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With all the rain and water being muddy I decided to try to catch some big stripe. We got into a few catching 11 stripe total and 6 spots. Caught 1 real good one and a couple around the 10lb mark. The stripe ain't good for much but they sure will stretch a line out.
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That’s some fun catching for sure!
They fun to catch!
Congrats, I don't keep many because i like to catch them but they are very good on the grill or pan seared. A little old bay and lemon pepper put it over some wild rice or cheese grits. Just cut out the red line first.
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I've ate them before, they are pretty good but I like to catch them so i throw'em back. Crappie bream and spotted bass are my favorite fish to eat. This is the biggest fish off the night. I was half asleep when I made the post this morning.
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if like eating the crappie,bream you better start taking few them striper out to eat too !!! they are a crappie and bream eating machines when they get that size you holding !!!!
I agree! Pan seared with your favorite Cajun seasoning is very good. Yes cut out the red...Quote:
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Good job.
Good fish.
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Great fish! Wish I could find these. Happened into some on Wilson below Wheeler a few years back. Got lucky and haven’t found anything like that day since then. Any hints/tips on how to land a few? I love to eat them as well. So good.
Crappieyak they are stacked below most dams right now. Just use live shad and drift for them. They will be there till it gets hot.
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That's awesome! Are you trolling? Catching them in fast water?
Was fishing dock lights pull up and check light with graph for shad ball if they were piled up back off and start throwing spoons and buck tail jigs.
Really enjoy the way they fight with that forked tail. Filletted and then remove red blood line and you're left with a very tasty piece of meat. Like to blacken them!
Went back to tryem again only caught 3 stripe and 1 spot but caught a showdog stripe that made the night worth it. It weighed 38.86. You talking about a fight on bass tackle with 12lb line.
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Nice fish how long did it take to land it?
Took about 15-20 minutes to wear it down enough to even attempt to net it.
I fought one on Smith 5 years ago for 30 minutes and never managed to really turn him. He finally broke off and I had on 20 lb test on a Abu Garcia 6500 and I was about of line. I would take a little line in and he would strip some off. Nice fish and well done on 12 lb line. I will text your cuz and tell him to take a look at C.C.
Dang, that's a monster! Congrats man, that's awesome.
That's a Jim dandy congrats! I haven't caught one that big in a while. Them big boys are hard to come by now days
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What an excellent, fun catch. Thanks for sharing. And, congrats on some big ones!
I've looked at the picture of that 38 lb fish about 50 times. LOL
It's by far the biggest stripe I've caught. Probably caught 50 or more between 10 and 15lbs and a couple over 20 but none of them compare to the hard head shakes and long runs pulling drag like that one did.
I'm gonna do my best to find some and take my son to catch them. He'd flip out.
I caught a 10 lb Hybrid below Guntersville Dam years ago. That was one heck of a fight in the fast water below the turbines.