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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Josh on March 19, 2011, 02:02:43 am

Title: Biggest fish I ever caught.
Post by: Josh on March 19, 2011, 02:02:43 am

I went fishing at a local lake today.  The lake is fed by a small river so I decided to head to the mouth of the river as the water is finally high enough there to do that.  First cast into the mouth of the river and the fight was on!  I was using my ultra light rod with 4 lb test line and a small 1/16th ounce jig head with a shad colored bass assassin on it.  This stripe ran out almost all my line, I was having to chase him with my trolling motor to keep him from running all my line out.  I finally wore him out enough to get him to the  boat and I had to reach in and lip him because I don't have a net yet...  :)  Here he is... the biggest stripe I have ever caught... AND I caught him on an ultra light rod with 4 lb line.  It took like 20 minutes to wear him out enough to get him in the boat.  Thanks for looking!   :)

(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/deftones3333/IMAG0184.jpg)

Just wanted to share it with ya'll.

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Post by: gstoneberg on March 19, 2011, 02:11:27 am

Nice, and on ultralight gear...doesn't get much better than that.  Congrats.

George

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Post by: Badger on March 19, 2011, 02:50:13 am

  Stripers are a lot of fun on the ultra light, nice catch. Steve

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Post by: Josh on March 19, 2011, 02:55:28 am

thanks guys! my bow scale says he weighs 12 lbs.. ;D.

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Post by: ErictheViking on March 19, 2011, 03:16:54 am

impressive. I've never fished for big mouth. they look like(on t.v. anyway) like a kick in the pants to try to wrangle. that is defenitely a story to last awhile. congrats.

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Post by: NTD on March 19, 2011, 03:31:58 am

That's a big fish!  Nice job Josh. 

I miss fishing, not much of it to be done here in the desert :( 

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Post by: M-P on March 19, 2011, 03:46:53 am

Great fish and good story.   Ron

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Post by: cracker on March 19, 2011, 10:23:10 am

Excellent fish and way to go. I bet that was was a hoot on ultralight.Ron

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Post by: medic336 on March 19, 2011, 11:50:04 am

Nice stripe!!!! Which lake were you fishing in Josh?

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Post by: cowboy on March 19, 2011, 12:12:23 pm

That is a dandy Josh! Think i may have caught one almost that size once - makes me want to go fishing.

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Post by: Marc St Louis on March 19, 2011, 12:36:25 pm

Nice fish Josh and well done with the light gear.  How much did he weigh?

I'm not really into fishing myself but my dad used to like fishing with ultra light gear, if I remember right he liked 2# test line.  One time, I was about 8 years old, we went fishing at a lake we used to go to, it had Northern Pike and LM Bass in it.  He hooked onto a 16# Pike and fought it for about 2 hours before it finally got tired, he did the same as you since he didn't have a net.  He tipped his canoe trying to get the fish in it, I was on shore watching.  He didn't lose the Pike

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Post by: Rick Wallace on March 19, 2011, 01:02:57 pm

SUPPER TIME!!!  Nice fish!!!

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Post by: Bevan R. on March 19, 2011, 01:28:49 pm

The way fishing should be. Big fish on ultralight tackle!! :D
Thanks for sharing

Bevan R

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Post by: Pat B on March 19, 2011, 04:12:50 pm

Nice stripper, Josh. I've cought a few but none that big. This time of year the big strippers head up river to spawn in the shallows.

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Post by: mullet on March 19, 2011, 05:33:04 pm

I bet that was a boat load of fun, Josh ;D, really nice fish. You'll have to come down here and chase some of those LargeMouths we have.

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Post by: ricktrojanowski on March 19, 2011, 09:15:09 pm

Nice striper Josh, that is a big one.  Must have been a blast on ultralight gear.  We fish in the saltwater up here for them in the fall.  I usually use light tackle, never tried going ultralight. 

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Post by: Postman on March 20, 2011, 12:01:01 am

Great pic and story - way to go!
!

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Post by: beetlebailey1977 on March 20, 2011, 01:23:04 am

Very nice...those stripers fight very hard..

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Post by: criveraville on March 20, 2011, 03:20:26 am

Great story and great fish! That thing looks like a Chupacabra :o

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Post by: Hillbilly on March 20, 2011, 12:53:38 pm

Nice 'un!

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Post by: johnston on March 20, 2011, 01:56:57 pm

Very cool Josh.

I was not posting back when you had your surgery and have been wondering how you were doing. Looks like you are doing just fine. ;D

Lane

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Post by: Sparrow on March 20, 2011, 02:37:30 pm

 Nice Fish !  Great way to start the season. Congrat's  '  Frank

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Post by: Josh on March 20, 2011, 09:23:24 pm

Thanks again, Guys!  It was a really fun experience, I hope to catch a matching one next weekend so I can have one to go on the wall on each side of the mantle!   ;D ;D

Marc, your dad sounds alot like me.. I would tip the canoe and never let go of the fish too... gotta keep your priorities straight and all.. ;D

Medic, I caught him on Inland Lake which resides just outside of Onteonta AL off of Hwy 75.  They just re-opened the lake it has been closed to the public for awhile because the water was so low... It supplies a pretty big part of Birmingham with drinking water.

Scott and PatB... STRIPPERS?! 

Johnston, I am doing great after surgery... I feel like I am back to 100% now... Just really don't like being on these blood thinners.

Paul, the best time to go catch em is right now in AL... along with the crappie and bass.  I was crappie fishing when I caught this one.

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Post by: medic336 on March 21, 2011, 01:09:00 am

Oneonta... I used to live in Ashville ,that isn't too far away. All I'm catching are small ones but, I am catching fish

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Post by: medic336 on March 21, 2011, 01:12:39 am

 My bro caught bout 150 1-1.5 lb yellow stripe yesterday,only kept 10 of those, and 11 crappie that went 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. He always does that stuff when I'm not with him. They were in Lake Guntersville.

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Post by: Josh on March 21, 2011, 01:16:35 am

oooh i wanna go to guntersville... supposed to have real good gar hunting this time of year. 

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Post by: Josh on March 21, 2011, 01:19:47 am

those yellow stripe are good eating.... not as good as crappie but good eating nonetheless...  :)

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Post by: Pappy on March 22, 2011, 09:53:15 am

Man that is a nice one Josh,and light line to boot. Cool. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: Josh on March 22, 2011, 11:44:42 am

Thanks Pappy!  It was pretty fun gettin him in the boat, that's for sure.  :)

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Post by: medic336 on March 28, 2011, 05:35:40 pm

The Gar hunting is great.