Striper Question

does Sardis lake have Striper in it? and what lake close to Sardis have the best population of Striper. my reason for asking is, I'm coming to Sardis to Crappie fish for a few days, and if the wind is up during the day. sometimes the wind settles down at night, so I thought I may do some striper fishing at night. here in Ky, April is when the shad spawn, and at night the shad move in close to shore to spawn and the Striper and Walleye move in close to shore to feed on the shad. this makes for some of the best fishing of the year around this area.

got white bass--no striper. white bass are up in the rivers this time of year--all of the big 4 has them.

thought Sardis spillway had what they call "searuns"?? :dono

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

thought Sardis spillway had what they call "searuns"?? :dono

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don't think they do but could be wrong--lots of people around call the wb stripes. the rez has some stripers below i'm pretty sure.

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

thought Sardis spillway had what they call "searuns"?? :dono

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Got them once from bad scollops at Red Lobster

If the water level on the lower lake is high the searuns can get over the weir. I've seen a few caught below the weir.
How to get to the weir: From the Dam Store you'll cross a bridge. The gravel road is on the right to the weir. This is before the left split to the cabins.
Most stripe fishing is done at the boils of Pickwick, TN lic. needed. That I know of.

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Their running up river now at Grenada.Skuna is the best side go upriver and look for sand bars.If you can get them live crawfish is about the best bait.

Waterdog the answer to your question is no on Sardis. Pickwick reservoir or Ross Barnett reservoir are closest to fish for Stripers like you are asking about.

The Rez has plenty of them, main lake and below the spillway.

Stripers no, strippers yes. There is a difference but both are most active at night.

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

thought Sardis spillway had what they call "searuns"?? :dono

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Just a little bit of history. Stripers (searuns) were stocked in Sardis Lake in the late 1970s. They didn't like the lake and most wound up in the spillway for a few years before going on down the river. I caught several 12-15 lb. fish on big topwater baits, spectacular strikes to say the least. The Sardis spillway record is around 32 lb., caught on a live skipjack. They were all gone by the mid 1980s.

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Originally Posted by Pops

Just a little bit of history. Stripers (searuns) were stocked in Sardis Lake in the late 1970s. They didn't like the lake and most wound up in the spillway for a few years before going on down the river. I caught several 12-15 lb. fish on big topwater baits, spectacular strikes to say the least. The Sardis spillway record is around 32 lb., caught on a live skipjack. They were all gone by the mid 1980s.

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Thanks Pops, thought I remembered them being up there, showing my age I guess.

thanks again for answering my question. and like pops said, those striper sure do make for some great topwater action at night.

We have a blast on them down here on the rez on Cranks or on say bucktail jigs. Catch alot f them in early summer pulling cranks while trying for crappie. Know year before last I had 6 poles out for crappie and went through a school of 6-8 pound stripers and had all the poles go off. I finally got 4 of em in

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Originally Posted by DonDon

We have a blast on them down here on the rez on Cranks or on say bucktail jigs. Catch alot f them in early summer pulling cranks while trying for crappie. Know year before last I had 6 poles out for crappie and went through a school of 6-8 pound stripers and had all the poles go off. I finally got 4 of em in

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DonDon, around here the shad move up close to shore late at night to spwan, from midnight on to daybreak, the top water bit is great. I catch them on, long a Bomer's or redfins and Slivers but they will hit most any top water bait. most every fish caught on topwater this time of year, here on Cumberland or Cherokee lakes will weight in the teens.