On Jan 20, 9:59*am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
It seems like a majority of the striper fishermen in Chesapeake Bay use
heavy tackle to try to catch these fish. In trolling season, they slow
troll huge and heavy umbrella rigs, or single but monster sized hard
baits, or they'll further pollute the Bay by "chumming." It isn't unusual
to see 20 to 40 boats trolling the same small area, in hopes I guess, of
snagging a fish.

All this for fish that, relative to their size, don't fight that hard, at
least not around here. But typically they are the biggest fish in most of
the Bay, so lots of guys target them. The sad thing is that the larger
fish just don't taste very good.

Sometimes you'll see a pod of small, breaking fish, and if you have some
light tackle handle, you can toss a bait into the pod and catch a bluefish
or a striper.

If you want to catch a variety of decent-sized "fighting" fish around
here, you should fish the mouth of the Bay, near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunner around Norfolk-Virginia Beach, or the nearshore or offshore
wrecks down there.

Good Lord...sounds like a light commercial operation.
I'm not that interested in fishing, but did enjoy taking the boys out with a
rod & reel when they were young. *Oddly enough, my #2 son seems to enjoy
fishing with his buddies on occasion. He's already eying my Yukon but I
insisted he take the course & get his 'Operator' card first.
Plus...some first hand familiarization on operating the boat.
Might be easier just to send him down to Capt Tom SW for a bootcamp first.

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:05:09 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 20, 9:59*am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
It seems like a majority of the striper fishermen in Chesapeake Bay use
heavy tackle to try to catch these fish. In trolling season, they slow
troll huge and heavy umbrella rigs, or single but monster sized hard
baits, or they'll further pollute the Bay by "chumming." It isn't unusual
to see 20 to 40 boats trolling the same small area, in hopes I guess, of
snagging a fish.

All this for fish that, relative to their size, don't fight that hard, at
least not around here. But typically they are the biggest fish in most of
the Bay, so lots of guys target them. The sad thing is that the larger
fish just don't taste very good.

Sometimes you'll see a pod of small, breaking fish, and if you have some
light tackle handle, you can toss a bait into the pod and catch a bluefish
or a striper.

If you want to catch a variety of decent-sized "fighting" fish around
here, you should fish the mouth of the Bay, near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunner around Norfolk-Virginia Beach, or the nearshore or offshore
wrecks down there.

Good Lord...sounds like a light commercial operation.
I'm not that interested in fishing, but did enjoy taking the boys out with a
rod & reel when they were young. *Oddly enough, my #2 son seems to enjoy
fishing with his buddies on occasion. He's already eying my Yukon but I
insisted he take the course & get his 'Operator' card first.
Plus...some first hand familiarization on operating the boat.
Might be easier just to send him down to Capt Tom SW for a bootcamp first.

Yeah, that'll do it...bootcamp with SW Tom. The mounties will arrest him
at the border upon his return.

As for the slow trolling with heavy tackle, well, there are plenty of
guys down here who do it.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's got to be almost as boring as flounder fishing...

It can be, until three rods go down and there's only two people on board!
--
Red Herring

wrote:
On Jan 20, 9:59 am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
It seems like a majority of the striper fishermen in Chesapeake Bay use
heavy tackle to try to catch these fish. In trolling season, they slow
troll huge and heavy umbrella rigs, or single but monster sized hard
baits, or they'll further pollute the Bay by "chumming." It isn't unusual
to see 20 to 40 boats trolling the same small area, in hopes I guess, of
snagging a fish.
All this for fish that, relative to their size, don't fight that hard, at
least not around here. But typically they are the biggest fish in most of
the Bay, so lots of guys target them. The sad thing is that the larger
fish just don't taste very good.
Sometimes you'll see a pod of small, breaking fish, and if you have some
light tackle handle, you can toss a bait into the pod and catch a bluefish
or a striper.
If you want to catch a variety of decent-sized "fighting" fish around
here, you should fish the mouth of the Bay, near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunner around Norfolk-Virginia Beach, or the nearshore or offshore
wrecks down there.
Good Lord...sounds like a light commercial operation.
I'm not that interested in fishing, but did enjoy taking the boys out with a
rod & reel when they were young. Oddly enough, my #2 son seems to enjoy
fishing with his buddies on occasion. He's already eying my Yukon but I
insisted he take the course & get his 'Operator' card first.
Plus...some first hand familiarization on operating the boat.
Might be easier just to send him down to Capt Tom SW for a bootcamp first.
Yeah, that'll do it...bootcamp with SW Tom. The mounties will arrest him
at the border upon his return.

