Stripers below OH dam

[agelesssone]

Fished below OH dam early this AM. We caught three rockfish between 5-6 AM. After that, it was just small white bass, a couple one lb stripers, drum, all the usual suspects.

We being me, Merv Johnson, aka agelesssone, Mike Ernst aka MNfisher (and a helluva fisherman), and Jimmy DiTraglia aka jad2t.

We got off the water at 10:00 AM. Fishing was really slow from 7AM on.

I apologize for the blurry photo of the 18 lb'er. We were in the spray from the gates, my glasses were sprayed up and I couldn't see the picture on my phone's camera when I snapped it and couldn't see if it took well or not. Obvioulsy it didn't!

[Travis C.]

Looks like a lot of fun... were you using live bait?

[agelesssone]

No live bait, 4, 5, 6 inch swimbaits.

[jmsjordan]

good job!...thanks for the post. Wonder if the usual go to bait of curly tails would work?

[tkwalker]

good job!...thanks for the post. Wonder if the usual go to bait of curly tails would work?

YEP !! These are all school fish they love them !! ... Also try some top water lures in the jumps ... Fun time .... <'TK>< :)

[jad2t]

The technique is totally new to me so by the time I got the hang of it, the striper bite was about over but I did manage to catch my first one finally. Not pic worthy though, a couple pounds maybe. Later on that day I hooked something pretty large that was peeling off drag then got away. Nobody saw what it was, quite a heartbreaker!

I had a blast and can't wait for next time. And, Mike, I owe you a swimbait for that one I lost. I'll add to my striper lure collection before our next trip and I'll give you one.

[MNfisher]

I had a blast! Thanks to the both of you for a fun morning! We must do it again soon!

[fatherof4]

Nice!