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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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You've never caught a striper if you make that claim.


Please. Pound for pound, blues and jacks are among the best fighting
fish in the ocean. If I want the "joy" of fishing on light tackle, I
want to be catching blues and jacks. Stripers do not rank high on the
list of "fighting" fish.