On May 8, 3:02*pm, CoachPotato wrote:
On May 8, 11:06*am, "SteveB" wrote:





"FishWisher" wrote in message

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I got the bug for Hogan stripers a bit early and headed out for some
trolling. The morning was cool and cloudy, the afternoon was bright
and breezy. The stripers had lockjaw.

I trolled rolling anchovies at 20' and 30' for over five hours for
absolutely zilch - not even a bump. I even trolled up the narrows
thinking maybe they were upriver looking for love. But once through
the narrows I didn't mark a singe fish.

I marked several at around 20' to 25' in the middle of the main lake.
The few I did mark were widely scattered.

Hogan is a mystery; all I know is that the hotter the weather is the
better the fishing is. Usually. Maybe. Well... maybe not! Heck - I
can't figure that place out! * Roll Eyes

Maybe next time...

Photos of the lake, the ramp, the boat, the weather and an old photo
of a limit of 10 stripers (seems all I have is old memories) at my
homepagewww.FishWisher.com.

Dale

Stripers to me are just one step above a carp. *They ruined the Lake Mead
fishery, and the Colorado River downstream. *Stripers............ yuck.
Tell me. *Was there largemouth bass and crappie fishing BEFORE the stripers?
And how was that?

Steve

They still fish for black bass, not sure about lg mouth. I've read
that there is good crappie fishing there, but don't fish for them so
not certain.

We've just had a big brouhaha in Calif about continuing protection of
stripers in the California Delta where they are probably the #1 game
fish. Some enviro-whacko purists wanted protection done away with
because the stripers were introduced back in 1879 - not native. After
a good showing by striper anglers, the state backed down and the
limits still apply. Well, in California where we have almost no
enforcement of our wildlife laws, there really are no limits and no
wildlife laws if one chooses not to comply. There is an incredible
amount of poaching in this state - especially abalone and sturgeon.
But we'll send your kid to college for free!!

Excellent video of Calif lack of agents hehttp://troutunderground.com/2009/03/...warden-numbers...

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In these parts, we have excellent striper fishing, and being kind of
in a transition area, we can fish for cold water species and warm
water species all in the same lakes! In Lanier, you can catch trout,
sauger, walleye small mouth bass etc. for cold water then warm water
species like spotted bass (HUGE, they say the next record will come
out of Lanier), largemouth, crappie, etc. Then the stripers, hybrid
bass, white bass.