Granted, and point taken.
The multi-spinner A-rigs will tire a body out.
This is one reason I have a 1/2 ounce jighead tied on a different rod with a 6 inch fluke. When I get worn out, or at least weary, from throwing the heavy rig, I switch over to this setup. AND, it will catch just as many, if not more, stripers than the heavy A-rigs.
I usually have at least three different rod/reel, line, bait combos set up so I can just lay one down, pick up a different combo and keep on. I usually have one setup with a topwater bait such as a jumpin minnow, or redfin, or zara spook, or slammin Sammy ready in case the stripers start busting on the surface.
And as all the posters on here will agree, some days you catch them and some days you don't. But there is always the thrill of the chase!
I think it would get to be mundane, boring, if they were always there, always biting, always being caught. To me, when pleasure fishing, not guiding a client, it is always a great thrill to feel that sudden stop in the reeling and seeing and hearing that spool spin backwards, not knowing if you'll get the fish to the net, how big it is, or if your setup is strong enough for whatever it is that is taking your line off your reel like it has no intention of stopping.
Once I have tricked the fish into taking my lure, I have had the thrill of "FISHING"...... and, catching, photographing, and releasing it is anticlimatic.
It's the thrill of the hunt, the chase and the eventual battle between man and creature that intrigues me. The submission of the quarry is least of the equation.
My hope is, most of the time, to have a successful release of the vanquished so it may live to fight another day and give another angler the thrill of battle, the satisfaction of a good fight and successful release.
I have kept stripers in the past and will keep stripers in the future. This, I believe, is every fisherman's choice and I begrudge no man the right to keep his legal limit but also implore folks to kill and keep no more than you can use and enjoy.
It's a wonderful fishery we Tennesseans have here and I hope everyone recognizes the great job done by our TWRA agency. They work hard to provide US fantastic fisheries throughout the state, from east to west, from largemouth bass to crappie to striper/hybrids.
TWRA, I salute you and thank you for doing what you do!
And to all my fellow FishingTN.com'ers may your next trip be your best trip!
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