3/1/14 Warrior River

[Shaneomac1]

Fished on holt ( lock 17) Saturday for a few hours. Caught a few decent crappie on road runners and one 3-4 pound stripe. It was the 1st time ive ever cooked stripe, and it will not be my last. Fish came in 10-12 ft of water.

[usafret99]

yes love the stripe, especially if you can catch one big enough to cut into steaks for the grill

[sjprkr1]

Have to agree with y'all on the stripe. When I fish Smith Lake I'll always try to get a couple of 10 pounders after dark for the grill. It's all about getting the red meat out of them. I cut them in to 3" pieces, brush 'em with melted butter, sprinkle my favorite spice and grill 'em 'til they turn light colored which only takes a couple of minutes per side... So yeah, I keep them 'til my freezer is stocked too! Anybody who says they're no good/ too strong hasn't had them cleaned and cooked properly.

[fultondalecrappie]

Stripe are good blackened and make great fish tacos.