Tony Buzolich
04-10-2013, 06:46 PM
As usual the day starts in the dark and there’s a snag I have to go by in order to make it to my starting point before I can begin fishing. I can see the riffley current from the big tree just under the surface and I stay way to the right of it, but,,,,,,,, not far enough to the right this morning. There’s a big side limb that comes way out to the right as well and we hit it straight on with an immediate thud and stop. Fortunately we were at idle speed and other than being a bit rattled no harm was done.
Before we get to our first stop (fishing stop that is) we see breaking fish scattered about the river chasing bait. We kill the motor and Jim starts to strip line off his reel getting ready to cast but before he can the first striper of the day comes up and takes the fly. Geez, and he hasn’t even cast yet, and this is no dink striper. I make a cast and immediate am hooked up as well. These aren’t huge fish but they pull like hell on an 8 weight.
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We cast again and Jim hooks up and his fish takes him around and under the boat. I hook up and we’ve got our first double. I get my fish in first and cast again while Jim is still fighting his fish. I get another hook-up and Jim’s still fighting the first fish. I think we could safely call this a triple, and we’re only a half hour into the morning.
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We move from this spot to give the school a rest and find more fish at almost every stop and drift. Most are in the 5 lb.- 7 lb. range but a few are getting bigger at 10-12 lbs. and one at 15 lbs. Yes, the bigger ones were boga’d.
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I drop Jim off back at the dock (he still has to work ) and I head back up to more busting fish on a big flat. Some of the water here is barely a foot deep and stripers are busting bait everywhere. In the shallows like this they have their dorsals out of the water and look like roosterfish with their combs above the surface. A few more casts and three more fish come to the net.
Enough, I’m tired and it’s getting hot and it’s been another great day on the water.
Tony
Before we get to our first stop (fishing stop that is) we see breaking fish scattered about the river chasing bait. We kill the motor and Jim starts to strip line off his reel getting ready to cast but before he can the first striper of the day comes up and takes the fly. Geez, and he hasn’t even cast yet, and this is no dink striper. I make a cast and immediate am hooked up as well. These aren’t huge fish but they pull like hell on an 8 weight.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/buzolich/003-2_zps9fa04c2a.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/buzolich/001-2_zps55931df5.jpg
We cast again and Jim hooks up and his fish takes him around and under the boat. I hook up and we’ve got our first double. I get my fish in first and cast again while Jim is still fighting his fish. I get another hook-up and Jim’s still fighting the first fish. I think we could safely call this a triple, and we’re only a half hour into the morning.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/buzolich/004-1_zps0a3bf469.jpg
We move from this spot to give the school a rest and find more fish at almost every stop and drift. Most are in the 5 lb.- 7 lb. range but a few are getting bigger at 10-12 lbs. and one at 15 lbs. Yes, the bigger ones were boga’d.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/buzolich/005-1_zpsc82875cb.jpg
I drop Jim off back at the dock (he still has to work ) and I head back up to more busting fish on a big flat. Some of the water here is barely a foot deep and stripers are busting bait everywhere. In the shallows like this they have their dorsals out of the water and look like roosterfish with their combs above the surface. A few more casts and three more fish come to the net.
Enough, I’m tired and it’s getting hot and it’s been another great day on the water.
Tony