On Jan 20, 9:20*am, wrote:
On Jan 19, 8:50*pm, HK wrote:





Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:31:33 -0500, BAR wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:25:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:

I've fished for a lot of different species in a lot of different
waters, and striper fishing rates right up there with some of the
best.
Which ones? Lots of different "stripers."
There's a "striper" here in the lakes of Illinois that some call white
bass. *Caught a lot of them, but they don't bet much bigger than a
nice crappie. *
Then I've heard of hybrids in the impoundments out west that are
supposed to be good fighters, and get pretty big.
Ocean stripers too. *I'm confused now.
http://www.alltackle.com/striped_bass_catch.htm

Hoo-eeee! *Now that looks like fun.
And tells me they call them rockfish too.
Are they good eating?

--Vic

They're ok to catch, but not real fighters, especially around Chesapeake
Bay, where most of the fishermen I see use heavy tackle. If you are in
it to catch fighters, you want bluefish or crevalle jacks. A blue or
jack one fourth the size of a rockfish will put up a tremendous fight.

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Well, it is quite accurate in my opinion. Jacks, or bluefish will give
a lot more of a fight generally. I have had stripers come in just like
a big frekin' log. They can be real lazy, until they see the boat