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SCARAB MAN
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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3/23/2009 7:10:00 PM
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Guys I've trolled these Black Salty's to Im blue in the face.I start about a mile south of Jay Bird and I come up to the shoals and then go back down the other side.I use four Planers and a I free line a bait out the back(5 total baits).Twenty foot of line off the Planers with one to two #7 split shot and #5 Circle Hooks.I slow troll with the trolling motor as slow as I can.Am I in the wrong place,would Wind Creek or Dennis Creek be better.Any help would be great.Tyler
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Pontoonfisher
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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3/23/2009 8:56:43 PM
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Are you marking any fish on your fishfinder? Are you marking any bait on your fishfinder? Sounds like you are doing the right things but the stripe may just not be there. They can move out of an area within minutes. I would only run 12-15' from the planers and use almost 2 oz. on your down-lines. A good quality fishfinder is a must to distinguish between bait, spots, and stripe. Any fishfinder that is less than $800.00 to $1000.00 is not good enough in my opinion. Some days we spend more time riding around trying to find the fish. Last trip we were out for 13 hours and maybe only fished for 4 hours.
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stripernut
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We,s and Lee Help!!
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3/23/2009 10:24:18 PM
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Tyler
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stripernut
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We,s and Lee Help!!
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3/23/2009 10:34:43 PM
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Tyler,
You need to be in clear water. Last week I was in Orlando, but I understand we had big rains that muddied the upper end. Big fish were caught below Wood's and Young's islands. What makes stripe fishing tough is that they move around so fast. If the water is dirty up north you have to move south and look (like pontoonfisher said) until you find them. It's tough, but even tougher if you have paying customers on board. All I can say is look hard for the fish before you drop lines and move downstream from muddy water.
TIGHT LINES!
Wes
URL: http://www.lakemartinstripes.com
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SCARAB MAN
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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3/24/2009 1:36:02 AM
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Thanks for the help guys,I'm a Stripe Fisherman in the making I hope.I will scout a little harder these next trips.I didn't mark a single fish in the river,that was a good sign I should have been else where but all these reports of stripes headen up river had me wanting a date with big mama at the shoals.Thanks again for all of ya'lls advice.Tyler
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Sandy Tiger
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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3/25/2009 9:37:04 AM
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Well, now I know. I was up river allday saturday looking for stripe and didn't find squat. It was a crazy day. i needed a small screwdriver to adjust the new planer boards and didn't have one so that was a wash. Then I "think" I found stripe hanging real close to the bottom in Sandy and didn't have the gear to get the bait down! maybe next time
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SCARAB MAN
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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3/26/2009 8:41:18 AM
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Sandy Tiger I had put in Sunday at the Alex City boat ramp and when I didn't catch squat I pulled out and put in at Sandy Creek boat ramp and went Crappie fishing closer to home and late that afternoon I went towards the boat ramp to pull out and a couple hundred yards from the ramp I started graphing a few stripes in about 20 ft of water.I was beat from fishing all day so I didn't drop a bait.Thats why I started this post because I thought Sripers just stayed up stream when they were trying to spawn.
Yesterday in the rain I tried again to locate some fish and found some in the back of Madwin Creek but had no takers planer boarding Black Saltys.Then tried the North side of Paces Point and graphed the points but didn't find any fish.Had a good time on the water but not much luck catching some stripes. Tyler
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Pontoonfisher
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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3/26/2009 12:32:34 PM
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I would not limit yourself to just trolling black salties. If they are not biting the live bait then I would try throwing a bucktail or jigging with a large soft plastic jig. Keep the live bait out all the time and try some artificials while you are trolling around. There have been times when they don't touch the live bait and they hit the lures. Also remember that the black salties don't exactly match there primary food source, threadfin shad. The salties are much larger. Smaller lures (small sinking rattle trap) may also work when live bait won't. When the stripe are in a feeding they will bite anything, but you may have to try other techniques to get them to bite when they are finicky.
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SCARAB MAN
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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3/26/2009 3:14:15 PM
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Thanks for your help with these stripes Pontoon.I've learned alot from Wes and others like yourself with the good advice. Tyler
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Sandy Tiger
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Wes and Lee Help!!
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4/15/2009 11:00:39 AM
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over the past years I have a lot of stripe fishermen up in Sandy. Way back by the big right hand curve before you get to the bridge. I'm trying there this weekend first.
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