06-26-2009, 09:00 AM
Back during Turkey season I invited my Uncle Joe over to chase turkeys. The weather soured, so we managed to save the experience by having a drum-fest at the Nick. He called a couple of weeks ago and offered to re-pay me with a striper-fest at Wilson Dam, and SON, did he ever repay me!<br /><br />We hit the water Tuesday morning a little before 5:00 a.m., tied on a Bomber Long-A, and started trolling (my first time to troll). Within 5 minutes, BAM, I hooked up with about a 5 pounder. Seems like every pass after that we connected with fish, and about 6:30 a.m. they just quit. We eased over and tied up to the wall at #1 and picked up a few more. Stripers ranged from 4 -8 lbs., and we also picked up a couple of whites and a drum. The highlight of the day was when I was trying to get a treble hook out of a striper&#39;s mouth and it gave a big heave and drove the hook up to the shank into my hand. Don&#39;t try it for fun!! We managed to put 10 decent stripers in the live well. At 7:30 a.m. EVERYTHING quit biting, so we took the boat out, filleted a couple of the smaller stripers, broke out the Coleman, and had a fresh-fish feast. Ain&#39;t nothing better!!<br /><br />Later that afternoon we tried around Seven-Mile Island (on a tip from some other guys), and we couldn&#39;t buy a fish. Talk about the Dead Sea!<br /><br />This morning we hit below the dam a little earlier, and almost repeated Tuesday&#39;s effort. Fish were a little slower getting started, but when they turned on we had a ball until 6:30, then hit the wall for some more fun. Don&#39;t think that we had anything under 5 lb. today, and we both had one big &#39;un each get off. Uncle Joe had one on at the wall for at least 20 minutes only to have his Spider-wire break! I got a glimpse of it and it was at least 4&#39; long.<br /><br />Altogether we ended up boating 19 stripers in two days, and I had a wonderful experience, and managed to get a few pics to preserve the memories.