Hill Striper Report 7-25-15

I haven't fished for stripers in 2mos since I was chasing those kitty kats. I got the itch for stripers and trolled bucktails over timber. I used leadcore and downriggers to present my bucktail around 20ft. It's awesome to see the stripers on the graph coming from the trees and checking out your baits. Caught 21 fish in 2.5hrs.

Nice catch Jay Hawk! Fine eats there too! Nice thing about trolling hardware this time of year is it keeps the boat moving and provides a little breeze! Thanks for post and pix.

Good fishing report. Thanks for the picture. What was the biggest?

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Originally Posted by BigDawgg

Good fishing report. Thanks for the picture. What was the biggest?

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BigDawgg, No big fish, All good eaters. The largest was 8lbs.

Nice catch Jay! That is a good line of them laid out there in the picture. Congrats on the day.

Boy! What a mess of striper! Congrats on a great catch. Who'd a thunk!:scratchhead Congrats my friend. :)

Now tell me...how is the kat bite, which hours, what bait, how big? LOL:)

good gong jay-hawk nice mess of fish you got there

I've been trying to get down there ever sense I talked to you a couple years ago
but for some reason or other have not made it down yet == might check in with you in a month or so
got honey do right now == just finished the bed room and fixin to start on complete bath room re-do
then it will be a couple weeks trying to get my back back in place lol then I am planning on nothing but fishin for
a month or so :ThumbsUp

Congratulations on a good mess of fish Jay! Got a question, when using the downriggers at 20ft what was your trolling speed? 2mph, 3mph? Thanks and thanks for the report and pic.

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Originally Posted by gabowman

Boy! What a mess of striper! Congrats on a great catch. Who'd a thu:scratchhead Congrats my friend. :)

Now tell me...how is the kat bite, which hours, what bait, how big? LOL:)

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Butch, I have been fishing Monticello for the cats. The bite is best from 9 to 12. Bait of choice is shrimp, bream, and herring. I use fillets from the bream and herring. 5/0 hooks for shrimp and 8/0 for bream & herring. Bigger bait catch bigger fish.

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Originally Posted by uncle remus

good gong jay-hawk nice mess of fish you got there

I've been trying to get down there ever sense I talked to you a couple years ago
but for some reason or other have not made it down yet == might check in with you in a month or so
got honey do right now == just finished the bed room and fixin to start on complete bath room re-do
then it will be a couple weeks trying to get my back back in place lol then I am planning on nothing but fishin for
a month or so :ThumbsUp

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Remus, best fishing starts in October.

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Originally Posted by Eatmorecrappie

Congratulations on a good mess of fish Jay! Got a question, when using the downriggers at 20ft what was your trolling speed? 2mph, 3mph? Thanks and thanks for the report and pic.

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2.8 mph for 1oz bucktails.

I want to go in Oct. if you take Remus.
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thanks j-hawk i'll try to get down there if at all possible i'll get back in touch with you by oct.

and iffin my bigdawgg acts right I might even bring him with me :dono