As for the slow trolling with heavy tackle, well, there are plenty of
guys down here who do it.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's got to be almost as boring as flounder fishing...


Especially flounder fishing in Lake Lanier.

HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 20, 9:59 am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
It seems like a majority of the striper fishermen in Chesapeake Bay
use
heavy tackle to try to catch these fish. In trolling season, they slow
troll huge and heavy umbrella rigs, or single but monster sized hard
baits, or they'll further pollute the Bay by "chumming." It isn't
unusual
to see 20 to 40 boats trolling the same small area, in hopes I
guess, of
snagging a fish.
All this for fish that, relative to their size, don't fight that
hard, at
least not around here. But typically they are the biggest fish in
most of
the Bay, so lots of guys target them. The sad thing is that the larger
fish just don't taste very good.
Sometimes you'll see a pod of small, breaking fish, and if you have
some
light tackle handle, you can toss a bait into the pod and catch a
bluefish
or a striper.
If you want to catch a variety of decent-sized "fighting" fish around
here, you should fish the mouth of the Bay, near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunner around Norfolk-Virginia Beach, or the nearshore or
offshore
wrecks down there.
Good Lord...sounds like a light commercial operation.
I'm not that interested in fishing, but did enjoy taking the boys
out with a
rod & reel when they were young. Oddly enough, my #2 son seems to
enjoy
fishing with his buddies on occasion. He's already eying my Yukon but I
insisted he take the course & get his 'Operator' card first.
Plus...some first hand familiarization on operating the boat.
Might be easier just to send him down to Capt Tom SW for a bootcamp
first.
Yeah, that'll do it...bootcamp with SW Tom. The mounties will arrest him
at the border upon his return.

As for the slow trolling with heavy tackle, well, there are plenty of
guys down here who do it.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's got to be almost as boring as flounder fishing...


Especially flounder fishing in Lake Lanier.

Harry,
Actually we don't have flounder in Lake Lanier, but we do have some very
hard fighting stripers.

On Jan 20, 10:31*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 20, 9:59 am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
It seems like a majority of the striper fishermen in Chesapeake Bay
use
heavy tackle to try to catch these fish. In trolling season, they slow
troll huge and heavy umbrella rigs, or single but monster sized hard
baits, or they'll further pollute the Bay by "chumming." It isn't
unusual
to see 20 to 40 boats trolling the same small area, in hopes I
guess, of
snagging a fish.
All this for fish that, relative to their size, don't fight that
hard, at
least not around here. But typically they are the biggest fish in
most of
the Bay, so lots of guys target them. The sad thing is that the larger
fish just don't taste very good.
Sometimes you'll see a pod of small, breaking fish, and if you have
some
light tackle handle, you can toss a bait into the pod and catch a
bluefish
or a striper.
If you want to catch a variety of decent-sized "fighting" fish around
here, you should fish the mouth of the Bay, near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunner around Norfolk-Virginia Beach, or the nearshore or
offshore
wrecks down there.
Good Lord...sounds like a light commercial operation.
I'm not that interested in fishing, but did enjoy taking the boys
out with a
rod & reel when they were young. *Oddly enough, my #2 son seems to
enjoy
fishing with his buddies on occasion. He's already eying my Yukon but I
insisted he take the course & get his 'Operator' card first.
Plus...some first hand familiarization on operating the boat.
Might be easier just to send him down to Capt Tom SW for a bootcamp
first.
Yeah, that'll do it...bootcamp with SW Tom. The mounties will arrest him
at the border upon his return.

