December stripers
Did some striper fishing the past few days. I took the kids last weekend and had a great time.
One of the rare times that big bro came along. They brought their Ugly Sticks and tossed some small swimbaits. No reward for their efforts but they got some good casting practice. I fished deep with clousers and hooked a few small LMB's and stripers.
They got to reel them in.
Younger brother showing good form:
Big brother is up next, with little Cornholio watching
First ever striper landed:
Running low on flies so I tied up some flies during the week:
I got a chance to sneak out this morning and fished the outgoing tide.
The weeds were still around but tolerable:
No love on topwater so I switched to the trusty clouser after an hour of casting practice.
Got a soft tap at the edge of the tullies. Felt like a small fish but then it started doing some pretty good headshakes. Pretty lethargic fish, gave up the fight pretty quickly. Nice 8-lber though:
On the very next cast, I got a harder hit. Nice long runs and a very spirited fighter. A chunky 9-lber:
I repeated the same pattern on the next few stops. Picked up 6 more schoolies along the way. They hit hard and made some nice runs. They seem to like the newly-tied clousers:
Not a bad Christmas present. I guess I've been good this year.
Merry Christmas to all!
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