2009 SEASON !!!! Pictures - Fresh and Saltwater stripers

[ANGLERFleet]

Recent catch ANGLER Fleet Port Washington, NY

[zimno1]

there are fish here. "well resident fish at any rate"

[samIam]

heres two pretty ones,either way you look at it.Two pretty fish and two pretty girls(I AM a little partial since the girls are my babies,11 and 15)Very happy to have both of em on the boat at the same time



Striper fishing or should say catching here has been very slow.I am gonna make a raod trip this week to where some are,and hopefully post a catching report(if the good lords willing) sam

[mu fish]

I've been out several times since march 1st at least 10. But last thurs. & sun. have been the best fishing of my life as far as I'm concerned. On 4-16-09 got two slot fish in the boat 26" & 25" with 10 or more at or around 15" or better. 4-19-09 got 32 1/2" and 26" with 7 shorts in 3 hours. This is only my second year chasing stripers last year in 20 trips I got one keeper a biggin. And that was the best fish so far for me. But releasing a 30" + fish? Never thought I'd be able to do that! Now that I have it dosent seem to be so hard. The feeling was great reviving that fish and feeling her clamp down on my hand kick water on me and steam off. That was the best feeling in the world and I've done alot to say the least LOL. My wife says I'm cheatin on her with a striPPer so I told can help it I'm in love wit a striper.......LOL it's a song

pictures are much better anyway.

4 -2 -09


4 -16 -09 25" 26"


4 -17 -09 25 1/2 inches


4 -19 -09


4 -19 -09 32 inches

[ANGLERFleet]

Nick M.

[Tbest82]

Here are just a few monsters I got this year I love striper fishing and the stripers have been good to me! I never had a scale on board but I believe two of them are over 50 lbs those two were both 50 inchers

[Marlinmate]

Hit the Potomac 2 weeks ago at Fletchers and had a blast. fished on that rainy cold Wednesday and had shad and herring action all day. 2 Stripers, one was 7lbs 8oz and the other I didn't even weigh. Numerous catfish of various sizes and then the mother took my bait. 43lb 8oz monster.

Fished again on Friday of the same week. Sunshine and 74 with shad and herring action all day and 1 catfish and zero stripers.

[Tbest82]

Originally Posted by SweetwaterStriperNut

My son with the 19 lb'er from 1/3/09....it was a long & lean fish...very atypical of the stripers in this watershed...pushing 40 inches...should have been considerably heavier....released in good shape to go get fat and come see us again later!

thats funny what you did with background. Whats a matter you afraid your gonna give up your spot??????

[wvbowhunter]

went south of the bay bridge just east of kent island and caught the first of the year.



used a white bucktail and a white skirt. Only had One hit but it was agood one.

[FirstCast]

eight bass today - two at 39 inches

[samIam]

I took my youngest daughter to weldon this saturday to catch some stripers.she has only ever caught one and she wasnt but 4 or 5 and cant remember it.We caught around 25 or so.Here is Megan reeling her first one in.

. here it is in the boat,she didnt want to hold it so I did and had my bud Donny snap the shot.


and the 6 keepers (3 person limit) that made the ride back to SC with Megan and I


Megan counted 121 boats on the way back up river from where we fished.Man it was some kinda crowded.

[Wetworm]

Live line and chunked herring, caught by bordentown just b4 dark and just after dark. great night fishing and hangin out, boated 3 lost a few and had some run offs, caught alot of herring b4 dark and shad bite was good also. fun times out there!!

[FirstCast]

Fattie

[FLOATSUM]

Most of what I'm seeing here are called "racers" or at best normal sized.
These are the only ones I'd qualify as "Fatties". (and they're "hybrids!")

Originally Posted by seckydewee

first hybrids of central wisconsin of the year.

[Finny]

almost 30# 40"