Post by drag4striper on Mar 28, 2019 6:53:06 GMT -5
AT 27° - 55°
WT 49.5°- 53.5°
Sunny skies, winds 0 - 5 mph.
Water - clear too stained
Heavy frost
All conditions equal an ice covered bow after catching bait. A little slicky.
Lots of floating debris around, so you guys be careful. Especially if your going to be night fishing.
For an option today, if striper fishing became slow I would drag the crappie rod out and give that a try.
But the striper action kept me occupied enough to keep grinding.
I had the hook pull on a really nice fish today. I got to see its size because of the slick water conditions.
I think that seeing that fish run up and grab my bait caused me to set the hook a little prematurely, resulting in a poor hook set.
I got too excited, and probably would have been better off not seeing the fish.
Did a little operation on one of the fish and hope it will be ok. It swam off strong, but I'll never know. The hook had gotten around one of its gills, but not penetrating it. I was able to cut the line and lift up the gill plate and remove the hook from the back side.
I had hooked a striper like that on a spoon about 4 years ago.
That's the only time I've ever seen a striper jump out of the water like a bass trying to throw the hook.
The largest fish was 18 lbs., these pre- spawn fish are fat!
WT 49.5°- 53.5°
Sunny skies, winds 0 - 5 mph.
Water - clear too stained
Heavy frost
All conditions equal an ice covered bow after catching bait. A little slicky.
Lots of floating debris around, so you guys be careful. Especially if your going to be night fishing.
For an option today, if striper fishing became slow I would drag the crappie rod out and give that a try.
But the striper action kept me occupied enough to keep grinding.
I had the hook pull on a really nice fish today. I got to see its size because of the slick water conditions.
I think that seeing that fish run up and grab my bait caused me to set the hook a little prematurely, resulting in a poor hook set.
I got too excited, and probably would have been better off not seeing the fish.
Did a little operation on one of the fish and hope it will be ok. It swam off strong, but I'll never know. The hook had gotten around one of its gills, but not penetrating it. I was able to cut the line and lift up the gill plate and remove the hook from the back side.
I had hooked a striper like that on a spoon about 4 years ago.
That's the only time I've ever seen a striper jump out of the water like a bass trying to throw the hook.
The largest fish was 18 lbs., these pre- spawn fish are fat!
