Re: Freshwater Striped Bass
Gigmaster,
You and I are relatively close to each other. Do you ever fish for striper in Lanier? I have heard there a place called Holly Park where they get close enough to shore for bank fishers in the winter. I have considered taking my one man pontoon and giving it a shot with the long rod. I have never caught a striper but figured it would be a good ride in the little pontoon boat.
An advise on flies other than clouser [what color for it?]
Thanks,
Re: Freshwater Striped Bass
Just a side note with a little humor on this subject...
Here where Jack and I live there is a lake (Tim's Ford) that has what we call "rockfish" stocked in it. They are a cross between the salt water striper and a frest water white bass. These get to 20+ pounds and are a great fight. I have yet to try them with my fly rod because I sold my bass boat 12+ years ago when I took up the fly rod. Tim's Ford has over 10,000 acres of water. I do know of one fisherman here who went out with his canoe and bass rod with a sidewinder spool tied on and he did hook one of these "rockfish". The fish took him and his canoe 1 1/2 miles down the lake to a bridge where the fish went around the bridge pillar and broke his line which left him with paddling back to the marina!! :lol: After that adventure, he sold his canoe and bought a larger boat!! :)
Re: Freshwater Striped Bass
Warren,
I fish for stripers in the salt out of my 12' kayak
I've only landed a couple of fish in the 20 pound range that way, but it's a lot of fun.
A regular Nantucket sleigh ride :lol:
Last season we got in to a large school of fish in the 15 pound range feeding on top during the strongest part to the tide
By the time you landed one it was a long paddle back to the school
I don't remember how many fish I caught, but I remember doing lots of paddling
Re: Freshwater Striped Bass
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Originally Posted by Uncle Jesse
Gigmaster,
You and I are relatively close to each other. Do you ever fish for striper in Lanier? I have heard there a place called Holly Park where they get close enough to shore for bank fishers in the winter. I have considered taking my one man pontoon and giving it a shot with the long rod. I have never caught a striper but figured it would be a good ride in the little pontoon boat.
An advise on flies other than clouser [what color for it?]
Thanks,
I've fished Lanier many times for striper (I am almost exclusively a fly-fisher). Holly Park is a good place, but if your gonna use a belly boat, be ready for a Nantucket Sleigh Ride. You may be farther out from shore than you really want when it's over. My boat is a 9' Kayak. The ultimate fishing vehicle (works for ducks, geese, deer and frog-gigging as well).
Behind the dam and Power Station is another great place for stripers, and you can fish from shore. It's a whole lot like what I imagine Steelhead and Salmon fishing to be. There are even places you can wade (carefully). Same thing with Carter's and Allatoona Lakes.
Any fly that resembles a shad or bluegill will work, as well as log perch imitations. Best colors are grey/white, and chartruese/white, or bluegill colors (od green/yellow/orange/red). Sometime blue/white works as well, usually on an overcast day.
Good Luck
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Yup. For some reason Tennesseans call stripers 'rockfish'.
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The hybrid between Striped Bass and White Bass is called Wiper round here. They use them stock some lakes since they grow a lot faster and are far more aggresive in taking the lures.
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Originally Posted by jkilroy
Anyone fish for freshwater stripers? If so can I get some pointers, please? I have a lake that is not too far from my house that I would like to try for them. Tactics and best seasons would be good starters. I don't know if anyone knows of it Blue Marsh Lake is the name of the lake that has them.
Thanks
One thing to keep in mind is that there may be a wealth of data on tactics etc. already sitting right there with the hardware/bait guys who fish the lake. Find out where they go, how they fish for the stripers. It will not likely be too hard to adapt fly angling tactics to the situation.
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Just for info. The Tennessee Rockfish record is 68# + but that was not caught on a fly rod. I have caught them in the 20# range using my 7 wt. John
Re: Freshwater Striped Bass
I've caught lots of 30 and 40 pounders. 15-20 pounders are about average here.
Semper Fi!