Thread: Info On Brookville stripers?

Eager to get back- I now have a cast net, and thanks to my lovely wife, a Helix 9 SI. We actually braved horrid conditions sunday just to get out and check the helix out a bit. Threw the net, caught some (tiny) bait. Pushed buttons on the helix while the crowds pushed my buttons.

I'm still searching for the best method to use. I'm planning on shad with 2oz weights, I don't believe I will need to even troll them? Videos I've watched have left out some of the key info, but I recall the one the guy had his baits and lead showing on his screen, so that would lead me to believe they were stationary- or trolling very slow?

You can troll shad on boards, but if you get a good drift I've caught them just dragging them through the water column. Be ready for the catfish!

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We got out this eve after my wife got home, but I was unable to catch a single shad lol. I didn't waste a large amount of evening trying though, my wife is typically eager to catch big stuff and doesnt like to mess around. So we cut our losses and turned to playing with the new Helix and pulling some huge rapala cranks I bought at Rural king on clearance for $3.98 each. DT 14 shadraps, all in the natural shad color. Huge cranks! Luckily I had rigged my rods with some mustad quick clips walmart was getting rid of dirt cheap, so it was a quick swap from the 2oz trolling leads and circle hooks over to cranks. I've never been a big fan of lots of hardware, but the quick clips are pretty slick.

We trolled the same points as before, and had little luck until the sun started to fall. We got into some crappie, catching 4-5 nice ones, a 3-4lb channel, a 16" walleye and 2 stripers. The last of which was in the 3-4lb range. Big enough it caused a little trouble guiding it in, and she got it snagged on the other back rod I had pulled in in an attempt to avoid a tangle. The dangling crank got caught up on the fish at the boat, and it actually broke (cut?) the other dangling line off as I tried to net the fish. Maybe it wrapped and the gill plate cut the line? So we got the fish, but one of my clearance cranks went in the water. We backtracked and found the crank though so all was good!

Good report. Keep them coming. Nice smorgasbord of fish.