably with a magic marker and turn it into an Atlanta Braves hat. Might fool folks at a distance.

Staying in line with the thread, I present a monster bass for all to admire:

Got him on a 3/8oz spinner with a black skirt and white skirt doubled up.

 

[fishrdan]

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What kind of fishing rig and bait did you have to catch that striper with? If it was shad, did you buy them or use a castnet?

Did you get tipped off by jumping baitfish or seagulls and then go hunt him down?

I am just starting out with striper fishing, have snagged a few down in Lake Lanier in Georgia but am trying to figure out a new lake here in NC.

What is my best bet as far as as a bait setup?

Geo

Trout are stocked below Hoover Dam so that's what the big stripers key in on, shad are not used as bait for these big guys out here. I was trolling a 14" home made trout imitation lure on a 6.5' 20-50# tuna rod, 400 size reel, 65# spectra and a 20' topshot of 40# mono. I also cast the big lures with 10 and 11' surf rods and 400 size reels, but drop to 25 or 30# mono for better distance.

Up on Lake Mead there are tons of shad and stripers, but I've never heard of anything this big coming out of the lake. If fishing shad we locate shad in the back of coves and net them, then go out to the mouth of the cove or he main lake and drop them down to marked stripers. While school size striper fishing with the kids I'll find a nice 50-70' dropoff, anchor the boat and chum/fish with cut bait. Not big stripers but lots of them. Then there is also trolling plugs if the fish are relatively shallow or jigging spoons and bucktails for the deeper fish. While fishing the lake for 1-10# schoolie stripers I use a 7' rod, 200-300 size reel and 12-17# line.

 

[5150abf]

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Catcatcher, where do you live and how do I get there?
Holy crap those are nice cats!!!
Where I am in Indiana it is hard to get anything much over 20, I'll bet it is because I live to close to Meeechigan!

Going out tonight after I see my daughter and her boy off to the prom, really jazzed now.

 

[jonb14]

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I got this one dragging a carolina rig with a bruised banana worm in 6' of water at Lake Oconee about two weeks ago.

The suspense is kill'n me, did you?

• A. C R w/ that photo

• B. Mount 'em

• C. Eat 'em

Mine don't compare to that size goliath, it was fun to C / R still the same
I've be on Oconee before, use to catch strippers that size on Lanier, nice fish.

 

[Haywood123]

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Here are few that my son and I have caught. At the age of 2, he caught 7 different species. Our first trip out at 3, he has added 2 more species to his list. My wife wont allow me to post pictures of her holding fish, on the net.

Ok, I am done

 

[catcatcher]

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Catcatcher, where do you live and how do I get there?
Holy crap those are nice cats!!!
Where I am in Indiana it is hard to get anything much over 20, I'll bet it is because I live to close to Meeechigan!

Going out tonight after I see my daughter and her boy off to the prom, really jazzed now.

I live in Va. All of those came from the James River.

Here are a few more!

OK thats enough for now

 

[Haywood123]

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I love Kitty fishing, but around here, it's mainly channels.

 

[bassaholic]

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The suspense is kill'n me, did you?

I dropped him right back into the water after the picture. I've got a bit of a soft spot when it comes to largemouth, so I'll release unless they are injured or if I can manage to get one in excess of 10 lbs.

I've only tried fishing for striper once, but did a pretty bad job coming back with nothing after an afternoon. Days like those really make getting a side-scan sonar tempting so I can pinpoint the bait fish schools better.

Here's one I got when my livewell didn't work, so I dunked it into a bucket, rushed back to the marina, and had a nice lady who was crappie fishing snap a shot of. The fish was pretty calm until I cranked the outboard, then freaked out and soaked me:

Promptly released at the boat dock after that picture, to the jeers of the shoreline fishers.