my biggest...

[ripdlip]

My new best at 20lbs....just wanted to share.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Wow...........I want one of those!!!

Andy Guibord has been doing better the past few weeks on Stripers in the lower American River.

We heard of a 27 pound fish caught wading at Paradise Beach in River park on the American recently too. That is unreal to think about.

Andy said he saw a 50 pounder on Wednesday.

We have some nice new custom Striper flies now.

August/September should be very good now.

[Adam Grace]

Congratulations

Very nice striper.

Good work on landing that beauty

Eat your heart out David :P

[David Lee]

Ripdlip -

Very nice Stripe !!

What fly did it eat

David

[Hairstacker]

Ripdlip, great fish!! Thanks for sharing!

[FHTFYR]

ripdlip,
nice Stripe I know specific locations are sacred so, what river??

[ripdlip]

I caught her in the American...the cool thing was when I was bringing her in there where 4 others following her. Is this common? By the way David..... Ripbait again. I know I know. It is all about confidence. I have little throwing the big clousers..I guess I need to go out with someone who can help me get the hang of it. Current, swing, slack water, tailouts, grain? HELP!
I posted on this bored because I know you all are great fisherman and appreciate a fish like this. And PS, I released her right after the photos no worse for the ware. It feels awsome when you see a beauty like this swim away slowly...just awsome. I cant imagine someone wanting to kill a fish like this.
Also I never weighed her but I guessed her at 20lbs. Do you think I was close? She was 35" long and 19" girth.

[Adam Grace]

My fish weighing scale puts that fish at 16lbs. But the scale is not always correct.

Not like it really matters that fish was large and beautiful - Adam

[David Lee]

Rip -

you have 15 posts on this board ..... that makes you ONE OF US

Like it or not :P

Very common for Stripe to follow ANY hooked fish , they are very curious animals , I remember Jeff Putnam giving a casting class a while back .... He waded out and started showing the students some stuff ... and had about a 16 lbr. swim right up to his feet . The Stripe just sat there checking him out for a while !

PM me and we'll get together to work on your casting - You're doing a great job on these fish .... but think of how much fun you'd have getting them on a fly !! Any time's a good time to try something new .

That sure is a fine Striped Bass !!

David

[Adam Grace]

David, the striper must have been checking out Jeff's super sexy loops.

Jeff is one hell of a caster.

Either that or the striper though that Jeff looked FUNNY