Dan the fisherman

I’ve always enjoyed bank fishing. Especially in creeks or rivers. Can’t say I’ve done much lake bank fishing. Great job getting some off the bank. Those fish had beautiful colors.

Sounds like a fun day. With these cooler temps makes the day so much nicer. I know I’ve been enjoying these cooler temps. Seems like the Stripers are firing up with the cooler temps too.

Striper bite has been good / great the last two outings. Sunday the 11th was especially productive since we had a cool front and cloud cover the whole time I was on the lake. Our last two fish were landed at 10am (double up) and the big fish went 20lbs. Probably could have kept catching but we were limited out. Medium Shad did the trick. Still fishing main lake points first thing in the morning then heading into large coves and fishing tree tops late morning. Today was good as well as our last bite was at 9am which is pretty good in this heat. I expect things to get a lot better in the upcoming weeks with the water cooling. Really excited about the top water bite this year. Done with the heat on top of that. Here’s a couple of pics. Tight lines and stay safe out there fellas.

Good info

Nice white! Love making fish tacos out of them.

Stripers continue to hold on points and humps. I’m sure fish could be found in the backs of major coves as well. Fishing a variety of depths help identify where the fish are/will be holding. Again very early starts have been key for me as the bite seems to die off about 8am for the Stripers. 3-5 inch gizzards have worked best but minnows will work in a pinch. I did get out yesterday and fished PC to coppermine for green fish and did very well. Caught about 20 fish… Fished from 7-11am. Drop shot and spoons did the damage. Fished humps, points and channel swings. If it had cover like a brush pile or tree sitting in 25-35 fow it was 🔥🔥. Otherwise used trolling motor to cover water and fish finder to locate. I’d start aggressive with spoon if that didn’t work I’d use dropshot. Nothing huge. Mostly spots and small mouth in the 1-2 pound range. No pics of green or brown fish but here are the Striper from Saturday. Good luck and tight lines fellas

Great catch….. Love catching smallmouth. Especially on creeks. Haven’t done that in a while.

Sounds like a great day out there guys. Nothing like chasing around top water fish.

Yes thank you. Did the FB thing for a long while. But the people on FB got too aggressive with wanting Striper info. I quite FB a couple of years ago. I got to thinking about this group and the great camaraderie I had with y’all and decided to jump back in with y’all. I’ll be out the next 3 days (sat, sun, mon) . Hopefully I’ll have some info to share on Tuesday. Tight lines guys.

Stripers have been best very early in the morning. We boated our first one at 430am. Last fish we caught was just before 7am. Landed a total of 5 fish this morning. I have a feeling with this full moon they are feeding more at night. As soon as that sun poked out over the hill side the bite shut down. We fished till 9am and marked fish the majority of the time but they would not commit. Didn’t land anything huge but all keepers in the 6-10 pound range. Shad and brooder did the trick. Deep water points and humps had the fish. Good luck

Nice one

Good stuff Quill. There’s definitely no shortage on good size striper in the lake.... Fishing has been on fire the last month. Been catching and releasing 5-10 Fish a day almost every time out.

Got out this morning for a few hours and Fished mid lake area. Water temp was 45-46. The bite continues to be red hot..... I was heading south from them ramp when I cam across a pack of birds drive bombing the water. I killed the main engine plenty far enough as to not spook anything that might be feed under them and proceeded to get closer with my trolling motor. I got about 100-150 from where the birds were working when my graph lit up like a Christmas tree! I drop lines down and was hooked up immediately with a nice 12-15 pound striper. I fished the area for about for another 3 hours before I headed home. Ended up with 4 striper and half a dozen whites. I threw back all the striper but kept the whites for fish tacos for later this week. Big fish went 22 pounds and just shy of 40 inches. Here’s a few piics. Stay aware out there for them birds. Good luck out there fellas, and stay safe.

Give up on fishing?!? NEVER!..... Kids are 11 and 9 now and between coaching both there teams in spring and fall, and wrestling practices and tournaments all winter I don’t have much time for social media. I still get out 3-4 times a week for fishing but have to fit it in very early in the morning.

Yes I’m pretty sure that was a wiper.