Didn't find the Stripers!

[Adrian]

Come on guys. I need a tip! Wife hooked something, but he snagged her in a tree and she lost him. Have yet to find them in all my usual spots. Any Ideas?

[StriperFan]

I haven't been having any luck with stripers the last couple of trips either. The last trip I marked a large school along a bluff, big fish marking from the bottom up to about 20' in about 35' of water, drifted shad through them for a couple of hours with no bites. No real help, more like a mini support group, "I feel yer pain man"... I'm going to try again maybe Wednesday, maybe going farther up river.

[txnative]

Striperfan,

What time are you launching Wednesday ?


Chris

[StriperFan]

Thinking early, but not super early....7-7:30ish, you ready to go?

[Adrian]

Went to the Steam Plant today. Found some smaller ones. Skipjack were everywhere around 4:00. I caught dinner and went home, 2 good eatin' size stripers.

[StriperFan]

Cool beans, thats the way to do it. Hopefully they will be making regular appearances there for a while.

[hotwielen65]

I don't fish for stripe, but while crappie fishing Friday morning in the back of Hidden Cove the stripe were wearing the schools of shad out. I was watching them 15 feet from the boat, looked to be in the 24" to 30" range. If I would have had more than 4# test on my reels I would have thrown some cranks out there to see if I could tie into one. They were back in the cove this spring also. My son went there with the intention of catching a stripe and had one on till he made a run and ran the spool out. I've also seen them in the back of Twin Coves almost accross from the landing by the GSP.

Good luck,
Ray

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Adrian

Come on guys. I need a tip!

Here's a tip for ya...

Wait til it is a lot colder than it is now, and go to Tim's Ford near the dam. Follow the birds, the stripers will be there.

[TNtransplant08]

I will be headed over to the Steam Plant tomorrow morning (Wednesday). Perhaps I'll see one of ya'll there. I will be in the little rowboat with a trolling motor. Will fish for whatever is biting.

[Adrian]

Originally Posted by TNtransplant08

I will be headed over to the Steam Plant tomorrow morning (Wednesday). Perhaps I'll see one of ya'll there. I will be in the little rowboat with a trolling motor. Will fish for whatever is biting.

I tell you, when I was there 2 days ago, the whites/stripes were crushing everything in sight just one cove past the steam plant. Also they were killing it on the flats in front of the entrance to the steam plant. I went into that cove netting shad and with one cast I had about 2000 of those suckers, even netted up a good size white bass. Good luck, might see you out there, but I won't be there till 1 ish. In a black boat that looks like batman.