Any Top Water Striper Action Yet?

[jay bird]

Just wondering if any one is seeing any towater action yet. May be a touch to early, but you never know.

[nwaoutdoorsman]

Just wondering if any one is seeing any towater action yet. May be a touch to early, but you never know.

I havent seen any stripers schooling..........kinda. I did see something very interesting a couple weeks back. A buddy and I were fishing in the back of blackburn creek a couple weeks ago. We werent exactly tearing 'em up, but I noticed some shad skipping and pointed the boat that direction. As we got closer I saw a small V make a half circle and come right at the boat. It got close enough I saw that it was a small bass about 10'' long and right at that moment about a 40lb striper came outta nowhere and that poor lil guy met his maker. It was close enough that water landed in the boat. Undoubtly one of the most incredible things I've ever seen on the water. We casted rattletraps for 30 minutes after that trying to hook up and never got a bump. Very cool though, very cool!!!!

Saturday afternoon I was in the very back of north clifty and did catch some big whites and a striper about 4-5lbs. There are a ton of shad in the backends right now and its a great place to catch whites, stripers and hybrids. I usually catch alot of LM in the backends on rattletraps right before they go on beds and right after if shad are present. Saturday there were shad in all the windblown pockets and backends that I fished. Might try it for some stripers.

[skeeterp]

Just wondering if any one is seeing any towater action yet. May be a touch to early, but you never know.

I fished a tournament with my son spring break weekend and it was raining and the stripers were schooling right at the point 8 marker. I threw at them and broke one of because my drag was set too tight. I picked up a grub and threw it by a tree and caught about a 30lbr on 8lb test took me about 15 minutes to get it in, the boy loved that. went back out next 4/18 weekend didnt see any.

[jay bird]

Thanks for the information. My great Spring luck has struck again so I will be out of commision for at least a week or so. Turned my ankle really bad yesterday getting the boat ready. If it is not one thing it is another.