Stripers Galore.....

[gotmuddy]

Or baby kittens.

I would rather use them

[Flysmallie]

I would rather use them

Well remember to just duct tape the hook on. If you try to just thread it on like a worm they will expire quickly. You could go through several litters in one trip.

[Brian Wise]

I saw one chasing a 1-2 pound shad, which is another species not normally found here. Don't have any streamers quite that big, but I bet Wise does. Maybe we need to talk to AJ about getting a special permit to grab or gig these guys, does anyone know if they will head back down to the lake as the weather gets colder?

I do have some really big flies....but not as big as those shad in the river. That is crazy, those things are pletiful too!

I was wondering myself about them moving back down when it gets colder.....then they would all stack up at Dawt Mill and we could run some live bait and swimbaits through there and TEAR THEM UP! Going to talk to the striper guru this afternoon to see what his thoughts are on their movement. My personal thoughts (and I am not a major striper guy) is that we need a bump in water levels to really target these fish. When the water was up and still green we got chases and hook-ups, since the water has cleared we have only gotten some follows (NOT chases) and I haven't had anyone hook-up with a striper in my boat in a LOOONG time.

[OKFlyFisher44]

If they r anything like our stripers in the lower Illinois and the Arkansas over here in Oklahoma, u need some high water to get them fired up. Prolong low water makes them pretty lazy during the day and they will sulk in a hole. I bet they move up into shallow water at night to eat trout, shad, and whatever else they can find. If u get a spike in water levels, u should be able to catch them. On our waters, if u can hit the river as it's falling or just after it's bottomed out, u can usually catch them. They can be tough. We like to call them our version of steelhead a.k.a. "Oklahoma Chrome" !!

But they r the cats meow on a fly rod...

[Arofishing]

We'll give 'em a shot if they're still around on Oct. 12, 13, 14.

[sean c]

We found another pod of them this weekend they were in a deep hole just above the last shoal above James bridge probably 20 plus and they were huge. On that section of the river bait would be an option.

[Justin Spencer]

We caught a few on crawdads in that hole early in the summer, last few times can't get them to eat even live bait. That's where I watched one chase a 1-2 pound shad around. Gig!

[gotmuddy]

well it is gigging season...