Couple Of Good Stripers. 8-3-14

[Green236]

These guys stopped by the store today with a couple they speared today on Beaver Lake. 54# on the left.

[Green236]

[nathanhooper]

I wonder how deep they were diving. Some nice fish there. I was talking to a guy this afternoon who said that a friend of his was catching them trolling some bombers without downriggers. Which would have put them in the top 10' of water.

[J-Doc]

I question 54lbs. Looks like 35-40lbs. Then again, pics don't always capture the essence of things like real life does.

[J-Doc]

I'd love to see these caught on a hook. Because I'm an angler and not a diver.

Where was this at, Cabelas?

[Green236]

I'd love to see these caught on a hook. Because I'm an angler and not a diver.

Where was this at, Cabelas?

We weighed the big one at Cabela's. I'm with you on catching them with a bucktail jig or a lively shad.

[J-Doc]

Did you see it weighed at 54lbs? Looks a whole lot smaller than 54.

[YAKFM]

We weighed the big one at Cabela's. I'm with you on catching them with a bucktail jig or a lively shad.

Thanks for sharing the pics, Green. Did they say where in the lake they speared them and how deep they were diving to get them?

[nathanhooper]

Not only looks, but it would take some serious strength to one arm 54lbs out in front of you.

I hate to call BS on a fish, but I would on this one. Maybe the scales were just off for some reason. It's hard to guess weight so you have to trust what you see. I get it.

Still would like to know the depth.

[nathanhooper]

Very interesting for sure. Like I said, you have to believe what the scales say and I don't doubt for a moment that's what people saw.

Just going off of personal experience and what I have seen from others. It's always hard to judge weight in person, much less from a picture. Heck, maybe that fish just ate 15lbs of shad before being shot.

Big fish nonetheless.