Striper's in lower D

[smittin]

Hit a school of them tonite average size 12 to 15 inches.

 

[Empty Creel]

What were the conditions? (Time of day / type of water, etc) Those schoolies are a ton of fun, but I can only luck into them by chance (when fishing for smallies). They're there or they're not, and I never see any visible indication of their presence. I'm trying to figure out their behavior better.

 

[davethetrout]

I know where they are too:thumb:

 

[davethetrout]

The small schoolies of stripers Never Leave the lower D. There are fish in this river that will amaze the best! The stripers just move to the faster and cooler water and move up every time it rains...Been catching nice bass in the D year round...
dave

 

[smittin]

They are usally in deep water

But they were hanging out in a point near a shoal for about an hour caught ton’s. They are a blast but you know they are eating a mess load of juvenile smallies. Bye the way I think I hooked a small muskie last night on a large saltwater popper, needless to say I lost my $5.95 popper. That would have been a first for me, he came completely out of the water when he hit.

 

[davethetrout]

It may have been a walleye too, I have caught a ton of wallys on poppers and buggers this year right before and during the night. Gazillions of muskys in the lower D too so maybye! I have only caught muskys in the REAL deep water between Trenton and Burlington in the tidal areas. :beer:

 

[smittin]

Hit stripping over deep water

Green top white bottom very good look as it came out to hit the fly, I'm pritty sure it was a muskie but I didn't get it to hand so I'll never really know. But it was very exciting anyway.

 

[davethetrout]

The funnest part is imagining what is was..by tomorrow it could be a sturgeon??!! just kidding.
Dave

 

[smittin]

thats funny

I know a bait caster that landed one of those in the D about a month ago

 

[Rolemodel]

Guys,

For those of you who have caught the Stripers,what type of water(Deep Pool,Run etc) were they in and what were you using?What was the water clarity?

 

[davethetrout]

Water is too clear..very very very low and the fish are in the deep runs and fast water pools..they are like the rest of the fish in the river and run for the deep pools all summer...fish for them like a smallmouth..
Dave

 

[smittin]

Wooly Buggars are the ticket

I had them hit on some other things ( poppers and streamers) But the good old wooly buggar did the job better than anything.

 

[sandfly]

The big boys should start feeding heavy soon if the Y.O.T.Y. shad are headed down river. a crease fly tied to imitate them works great on the 5 to 20 lbers.