27 Jan 07/Less Ordinary Stripers
Shelby (Ike and Kathy’s daughter) picked out the song for this trip.
The bait was thick and scattered over a wide area in about 35 to 40 feet of water. Water temp was 49.5 at mid day. Here is a typical screen shot of the bait.

Bait Ball

The striper were spitting out small menhaden (bunker).
The first fish was mine (I just happen to be closest to the rod that went off). It was a hog at 45 inches. Doc said I should release it for citation but fresh striper tastes better than paper so in the box she went. She weighed 37 1/2 lbs at the scales.

Mike's Big Hog
Very nice class of fish caught the rest of the day with another double and the rest picking at singles. Most of our hits came on the chartreuse umbrella but also caught fish on chartreuse parachute and mojo on bottom as well as a white bunker spoon and red/white stretch. I think it’s important to cover the water column with various lures and this is what we tried to do.

Lanie's Striper

Steve

Doc Ike
At the Rudee Inlet Station Marina you can’t dump the carcass in the water but you can the skins. The pelicans were lined up competing for the skins that they swallowed whole.



Doc Ike, Mike, Lanie and Steve
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