Lines in the water at 6:30 in the Eastern end of C2. 53 feet on the points that lead into creek at 100+, just North of where creek joins the Saluda.
Thumping produced a steady stream of fish between 43 feet and the bottom. Had about 12 pull-downs where the fish grabbed bait and stripped the skin off from mid section to the tail. After switching from nose hooking to hooking under the dorsal fin caught 3 legit keepers and had a 4th near the net and the Gamakatsu broke clean in the bend. Bite died off at 8:00 and quit at 8:45.
Good luck to all captains and vets with the Wounded Warriors tomorrow - wish I could participate.
Yeah - I figured with the new moon teh dusk bite would be stronger. Looking back, I wished I had tried something a bit different to get some reaction bites.
I had plenty of fish moving through that would not bite. What I like to do - and forgot (maybe it was the heat ) is to hook a dead herring through the snout, break/cut the back bone in a couple of places and then drop to the bottom. When fish move through, I quickly crank the herring off the bottom and HOPE it looks like it is swiming due to it’s recent back injury .
After “power reeling” 15-20 feet, I let it back down and repeat. This has produced strikes many times on one of the down rods - and the dead bait as well.
Good luck to all! I will be off the water until after the 4th - out of town to celebrate my neices graduation in Maryland. May get to do some striper fishing in the Chesapeake Bay while visiting with my brother’s family.
) is to hook a dead herring through the snout, break/cut the back bone in a couple of places and then drop to the bottom. When fish move through, I quickly crank the herring off the bottom and HOPE it looks like it is swiming due to it’s recent back injury 
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