Lake Norman striper 12-26. Final trip of the year

[pete]

A few weeks back I received a phone call from a buddy of mine who has been slammed busy with work, who also received word that he will be deployed to Iraq for some "secret" plans the government has sometime late February/Early March. He was lucky to be off from the 22 until new years day, so we HAD TO make a trip happen. Rain or shine we were fishing today.

Not going to deny it, the morning was pretty tough. Picked up a few peckerheads here and there. At about 9am or so the fish finally woke up.

Didn't "burn them up" today, but it was indeed pretty steady.
Highlight of the day was a double we had of a 25inch striper, AND a tagged hybrid. #3 for my boat.

Final tally for the day was about 15 hybrids, 1 striper and a handfull of spots/perch. He had a request to get enough fish for a nice cookout and we delivered. Some of these hybrids were 22.5 and 23 inches. We fished 5 different spots, and caught fish in each of them.

A very rare day where the ONLY color these fish were hitting was Chartreuse. AT least 8 to 1.

Hope all had a great Xmas! Norman is picking up.!



Sent from my SM-G900V using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

[sinkermaker]

Nice catch and glad you were able to get out

[MattBerry35]

Sounds like a awesome day we had a good day at Jordan with the crappie as well. Congratulations with your catch and thank your buddy for his service. We couldn't enjoy these wonderful days without people like him!!!!

Sent from my SM-G930V using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

[fishfinder8]

Great job my friend! Your buddy will have some great fishing stories to share when he is deployed.


Sent from my SM-G950U using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

[Jig Puller]

Thanks for taking this young man fishing and thank him for me for his service. Great pictures

[turkeyfootnc]

Great job guys!