The summer stripe bite has been pretty sweet the last few outings. Went out with a family friend and my brother and boated 18 the first day following up with 7 the next. Biggest was a 19 pounder along with an 18 pounder caught within 5 minutes of each other. All the stripes on the graph have been marked 30-70 feet deep right off the main channel. All methods have been working for us. We've also been seeing a lot of stripers busting the surface! We were only able to catch one of those busting.

Dan put a leash on those attack dogs!

You forgot to add that I caught most of the fish Sunday

Yea Come-on....

You may have caught more Sunday but you will never come close to the number I hit the outing before! My thumb is still healing.

I can't wait to have these two duke it out in my boat...LOL

Buy some gloves i want to watch lol

I'm just gonna follow you guys around...I think I know where Lt parks his boat!

I fished yesterday using lead core,,my 1st experience...there is a learning curve and my guess is im only 1/2 there,,did catch 3 the largest 16 lbs,,,i was out 7 colors,,and wow what a long retrieve,,i did learn not to pull 2 at once by ur self,,that 200 plus feet is a lot of wk,,i may go back to dn riggers,,has any one tried the weights that snap on ur line? u let out 50 ft of line then u snap a lead weight on to the line 3oz or 6 oz or 8oz and let out 50 ft more,we used these for lake trout in canada and wkd well,,just hard to tell how deep u are Dan

You can try a dipsy diver or one of the salt water down planars.

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There is a planer setup you can do where you leave the planer attached to a cleat. Then you use a rubber band and paper clip to drop your line down to the planer. When the fish hits, the band breaks. You don't have to fight (or trigger) the planer and you leave it in place while you fish.

For the record, Sunday I caught ALL of the stripers and you lost them all.

Just keep catching those spots. Should I bring some worms next time?


Yea Come-On.... Zeke

Lt Snag, I use the fish you catch as bait! Don't forget I hold the family record for the most and the biggest stripes, Zeke. Stick around your little brother and I may tell you my striper secrets

I'm pumped about next Sunday!

OK guys in round 3 I must be prevy to the Zeke thingy!!!

Is there enough deck space in your pontoon boat for
wrastling?...LOL

Dan, when you come on the floating lounge you will find out about zeke

The Striper brothers are on fire! Whatever you guys do, keep it up. Whether you fight on the boat or just on the forum, doesn't seem to bother the Stripers and its good entertainment for the rest of us.

Ill try to get a picture of Zeke, hes quick and fast, so it may be a while.



The key is to find the fish...Structure Scan keeps us from fishing garbage.

Yesterday I took my 6yr old and I belive I found the largest school I have ever seen. The screen was thick of fish from 30-60ft for about 5 mins over 90ft of water.

I hooked up with a nice #10-12 and let him reel it in again. He was holding on to the pole with both hands for his life as the line ripped out.

As usual I recorded it and his screams and laughs are fantastic as the fish pulled the drag.

In between snacks we also hooked up with an 7-8lb catfish, crazy as that sounds, that made the day.

Fishing is great, go if you can.