Went out on upper Lake Murray yesterday after lunch. Fish not where they were a week ago. Birds and bait everywhere but no fish. Decided to troll artificials just to try and locate some fish. Caught a 12" baby striper–nothing else. Maybe this rain will get em stirring.
Midlands Striper Club members caught alot of fish in the 2 rivers yesterday. Our team had 16 keepers, one short, a 12 pound cat, and 4 pound bowfin. Unfortunately for us, we caught the same 5 1/2 pound fish over and over again to not finish high this time:sunglasses: The winner had an 11.5. Don’t be afraid of skinny water.
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I probably had 40 keepers for the two days Fri and Sat. Friday I was just looking for areas with bigger fish so I wouldn’t hang around fish less than 24 inches very long on Friday…I know the top 3 teams had gizzard shad for bait. We put a 7-8 inch gizzard on the transom and in less than 15 mins had a 7 lb 3 0z striper take it out…Then added a 7 lb 6oz , our largest fish, in the last 45 mins of the tourney, upgraded two fish actually in the last 45 mins… to finish 2nd. I saw Wildman catch a bowfin too on Sat. Fogman…and I definitely churned up some mud with the trolling motor this weekend…lol.
I’ve spent about 85% of my life’s wages on fishing, the rest I just wasted…