03-30-2004, 03:26 AM
Hey Xman...
Just to let you know, I went out to my hole tonight for a couple of hours and found the stripers up in there fairly shallow chasing schools of shad. The cove I was fishing was absolutely LOADED with shad all over the place, but for the most part there weren't too many fish bustin' up through 'em for a meal. I caught a few 1-2lb largemouths drop-shotting small worms, and then a few more 1-2lbers throwing a topwater bait as the sun was going down. Then that's when some excitment started and the stripers moved in and there were a couple of quick frenzies. One of them was close enough to cast to, so I started working my topwater through the middle of the frenzy and had a 4lb striper slam it. The pics aren't too great, but they work I guess. ha. It's hard to frame the shot right when the camera is sitting on the side of a steep dirt mound...[
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Just to let you know, I went out to my hole tonight for a couple of hours and found the stripers up in there fairly shallow chasing schools of shad. The cove I was fishing was absolutely LOADED with shad all over the place, but for the most part there weren't too many fish bustin' up through 'em for a meal. I caught a few 1-2lb largemouths drop-shotting small worms, and then a few more 1-2lbers throwing a topwater bait as the sun was going down. Then that's when some excitment started and the stripers moved in and there were a couple of quick frenzies. One of them was close enough to cast to, so I started working my topwater through the middle of the frenzy and had a 4lb striper slam it. The pics aren't too great, but they work I guess. ha. It's hard to frame the shot right when the camera is sitting on the side of a steep dirt mound...[
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