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Michael
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 Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:48 pm Post subject: Got my Limit |
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Sunday I arrived at the striper spot just before 11am. Setup was the 7'6" Inferno/Fierce 3000. Stuck with a silver blue FLR-10.
It took a while to get a hit, but first hit resulted in landing a 28.5" striper that was a pig! Gave me a few short runs as I battled the fish for no more than 5 minutes.
A few casts later and I hook into a 28"er. It was slender and didn't have much energy.
After those 2 the rest were in the mid and upper teens except for a chunky 25.5" and chunky 22". I love how those energetic schoolies in the mid 20s pull and shake!
Later is when it started getting more raw out making the air feel colder and the bite had stopped so I hit the road just before 3pm.
Kept the chunky 28.5" fish and weighed it when I got home, resulting in my second heaviest CT keeper at 11 pounds 14 ounces, beating last December's 31.5" keeper by just a few.
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Crest Daddy
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| Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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nice job but i hope the ferile cats aren't eating all those.
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I clean the fish on my back deck and any scraps I toss over for the feral cats, raccoons, and possums. |
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:22 am Post subject: |
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Now why are you posting pics if those bigger fush yiu dont like to catch? LOL Nice gish, to bad it didnt retyrn to the water though!
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pmoneyct
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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nice bass Michael
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Michael
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| fishfinder wrote: | | Now why are you posting pics if those bigger fush yiu dont like to catch? LOL Nice gish, to bad it didnt retyrn to the water though! |
I never knew a 28.5" striper was a "bigger" fish. I'm used to you calling a 40" striper a "bigger" fish 
BTW- You need to take classes for getting to know the keyboard better LOL |
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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This time of year keepers are much more limited so yeah right now thats a bigger fish. I was typing on my phone without my glasses on! LOL
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Crest Daddy
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| Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Striper spot is locked up with ice i heard 
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clinteastwood
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| Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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You keep on fishing bro. I don't have the time but I live through all of your threads. If you want to fish Candlewood in the spring, you give me a shout.
Great job! |
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Michael
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| Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the offer Clint! I haven't been fishing on a boat on Candy in many years. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Seeing I had this good day on a cold, raw December afternoon while the water was very cold and 3 days later was locked up with ice, how much of a difference will there be now that the water is open after a very cold winter?
Stripers wake up quickly once the ice melts and water starts warming up like largemouths would at a farm pond. |
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fishfinder
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Depends on where you go and if the fish can be reached from shore. A few weeks ago I did pretty good but since havent been able to get a bite!
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