Todd and I pulled the trigger and took off for a short trip before this cold front came through. We had heard a few reports where the stripers were hitting good at night......... and that's right up our alley. So we head down Friday and got on the water around 5 or so. We ran into Bruce and Larry as they were coming in. We got their report and decided to go on back in Greasy. We got back to the bend near Big Bruiser Bank and marked some big schools of bait. We started fishing with Flitterbaits, and Todd quickly hooked a good one. He faught it for a little while but it got off. We didn't get another bite for a while so we decided to work our way out into the main lake. We got on Straight bank and started getting hits. I missed the first couple of hits, Todd soon had his hand at them as well, and eventually I hooked up.
That first striper hit like ones we've had in the past. A slight "tic" followed by a feeling of slack line. It's so easy to miss them when they hit like this. That was the only striper we got off of Straight Bank but Todd did get a couple of Largemouth. We fished a few other spots without any luck, so we decided to head out and try the main lake. We tried some of our favorite banks on down from the mouth of Wolf Creek. This was the ticket. The Gizz 4 Deep Diver in Red Head was the hot bait
That first night we got rained on for a couple of hours which was nothing short of miserable. Nothing worse than cold rain, but the fishing was pretty good so it made it all worth it. The next day we slept in some because we didn't get in until about 3:30 am. We got up and headed to Jamestown Cafe for the Captains Special. Now thats the kind of breakfast that will stay with you all day. We got on the lake and headed out to meet up with Bruce and Larry. Of course we were met by, "you missed by 5 minutes". Yep, we missed all the action. I will let Bruce and Larry give their details. We looked around and saw some fast moving jumps. Small groups of stripers busting fast. You couldn't get on top of them. So we headed to Caney Creek to catch up with Bruce and Larry. We cruised up to them and shut the motor off. We chatted for a few minutes and then decided to move on up in the creek. Todd turned the key and nothing. All we heard was the starter spinning....... Not a good sign. It turns out that the starter was shot. Todd got out a rope and started pulling until he finally got it started. We decided to just hit Greasy Creek since we were close. We saw Bruce and Larry head for the ramp as we headed in to Greasy. We fished 24 lb bank but only managed one small dink that Todd got. The rain soon made a second appearance. Wet and tired we called it a night around 9 pm. Todd had to do the rope trick again and was able to get the motor going again. It would have been a long ride with the trolling motor.
Here's a few of the pictures of Bruce and Larry took of thier fish.
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