08-08-2016, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lebanon
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Personal Best Striper on Artificials
Not a giant by no means, but to date, on an artificial, its my biggest.
Took a cast with a big wake bait and had a big V wave behind it and a massive boil. another cast, closer to the boat seen a glimpse of silver. changed baits to a swim bait....cast, sploosh, 3 turns of the reel and BINGO!
i knew when i hooked it, it was going to go down 1 of 2 ways. i hammer her and she bolts for the nearest tree about 5ft from where i cast, or she bolts for the channel. Luckily for me, she made the mistake of taking the deep water route. i had the trolling motor already set on high and pointing toward the middle of the river. when she hit, it was like a seen from jaws or something, big submarine just below the surface, thick mono making that humming sound as it cut the water.
had several follows and a few more big boils early that morning up and down the river. caught 2 smaller stripers at sun up. they killed the water at 8 so i split. guessing the drop in water had surface activity to a minimum.
a few more slight tweaks to my tackle and i think im gonna be in the game more consistently on my trips. wanted to stick around after the stripers to boat some saugers but with the killing of generation, i figured my time would have been best spent doing yard work. lol.
the pic looks like crap cause its a still frame of a video. i didnt get the catch on video, but it was too difficult to hold the fish and juggle a selfie stick.
Go Pro should be delivered today...woo hoo!
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08-08-2016, 03:50 PM
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Dakota S
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Mt Juliet
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Congrats! What lake?
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08-08-2016, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lebanon
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Old slickery!
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08-08-2016, 04:41 PM
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Master Trout Magnet
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Columbia, TN
Age: 73
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Congrats.
Regards
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08-08-2016, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: nashville
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GREAT!! bet that was an awsome bite!!!
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08-08-2016, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Mount Juliet, TN
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Great fish John! Congrats
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08-08-2016, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Madison, TN
Age: 43
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Nice fish.. Hope you got them figured out.
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08-08-2016, 06:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Hendersonville
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You start gettin 'em like that and your sure to get STRIPER FEVER ! 
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08-08-2016, 07:53 PM
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TN Transplant
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Nashville
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Congrats! Beautiful fish. 👍
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08-08-2016, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lebanon
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Thanks guys! she had that brawler rod doubled over for sure. Ive had the fever for several years....just too hard to pick which fever im gonna tend to on any given day. Lol
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08-09-2016, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: The Great State of Tennessee
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Nice catch John, being prepared to go to deep water always is a plus...good skill.
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08-09-2016, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Age: 42
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Nice fish man, they sure are fun!
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08-09-2016, 01:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by notorious
Nice catch John, being prepared to go to deep water always is a plus...good skill.
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I lost more fish than i care to admit to when i first started targeting them 2 years ago on O.H due to being unprepared. Lol.
Undersized rod, reel, line....lol. just overall ignorance on that style of fishing for them. Now if they wrap around a tree, im fairly confident i can tie to a boat cleat, fire up the yamaha and pull lure, fish and tree out. Lol
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08-09-2016, 02:20 PM
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Congrats. Nice fish. Was this Sunday morning by any chance. You and what I can see of your boat look like the guy that put in right after me just before daylight that day.
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08-09-2016, 03:17 PM
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Location: Lebanon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ttitan27
Congrats. Nice fish. Was this Sunday morning by any chance. You and what I can see of your boat look like the guy that put in right after me just before daylight that day.
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Thank you and you are correct!
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