[tkwalker]

Originally Posted by JKTrevecca

The fishing was slow on Saturday but I did land the only fish that struck. I bought an assortment of 4/0, 5/0, and 6/0 circle hooks, oct/circle hooks, and some 3/0 Eagle Claw L-042's. All of these are much bigger than the 2/0 BPS octopus hooks I had been using. I also upgraded to 50 pound mono with 40 pound leaders. I had been using 20 pound mono and leaders.

When this fish struck, it was nice to have the confident the line wouldn't break. And the L042 I had tied on was perfect. Great strong hook right in the jaw of the fish.

I think the stripers are moving down-stream already. The striper and hybrid club had their tournament on Saturday and nobody I talked to was catching much up-stream of Rome. One other boat that I talked to landed a 15 pounder. I lucked into this 20 pounder. I'd be curious to know what it took to win the tournament Saturday.

JK, nice fish... <'TK><