03-25-2012, 09:00 AM
After striper fishing with (and learning from) Labman earlier in the week, I took Pete Jr. out of Riverpark after he got off work on Wedn. He caught 3 stripers up to 15 pounds or so on swim bait/fluke type lures. I threw the kitchen sink at&#39;em and got skunked. I was as frustrated as I&#39;ve ever been on a fishing trip, didn&#39;t even take joy in my son catching fish.<br /><br />I got over it the next day! I wasn&#39;t going to go fishing, but I still had the boat hooked up and my wife was going to do some work at our church. I launched at Riverpark around noon and started the day with my personal best striper, a 22 pounder. The pic shows what he did to my net. I finally got one over 20 pounds, hurrah! Not long after that, I got my PB blue cat, a 41 in., 37 lb. fish that took me under the R/R bridge, he just wouldn&#39;t come up. Both fish hit swim baits. After that, I thought a good smallie would be nice, but that didn&#39;t happen. Oh well, you can&#39;t get too greedy.<br /><br />It was nice to chat with several CFF&#39;ers out there on the Wedn. evening trip. There was Labman, Drumking with Dr. Phil, Reliable and wbwilly, sorry if I missed someone.<br /><br />All the fish we caught were released in good shape. The flow was 44Kcfs.<br /><br />Could the fingerling pictured be a striper? We found him floating on the surface.<br /><br />Regards, Pete Sr.