Clueless

[Alumacraft190]

Came in to chase striper wed night, staying south near monte ne.  Weve fished/graphed from just south of point 11 at the mudline north to ventris.  Graphed around prairie creek quite a bit, and havent marked enough to warrant wetting a line. The only place it seems weve found any fish is blackburn area.  We have pulled 4 out of there and broke off on a few occasions.  With the wind today blowing us off the water we are left wondering where are the striper?!?!?!?!?  Lol.

[J-Doc]

Every time I go out.  Which has been 3 times since Christmas.  And before that same thing.  

 

I catch more wakes from other boaters than I do fish since about spring last year.  Have had some good trips but too many "why do I bother" trips for the last year.  

[Dan the fisherman]

Sorry I couldn't be more help Lee.... but after yesterday's searching, and half of today searching. I'm pretty sure they've moved north.  Between you and Chad and a couple of my buddys and me, we had the south end and part of the north end covered. I'm think the main schools have moved to coopermine or beyond 

[Alumacraft190]

No problem at all Dan, it was great meeting you and I appreciate your willingness to work with the out of staters.   Worst case we will have to have that cold one still.

[Stump bumper]

I was pulling around point 10 last week with nothing on the graph and stopped to reel in an Arig I had been pulling when something big hit it. That fish took line for 15 minutes with me chasing it with the trolling motor before I lost it. My point is if you don't see them on the graph means fishing is slow but if you don't have a hook in the water it is 100% that you will not catch one. I have not had more than 2 hours a day to look for them all week so I can't help.

[Stump bumper]

 

Came in to chase striper wed night, staying south near monte ne.  Weve fished/graphed from just south of point 11 at the mudline north to ventris.  Graphed around prairie creek quite a bit, and havent marked enough to warrant wetting a line. The only place it seems weve found any fish is blackburn area.  We have pulled 4 out of there and broke off on a few occasions.  With the wind today blowing us off the water we are left wondering where are the striper?!?!?!?!?  Lol.

If you hooked more than 4 times in a day, you are on them more than anyone else I have heard of.

[Alumacraft190]

I wish I could say it was all one boat in one day Stump.  We had 4 guys in 2 boats the last 3 days and we landed no more than 8 striper total.  All on blackburn joe and monte ne areas.  There were 6 striper boats in blackburn yesterday and nowhere near enough fish were marked to warrant that in my opinion.  Whole weekend felt strange, but never the less I always have hope for the next time.  Nowhere Id rather be.

[jeb]

Blackburn is for sure popular with the striper guys right now. We went in there Friday to bass fish, and they were pretty thick. Didn't see anyone catch any, though.

[Alumacraft190]

Yea it definitely is.  I had it to myself Thursday and we pulled 2 out of it and broke off on another.  Truth be told I just never really felt like I was seeing enough fish to warrant fishing it but there were some for sure.  The bait is another story....holy crap theres a ton of bait in there.  Friday and Sat there were boats all over that area though.  Yesterday I had it to myself again and I kept going back because everywhere else I ran I marked even less except maybe at Monte Ne, and there were boats all over it again.  It leaves me thinking the fish are just scattered out everywhere due to a lack of seasonal patterns or the numbers aren't there, I'm hoping its the first option and not the 2nd.  Just one guys very uneducated opinion though.