Always learning

[Dan the fisherman]

So as u all know, I've been after striper the last few weeks with nothing to show.... I have this old 6 foot cast net, and decide to learn to use it.  I'm mean I've thrown it around here and there but never to acutaly to catch bait.  I've been using brooder minnow for striper fishing and they were not producing so I decided to try to catch bait. Let me tell ya it's a lot harder than I thought and its a lot hard to throw a cast net off the boat.  After a couple of weeks of practice I've managed to get  good enough to get a doze or dozen and a half when I go after shad.  I've been using shad the last couple of days and it seems to be paying off. Landed this striper today and had one come off yesterday.. Btw water temp was 63 today. 

[Quillback]

Nice healthy looking fish.

[nomolites]

It's one of those things that gets much easier once you get the hang of it; hard to beat live shad for stripes.  Nicely done.

Mike

 

[Stump bumper]

One thing I have learned about throwing a cast net is to take the front seat of the deck first.lol

Nice fish

 

[Dan the fisherman]

Thanks guys. 

[Dan the fisherman]

Went out again yesterday and got 1 small striper. Was right at 21in. On a shad again. Not much action but it was a beautiful day out there and was worth the 9 hrs of tolling. Water temp was 63

[Champ188]

Man, you guys are some kind of dedicated to those stripers. Nine hours of trolling for one fish?

[Dan the fisherman]

I would have been happy with none with the weather being so nice.  

[Vinsott]

Good job Dan.  Have been off the water for my son's wedding out of town. Will try to get out again soon. I am a total novice at this striper fishing but the lake caught shad to me seems to be the ticket. I just need to get a better cast net so I'm not so tired after throwing the net for an hour and getting lucky eventually with some shad in the net.

[Dan the fisherman]

Vinsott, this is the first time using shad but, I've had a lot of success with brooder minnows the last 4 years. I'm not totally sure why I haven't been able to get a bite as of late. Here's one thing though. The brooder bite gets strong when it's colder, well at least from my experience.   If it takes shad this year I guess I'll be getting real good with the net lol.  Also Vinsott, I practice throwing net in back yard for 20 mins or so a day till I got the hang of it.  Now sneeking up on them is a whole other ball game lol