02-25-2013, 04:13 PM
Took a much deserved day off from the daily grind on 02/22. Headed up to the north end of the lake to try my skills at some cold weather LMB action....needless to say my skills apparently need improving as we didnt put a single LMB in the boat. Hit some of our normal coves and threw every bit of tackle i had with very little action.
Sitting in 25 ft of water, fishing on the bottom brush with a Berkley swim shad, my pole jerked and immediately starting taking line. Was a little nervous at first because i had gone down on line size to 8lb test to see if it would help get a strike from the more picky fish. 25 minutes later and a LOT of attention on my drag i pulled in the 18 lb Striper. Beautiful fish and a great fight. Largest i have caught out of mead. Kept her for some fish tacos....by the way she had a belly full of eggs.
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Sitting in 25 ft of water, fishing on the bottom brush with a Berkley swim shad, my pole jerked and immediately starting taking line. Was a little nervous at first because i had gone down on line size to 8lb test to see if it would help get a strike from the more picky fish. 25 minutes later and a LOT of attention on my drag i pulled in the 18 lb Striper. Beautiful fish and a great fight. Largest i have caught out of mead. Kept her for some fish tacos....by the way she had a belly full of eggs.
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