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Aardvark
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Striper tactics
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1/27/2011 11:50:39 PM
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Why is it that I never read any reports of people chasing big schools of stripers busting schools of shad on the surface on Lake Martin? That seems to be a major pattern on many other lakes, but I never hear about it here. Another method I don't hear about is fishing a large minnow plug like a 7" Cordell Redfin on the surface or just beneath the surface in the spring. Can you only catch Lake Martin stripers by deep trolling or with planer boards, or is someone hiding something?
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Pontoonfisher
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Striper tactics
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1/28/2011 7:28:36 AM
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You just have to be in the right place at the right time. I have been striper fishing on Smith Lake since I was 15 and I have only seen a school busting shad at the surface 3 times. They only last a few minutes too. Although I have heard of them lasting longer, sometimes as much as an hour. If you don't go very much then you obviously have less chance of seeing them. I use an 8" redfin when they are busting the surface. If you don't see them at the surface then it's pointless to throw one of these topwater baits.
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Mountain Man
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Striper tactics
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1/28/2011 9:36:57 AM
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Top water stripes are not uncommon on Martin, but they seem to limit that activity to the spring warm up days, particularly May-June. In previous years they were often 'on the jump' as the water cooled in October, but if they were on top last fall, I didn't see them.
There are lots of good srtiper fishermen on Martin that might have a different experience, but when I see them rise it is shortly after dawn and it will be over by mid-morning. If you're lucky, they may even come up all around your boat chasing minnows that they've herded up. Tough not to get 'buck fever' when that happens.
I prefer to use Spooks or big spoons that allow you to throw a maximum distance. That way you can stay back far enough not to run them off. However, it can be frustrating when they ignore a bait, tail slap it and don't hook up or simply disappear only to resurfave 50 yards away. Some days a couple of guys throwing top water baits can have a limit in no time. Other days you can throw 'til your shoulders are sore and come up empty. Either way, it is always exciting.
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alahusker
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Striper tactics
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1/28/2011 8:41:02 PM
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Pal, live on the lake, big view and love fishing.. 2nd favorite thing to do, eating is 3rd.. just not seeing many schooling fish on the surface.. fewer gulls than over the past few years.. (Sent an email to Al Gore, he said it was gobal warming.. Think he's wrong again, but can't prove it.) But if you can find schooling fish, suggest a "castmaster" spoon, available at walmart and a strudy net.. good fishing. burke
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wayoutboard
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Striper tactics
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2/1/2011 11:43:40 AM
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I've had good luck on top every New Year's Day for the past several years. This past Jan. 1st caught a 11 pound stripe in Madwin Creek on top with a Clear Torpedo. I always just follow the birds to locate the shad and stripe.
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