The Rover
12-06-2007, 09:18 AM
The Spool's Out crew took advantage of the calm before the storm and headed out for some striper trolling/jigging. We found bird play and good marks in 18' of water towards the south end of OC, but had a tough time getting any bites jigging. The bird play was very fickle and didn't last long in any one place. After losing a 30" fish at the boat and boating a short, we went on the troll. With only one rod out, that rod goes down and feels very heavy as we see a fish rolling behind the boat. At first we thought we foul hooked something, but 5 minutes later we put the net around a FAT 42"/30lb bass.
We set the lines back out and had a slow pick of shorts for the morning before heading south on a good tip. Running south in the snow (less than 1/4mile visibility), we found more fish of TI in about 25' of water. We continued a slow but consistent pick of shorts with an occasional keeper all the while listening to Christmas music in the snow - What a blast!!
All up we ended the day with 12 shorts and 3 keepers at 42", 32" and 30". All of the keepers came on Stretch 25's and 30's with shad rigs only picking up shorts. For us, we had to have the lures practically dragging the bottom. Lot's of good company on the water as well!!!
We set the lines back out and had a slow pick of shorts for the morning before heading south on a good tip. Running south in the snow (less than 1/4mile visibility), we found more fish of TI in about 25' of water. We continued a slow but consistent pick of shorts with an occasional keeper all the while listening to Christmas music in the snow - What a blast!!
All up we ended the day with 12 shorts and 3 keepers at 42", 32" and 30". All of the keepers came on Stretch 25's and 30's with shad rigs only picking up shorts. For us, we had to have the lures practically dragging the bottom. Lot's of good company on the water as well!!!