11-30-2012, 10:00 AM
This is a little late, but I got out Friday for a few hours in search of anything that would eat a TN rig or Swimbait.<br />I started out in the park for about 30 minutes without a bite and quickly moved on. The next stop I found a ton of baitfish, but nothing really chasing them. I moved around a little bit and found some more bait fish this time with a ton of arches under them. After about 5 casts I hooked into a decent striper that fought really hard for a 10lber. I couldn&#39;t find the net to scoop it up and while lifting it into the boat the swivel broke on the Trig so no picture of it. emoBang emoBang <br /><br />That was it for the big stripes as i guess they moved on somewhere else. Finally saw some top water action around 430 but all I could catch were a few white bass despite seeing HUGE stripe swirling right beside where I was casting. Nothing more frustrating than that. emoMad From about 5-6 I absolutely killed the whites. They were schooled up and chasing the shad up into about 7 feet of water and absolutely killing my T rig. Caught around 30 before they completely shut off. emoThumbsup <br />It was strange that I never caught another big stripe or a single largemouth with all those shad being eaten emoScratch <br /><br />I did crappie fish for about 20 minutes and caught 4 keepers on a spot I&#39;ve never fished before. One of the keepers was the skinniest fish ive ever seen to be almost 14 inches long. <br /><br />Also I think I saw Bassert&#39;s wife showing him how to catch about a 15lb stripe emoPoke