Arkansas River Stripers 2/8/23

[Ham]

I took a mosey down to the Arkansas River today. The siren song of Striped Bass lured me down there. I wanted one on fly. 
the trip down Hwy 7 was obscured by clouds.Honest to Goodness, it rained on me every minute that I fished and most of the 3 hours down and the three hours driving home. 
Long story made short cos I’m cranky. I got a couple of Stripers, but I’m still looking for one with a flyrod. I got a couple of Bass and a White Bass on fly that hit hard and fought hard. I thought maybe I had gotten that Striper I was looking for, but no.

I got a nice Spotted Bass on a swimbait and some yellow bass on smaller Swimbaits Pretty decent results for 4 hours at a new rod me location in terrible weather. I’m cranky because the power assist on my brakes in the truck failed on the way home. I white knuckled it, but I had to cancel a trip I was going to make with CajunAngler tomorrow. Sucks. 

[Quillback]

I don't know about down there, but it was a cold rain here.  I am ready for spring.

[Foghorn]

Looks like you caught one of every bass species in the river. And on a danged rainy day.

[Ham]

the trip started out kinda funky when a windshield wiper failed me. Ok timing though. I was able to replace it w/o a struggle.

shout out to the guy throwing this Yo Zuri 135 pencil popper on 8 lb mono. #easycomeeasygo