Striper

[Dan the fisherman]

46 minutes ago, Stump bumper said:

That man has eye for shad you would not believe, he always gets gizzards. I have seen him run from point 5 to point 12 to get bait and back to point 5 to fish.

Yes stump lol. I have!   So true. 

[breeves2245]

I usually only fish BV lakes. I admit I'm a bank beater, so that probably contributes to the size of bass I catch. But I'm intrigued about what it would feel like catching something over 2lbs. Heck, most outings if I catch a two pound bass instead of the usual dinks, I feel like it was a good day. What is the learning curve on stripers or hybrids? Hard to even remember the feeling of  a fish hooked up and stripping line. Last time I had that feeling it was 30 yrs ago when I lived in Houston and wade fished the Galveston bay fishing for reds and speckled trout. May need a bigger boat too.

[Stump bumper]

5 hours ago, breeves2245 said:

I usually only fish BV lakes. I admit I'm a bank beater, so that probably contributes to the size of bass I catch. But I'm intrigued about what it would feel like catching something over 2lbs. Heck, most outings if I catch a two pound bass instead of the usual dinks, I feel like it was a good day. What is the learning curve on stripers or hybrids? Hard to even remember the feeling of  a fish hooked up and stripping line. Last time I had that feeling it was 30 yrs ago when I lived in Houston and wade fished the Galveston bay fishing for reds and speckled trout. May need a bigger boat too.

First get a cast net and catch the biggest bait you can. Next find the largest school of shad you can find, then put a 6/0 hook threw the nose of the largest shad and add one to three split shots and use your trolling motor and graph to stay on top the shad, if you don't get a stripper move to next big shad ball. Always be looking for birds and washing machine size swirls and always move with the electric motor and you will be an expert in no time.

Those fish can move 35 miles a day so one fish can feed at the dam in the morning and Hickory Creek for dinner so yesterday's hot spot is no guarantee unless the shad moved back in and fish know about it.