On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 08:42:50 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:46:52 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


What were you fishing for?

The upper Thames River (past New London CT) has been producing an incredible
number of over-winter stripers and while I haven't gone, the winter flounder
fishing as been spectacular.


What the hell is a "striper" anyway? I hear about them all the time on this
NG - never heard of them (we fish for halibut, salmon, steelhead, trout, etc.
here)

They are a sal****er bass which spawns in marshy areas. The fresh
water stripers in the fresh water lakes out west are hybrids I
believe. Although you will find stripers in rivers where the salt and
fresh water mix.

Fun to catch - terrific eatin'...

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:43:36 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:46:52 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


What were you fishing for?

The upper Thames River (past New London CT) has been producing an incredible
number of over-winter stripers and while I haven't gone, the winter flounder
fishing as been spectacular.


What the hell is a "striper" anyway? I hear about them all the time on this
NG - never heard of them (we fish for halibut, salmon, steelhead, trout, etc.
here)

Lloyd


Striped bass. A fresh and salt water species. Sometimes large, but not
much of a fighter.

Ever catch a 35 inch 40 pounder on a fly rod or a 6 foot M spinning
rod with 20 lb test?

Yes to the flyrod, and I've caught 30# stripers on whippy little 5'
"ugly sticks," penn 4400SS spinners, with 8# test line. I don't think
they are great fighters.



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Calif Bill wrote:

Actually they fight well on the west coast. But I see so many people that
fish with way too heavy of gear. A 10# fish does not require 30# test line
and a heavy rod.
Bill

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Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:46:52 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


What were you fishing for?

The upper Thames River (past New London CT) has been producing an
incredible
number of over-winter stripers and while I haven't gone, the winter
flounder
fishing as been spectacular.


What the hell is a "striper" anyway? I hear about them all the time
on this
NG - never heard of them (we fish for halibut, salmon, steelhead, trout,
etc.
here)

Lloyd


Striped bass. A fresh and salt water species. Sometimes large, but not
much of a fighter.

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It's all relative, I suppose. If I have a choice of fighting a 20#
bluefish or a 20# striper, just for the sake of the fight, I'd pick the
blue every time. Jacks are also good fighters, better than stripers.


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On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:03:09 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:43:36 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:46:52 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


What were you fishing for?

The upper Thames River (past New London CT) has been producing an incredible
number of over-winter stripers and while I haven't gone, the winter flounder
fishing as been spectacular.


What the hell is a "striper" anyway? I hear about them all the time on this
NG - never heard of them (we fish for halibut, salmon, steelhead, trout, etc.
here)

Lloyd


Striped bass. A fresh and salt water species. Sometimes large, but not
much of a fighter.

Ever catch a 35 inch 40 pounder on a fly rod or a 6 foot M spinning
rod with 20 lb test?

Yes to the flyrod, and I've caught 30# stripers on whippy little 5'
"ugly sticks," penn 4400SS spinners, with 8# test line. I don't think
they are great fighters.

To each their own I guess.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
"I object to fishing tournaments less for
what they do to fish than what they do to
fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:22:28 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:
If I have a choice of fighting a 20#
bluefish or a 20# striper, just for the sake of the fight, I'd pick the
blue every time.

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You bet. Pound for pound, nothing fights like a ticked off bluefish.

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 20:30:18 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:22:28 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:
If I have a choice of fighting a 20#
bluefish or a 20# striper, just for the sake of the fight, I'd pick the
blue every time.

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You bet. Pound for pound, nothing fights like a ticked off bluefish.

I caught some nice slammer blues this summer - in fact, that was about
all I really tangled with inshore until October when the striper
action really got hot along the shore.

They aren't that bad eatin' either if you gut and ice them
immediately. My son's fiance's father has a great recipe for bluefish
that is really tasty.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
"I object to fishing tournaments less for
what they do to fish than what they do to
fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 20:30:18 +0000, Wayne. wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:22:28 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:
If I have a choice of fighting a 20#
bluefish or a 20# striper, just for the sake of the fight, I'd pick the blue
every time.

===============================

You bet. Pound for pound, nothing fights like a ticked off bluefish.

How would they compare to a coho or steelhead?

Lloyd

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:27:54 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 20:30:18 +0000, Wayne. wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:22:28 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:
If I have a choice of fighting a 20#
bluefish or a 20# striper, just for the sake of the fight, I'd pick the blue
every time.

===============================

You bet. Pound for pound, nothing fights like a ticked off bluefish.

How would they compare to a coho or steelhead?

Can't speak to coho, but similar to steelhead.

As in most fishing, it all depends on the tackle. I've hit "snapper"
blue fish (1 lb +/-) on a light spinning rig and it's a battle. Hit
that same fish on a 11 foot surf rod or off an outrigger on a troll
and it's an annoyance.

I've had bluefish turn and run back at the boat like a striper will
and it turned into a "oh-hum" kind of thing. I specialize in light
tackle fishing (I'm not a charter captain - just a long time hobby) so
almost anything I catch is "fun" in the sense of tug and pull.

It's all about perspective. :)

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
"I object to fishing tournaments less for
what they do to fish than what they do to
fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 20:30:18 +0000, Wayne. wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:22:28 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:
If I have a choice of fighting a 20#
bluefish or a 20# striper, just for the sake of the fight, I'd pick the blue
every time.

===============================

You bet. Pound for pound, nothing fights like a ticked off bluefish.

How would they compare to a coho or steelhead?

Lloyd


Well, the blue is a more traditional boxer, so technque is important,
although I have heard that steelheads have one hell of a jab.

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 08:42:50 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:46:52 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


What were you fishing for?

The upper Thames River (past New London CT) has been producing an
incredible
number of over-winter stripers and while I haven't gone, the winter
flounder
fishing as been spectacular.


What the hell is a "striper" anyway? I hear about them all the time on
this
NG - never heard of them (we fish for halibut, salmon, steelhead, trout,
etc.
here)

They are a sal****er bass which spawns in marshy areas. The fresh
water stripers in the fresh water lakes out west are hybrids I
believe. Although you will find stripers in rivers where the salt and
fresh water mix.

Fun to catch - terrific eatin'...

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT


Though my boat is up for the winter, and for this I cry almost daily,
strippers are plentiful at the mouth of the Saco River in Maine and along
the coast. Mackerels are also plentiful before the blues come in and that's
when the fun begins. At times there are so many, schools of them, that you
can't give them away. Everybody has them and you don't have room to store
them. I fish from May to October and dig clams from January to May. Cohogs
are plentiful and available year round. Chopped up they make for a terrific
chowder.
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"I object to fishing tournaments less for
what they do to fish than what they do to
fishermen." Ted Williams - 1964