5/03 Hartwell striper report & pic

one striper...what a report, huh...should have been fishing for crappie. On the bright side of an otherwise dismal striper trip, for the second week in a row the green fish were killing jerk baits. I'd got a nice check if I had been tournament fishing (trash tournament). Smallest one I caught was about 3lbs and got a picture of the best one caught today. Never could mark many stripers and thats unusual for this time of year. Water temp was 69 @ 5:30am......left @ noon...time to go back stalking crappies next weekAttachment 18244

nice catch is that a tampa bay buc hat you have on but i have not been seeing the number of stripers what i always find this time of year make its the water level or weather but its about to change i hope but i also fish clark hill right

Good report and pic, was starting to think you stopped fishing:confused:good to hear you caught some, even if it was green carp;)

stumhunter, I haven't stopped..just suspend the crappie season for the first 3 weeks of May for a little striper/hybrid action...I'll be back after the crappies here shortly. I start getting burned out by the end of April so I just change pace a little bit...

Sometimes that is the best thing to do, looking forward to a little beam fishing myself.

Burdawg, I was out scoutin around last night and had the stripes school up in front of me at Twin Lakes. It was mostly small fish and they weren't real serious about it but it won't be long till they get real serious! Thinkin about tryin a nite stalk this weekend, I heard Pigz go into em pretty heavy a few nights ago. Lots of bait schoolin around the backs of the coves with green fish chasin em, but the crappies were no where to be found. I'll pass along a report when I got one.

didn't realize who you were...Pigz told me. Your dad came by the store the other day...(Bennett Equipment)...hope to see you on the water, maybe I'll run into the stripers this weekend and get away from the green fish.;)

Yep, you gotta watch any info comin from him or Pigz's pa in law. They get a little loose with the numbers, if you know what I mean! I'm gonna hit em in the mornin early and see what turns up. If they don't show quick, I'm movin to the crappie beds! I'll post a report or send you a pm if I find em so you won't have to look to hard on Saturday.

where's the striper pic? Id like to see that.