Striper Run 2015

[nomolites]

I fish for hybrids/stripes a lot on LOZ but as others state above I rarely catch true stripers but the hybrid fishing can be pretty good. The trick is finding them amd staying with them and that is easier said than done. They are a hoot to catch as they usually get a tad upset when they find they are connected to a boat; better have that drag set correctly and no frays in your line....

[Moswimb8slinger]

So I met a cat-fisherman down at PowerSite throwing some kind of cutbait (found out it was gizzard shad), as i was rigging the kayak he hooked up. So i paused to help cause it looked like a decent fish, that ended up being a 39lbs striper. So i get out on the water hit a couple of spots (no generation yesterday morning) will nothing. So i came back to the Empire side and he hooked up again. I beached the kayak and helped out again with a slightly bigger striper (43-45lbs, i weighed the smaller one in town). He gave me the "smaller" one to stock my freezer. He had only been there about an hour before dawn and i got there just before sun up and left with the fish before 8am.

[Sean_Reynolds]

Just think after these fish die and are killed off it will be another 15+ years before we see anymore like that

[Moswimb8slinger]

I wouldn't be so sure with all the 40 and under size fish, we'll see in the future. At least now we'll have little ones to play with too.