2007 - The Year In Review Pictorial - Stripers247

Striperjim · #1 12-12-2006, 12:48 AM

This thread will be a year in review thread. I will combine and copy posts from other threads.
Add your highlights too if you like. Ok we'll see how it goes. I cheated a little and added ricks Video and this post predates it to 2006.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!
Lets hope 2008 brings everyone everything the've ever wanted.
50 from the surf,

RicVan · #2 12-21-2006, 05:37 PM

30lb'er: San Francisco Bay/Delta: Sherman Lakes Area Sat. Dec. 16th
Fish released.

YouTube - 'Mike's Fat Bottom Girl'

kenger · #3 02-01-2007, 05:07 PM

You can get some nice fish up at Fletchers Boathouse.

LittleMiamiJeff · #4 03-15-2007, 09:30 PM

Anthony,
I've fished til 2 am on Lake Cumberland last Dec., casting Gizz4 crankbaits just to the bank from boat, and retrieving as slow as possible.
We were fishing clay banks, were ever you'd find shad, even the skips you mentioned, I'd cast cranks, jigs, etc.
We also fished a hot water discharge til 11 pm, snowing and cold, but stripers/wipers were biting.
Same Gizz4 crankbait, but wading and casting into mix of hot water and Ohio River water mix.
I say go for it, and enjoy the excitement of not seeing when that Momster Striper hits a top water or shallow crank!

Roccus · #5 04-03-2007, 11:10 AM

Tuna wishing.... Tuna catching

Fish-Aholic · #6 04-24-2007, 09:35 AM

Pics from opening weekend

Fish-Aholic · #7 04-24-2007, 09:37 AM

More Pics

YAZ · #8 04-29-2007, 09:50 PM

Surface temps still 51 @ 6:30 this morning, and warmed quickly to 56 by 11:00am. Boated 10 of those little drag burners this morning. Picked up a "bonus" 3#LMB and a 12.5# channel. Seven fish came between 6:45am and 7:30 am, then they quit. Picked up three stragglers and the bonus fish from 7:30 to 11:00. Pleasure boats and jet skis in droves by 11:00 am. Lake got rough, and I bugged out. Everything came on boards dragging bait from the surface to 10 feet. Seen several blow-ups early.

Yours truly with an average Hyb.

Good friend with a better Hyb.

Slowretrieve · #9 04-30-2007, 09:49 PM

Oh, Yaz, I thought I saw a boat that I thought must have been your boat leaving Monroe as I was entering, about 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Did not do a thing in the afternoon that day, but had to leave before the good bite started. Fished Friday, the 27th, and had no luck, but my partner who I now mistrust and dislike passionately got four wipers but managed to take in only one, a 7.4 pounder. Mr. P finally outfished me. I, I suppose, am in a slump. Anyway, here's his fish:

Some days he makes me ill! Water temps ditto. Nice day. Windier than Sunday, and I thought I should have caught some. He took his on Berkeley Frenzies. Oh! he actually caught four, but this was the only one that got boated. One of them broke one of the hooks off a new treble hook fresh out of the package.

Glad you had a good day on the water. Hope to catch up soon.

Dobb · #10 05-13-2007, 04:23 AM

Was down to the Stewiacke River yesterday,,had five hits, landed four,[22ins, 24ins, 26ins, 26&1/2ins], all hooked in corner of mouth and released in great shape. God bless them circle hooks!!!! All females I believe due to being as round as they were long.
Dobb

Dobb · #11 05-15-2007, 04:36 AM

Many evenings the wife will have the fishing gear ready to go as soon as I get home from work, just woof down some supper and away we go,,I guess that is one reason she was a keeper when I caught her 27yrs ago and never released her yet!!
Dobb

Striperjim · #12 05-15-2007, 07:18 PM

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This one fell to a golden brown 6 inch storm wild eye paddletail.

Dobb · #13 05-16-2007, 06:27 PM

Here's one of buddy's wife from Sunday, and one of me on Sunday,,both were 27ins and released
Dobb

Dobb · #14 05-31-2007, 05:11 AM

Went down to Stewiacke River after work last nite for a couple hrs. Took Dad who is 83yrs old and a friend's 12yr old son with me as he loves to fish and no one in his family has the fishing fever. Got to the river and you could see single fish jumping and rolling. We fished for awhile, then I heard his reel screaming and him hollering. After a "dramatic" battle I got it in the net for him and it weighed 7.8lbs and 28 ins long. On the way down I was explaining about catch and release, so he looked at me and then at the fish and asked if he could keep it cause it was the biggest fish that he ever caught. I laughed and told him to keep it, remembering how it felt to catch big fish when you are a kid. He had him hooked real deep and it was bleeding bad, so it would've died anyway. I landed a 7.14lb ,,28in male after that,,I kept it and gave it to Dad as he loves them and don't fish very much now. Anyway it was a fine evening of fishing and three people were very happy.
Dobb

Dobb · #15 06-03-2007, 04:14 PM

Thought I would try the bay yesterday{Saturday} ,,no luck at all. Seen a couple of 26inchers caught, but that was it. Went to Stewiacke River today . I got a 27in and 29 in and my 83yr old Dad got a 24,,26,,and a 28in. We relased them all. Not too bad of a day. Here's a pic of dad and his 26 in striper.
Dobb