My Striper trip to Beaver Lake this year

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I know it's a crappie forum but sometimes I like to change it up. Was up on Beaver for the past week. My once a year trip to go after surface feeding striper. Excitement watching those blow up on top water baits. The fishing was tough again this year. They were not schooling and breaking. Managed to catch 4 this year. Here are pics of two of them. The largest and smallest of the trip. 33" and 23". 33" Definitely too big for my little electric fillet knife. It looked like I chopped it up with a hatchet.