Not crappie but fishing.

Met Neil at the lake Murray damn this morning to give the stripers a go. After launching and getting bait we headed to the towers. We tried around the tower but no takers so we headed up the lake. Found a couple schools but could not buy a bite. We kept moving and finally found some feeding fish. We wound up with 3 stripers over 21 inches which was good. Did not see a lot of fish caught. I kept one to bake and sent the other two home with Neil. We met a fellow from Rockingham that came down to check out my motor that I have for sale. He bought it and so that is one less headache to worry about. I got a 150 hp optimax going on the boat next week. we were down rod fishing 50 ft deep and it got hot in a hurry. Don

Glad ya found a few hungry ones. The summer bite can be tough on Murray. Good you got your motor sold. Now get that new one ready for the fall bite.

That's some nice fish Don. Glad y'all found some biting, were y'all right off the bottom? I didn't make it this morning had some things come up I had to take care of today. Don was Richard at the damn selling bait? Thanks for the report

Mark Richard was at the damn we bought our bait from him. He is there on sat and Sunday. We caught our fish in 80 ft of water fishing 50 ft deep. I fish at what depth I see the fish. All the fish we saw were 40 to 60 ft deep so we kept changing our depth.

Yeah I was just wondering if you were in 70 to 80ft and they were suspended 50ft up. Thanks Don.

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Here Don's nice one.
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Here are the 2 I caught one with the help from Don.
I was unhooking the first one and my #2 rod went down and Don set the hook and handed me the rod for the fight.
Glad we found a few. It sure was Hot but it was a great to finally met Mr. Don and get some fishing time in with him.
Looking forward to fishing with him again next week on Wylie
Mr. Don, Thank you so much for everything today and looking forward to some more fishing with you soon.
These are my first Stipers but I hope not my last.
After we parted ways I went over to Monticello park and tried the catfish from the pier. Got a few bites but no takers.

Anytime you hook up on a good striper it's fun. Glad you two got a few to bite. When does it get good down there Don? I have yet to catch one down there. I watched Ray and Remus lose John and myself one time. :fish They kept saying they was in front of the red roof house.:dono Little did we know they was nine miles south of us!:scratchhead We saw four red roofs trying to find them and a couple of cell towers but we forgive them for that! I think!:bash:Rofl
Thanks for the pictures and report.:popcorn

Striper are sure one hard fighting fish. Congrats to both you guys on catching 'em.:)

That is the same pattern we are seeing. Problem is they bite so sporadically I am reluctant to have a bunch of folks drive down here and not catch anything.
Last time out our graph was lit up with fish in the 40-60 ft range but we could not get them to hit. We managed 3 fish in 4 hours. When Remus came down we only got 2.
But the pattern Don described is consistent right now.

good going fellers stripers that size are some good eating and fighters
thanks for the report and pics.

Ray its always good to come down and fish with you == catching is a bonus
same as anywhere else yall have been good to come to Wylie and fish with us
and have no compaints if we catch or not and we bout like yall if we come down
there and catch um ==good== if we don't catch um it is always good to see ya
and most usually you have a nice and good place picked out to have a little meal
which is always a nice bonus. so if we come down there and don't catch fish don't
worry about it we did that before and are real good at it :biggrin

Dawgg usually September is a good month for striper as it starts to cool down some. I will do you just like I do everybody else. My schedule I can fish mon thru sat. You know your schedule so if you want to come down and try them I will make the time to go. Want guarantee anything other than I will be happy to take you fishing. Planning on fishing more for striper after boat is fully rigged.

Don, when do the Stripers usually start moving back up the lake? Just wondering if they will still be down in September. Sure would be a bit cooler then. We got the NC/SC thing at Wylie the end of Sept.

Ray they will start moving back up the end of sept or the first of October. It depends on water temp more than anything else. Sept can be a real good month for stripers. I have seen them start scattering the middle of sept.

Good report Don and congrats on the catch. I know you are glad to sell the motor and move on with another.

Ronnie I love fishing out of the tracker but it was so under powered. The 150 will make it a lot better especially when fishing from the house. I leave my house and if I turn right I go to the dam wish is about 15 miles. If I turn left I can go up the rivers which is about 20 miles. From my house up the best crappie fishing is up the rivers. Can't wait to get it mounted and run it

Way to go fellows, some fine looking line sides,

Nice fish

Nice looking stripers fellas. Thanks for posting the report and the pictures. Neil,I'm sure Don told you how to clean them.I always tell folks to do what the "visine" eye drops do,,,GET THE RED OUT !! . Great eating fish to me .

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Nice looking stripers fellas. Thanks for posting the report and the pictures. Neil,I'm sure Don told you how to clean them.I always tell folks to do what the "visine" eye drops do,,,GET THE RED OUT !! . Great eating fish to me .

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Hey did and I did. Without messing up to much I left a little red but just at the edges.
I've never had Striper before but I'm sure it some really good stuff.
I'll post when I cook some and let yall know how we liked it.
Thanks for the tips yall.

Here is a great recipe for Striped Bass. There is never any leftovers when I fix it. I got the recipe from a New England book on fishing for Stripers in Salt Water. You can use other fish, but great for Stripers.

Fish Chowder using Striped Bass
6-8 strips bacon
2 LG onions chopped
2# fish fillets
3 LG potatoes diced
1 tsp each salt and pepper
1 tsp favourite herbs
3 cups water
1/2 cup canned milk
1 can cream mushroom soup
Fry bacon, drain. Salute onions in fat till translucent.
Put in LG kettle, add fish, potatoes, salt pepper, herbs and water. Simmer until done, then add soup and milk. Serve with bacon crumbled over top. Best if sits overnight in fridge to let flavors blend, but not necessary.

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Originally Posted by SeaRay

Here is a great recipe for Striped Bass. There is never any leftovers when I fix it. I got the recipe from a New England book on fishing for Stripers in Salt Water. You can use other fish, but great for Stripers.

Fish Chowder using Striped Bass
6-8 strips bacon
2 LG onions chopped
2# fish fillets
3 LG potatoes diced
1 tsp each salt and pepper
1 tsp favourite herbs
3 cups water
1/2 cup canned milk
1 can cream mushroom soup
Fry bacon, drain. Salute onions in fat till translucent.
Put in LG kettle, add fish, potatoes, salt pepper, herbs and water. Simmer until done, then add soup and milk. Serve with bacon crumbled over top. Best if sits overnight in fridge to let flavors blend, but not necessary.

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That sounds good Ray. I'll have try it soon.:highfive

I fried up most of them Stripers nuggets last night.
Man them was good. Took the left overs to work for lunch and share with the guys and they all said outstanding.
Hope to get to do that again sometime soon.
New friends, new waters, new species to catch. I have been blessed beyond measure to be apart of this Web community.
Thank you everyone that has lent a hand in getting on the water, catch some fish and above all make new friends.

Anytime you want to striper fish you know who to call. Just give me a call and we will make plans

I love striper fishing, and they are great eats too. I recently caught some hybrids and was given a cooking tip. Soak them in cold salt water for 2-3 hours before you cook them. I am religious about cutting out all the red meat, then I cut the filets into chunks. My wife takes over from there, she mixes half Lousiana fish fry (yellow bag) with half corn flour and fries them in the skillet. This last batch was "slap yo momma" good.