As for the slow trolling with heavy tackle, well, there are plenty of
guys down here who do it.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's got to be almost as boring as flounder fishing...

Especially flounder fishing in Lake Lanier.

Harry,
Actually we don't have flounder in Lake Lanier, but we do have some very
hard fighting stripers.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And smallmouth, largemouth, spotted, white and hybrid bass. Along with
trout, bluegill, crappie, huge catfish, drum, etc.

wrote:
On Jan 20, 10:31 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 20, 9:59 am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
It seems like a majority of the striper fishermen in Chesapeake Bay
use
heavy tackle to try to catch these fish. In trolling season, they slow
troll huge and heavy umbrella rigs, or single but monster sized hard
baits, or they'll further pollute the Bay by "chumming." It isn't
unusual
to see 20 to 40 boats trolling the same small area, in hopes I
guess, of
snagging a fish.
All this for fish that, relative to their size, don't fight that
hard, at
least not around here. But typically they are the biggest fish in
most of
the Bay, so lots of guys target them. The sad thing is that the larger
fish just don't taste very good.
Sometimes you'll see a pod of small, breaking fish, and if you have
some
light tackle handle, you can toss a bait into the pod and catch a
bluefish
or a striper.
If you want to catch a variety of decent-sized "fighting" fish around
here, you should fish the mouth of the Bay, near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunner around Norfolk-Virginia Beach, or the nearshore or
offshore
wrecks down there.
Good Lord...sounds like a light commercial operation.
I'm not that interested in fishing, but did enjoy taking the boys
out with a
rod & reel when they were young. Oddly enough, my #2 son seems to
enjoy
fishing with his buddies on occasion. He's already eying my Yukon but I
insisted he take the course & get his 'Operator' card first.
Plus...some first hand familiarization on operating the boat.
Might be easier just to send him down to Capt Tom SW for a bootcamp
first.
Yeah, that'll do it...bootcamp with SW Tom. The mounties will arrest him
at the border upon his return.
As for the slow trolling with heavy tackle, well, there are plenty of
guys down here who do it.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
That's got to be almost as boring as flounder fishing...
Especially flounder fishing in Lake Lanier.
Harry,
Actually we don't have flounder in Lake Lanier, but we do have some very
hard fighting stripers.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And smallmouth, largemouth, spotted, white and hybrid bass. Along with
trout, bluegill, crappie, huge catfish, drum, etc.


No boat needed...just walk along the wide shoreline and pick them up out
of the mud, eh?

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:53:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

And smallmouth, largemouth, spotted, white and hybrid bass. Along with
trout, bluegill, crappie, huge catfish, drum, etc.

I love cat fishing. Around these parts, the cats tend to be channel
cats on the small side - say, less than ten pounds or so. We also
have horned pout which can run up to 3/4 pounds sometimes.

I was fishing Lake Marion last summer with a guide out of Santee -
great guy, real knowledgable, put me on a channel cat that was 30
pounds easy. Used a commercial blood bait - we must have caught 10
fish that day, not one under 20 pounds.

Good eatin' too.

You folks have carp down there?

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:53:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

And smallmouth, largemouth, spotted, white and hybrid bass. Along with
trout, bluegill, crappie, huge catfish, drum, etc.

I love cat fishing. Around these parts, the cats tend to be channel
cats on the small side - say, less than ten pounds or so. We also
have horned pout which can run up to 3/4 pounds sometimes.

I was fishing Lake Marion last summer with a guide out of Santee -
great guy, real knowledgable, put me on a channel cat that was 30
pounds easy. Used a commercial blood bait - we must have caught 10
fish that day, not one under 20 pounds.

Good eatin' too.

You folks have carp down there?


Mess much with salt water catfish? Great little fighters, stinky fish.

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:26:52 -0500, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:53:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:

And smallmouth, largemouth, spotted, white and hybrid bass. Along with
trout, bluegill, crappie, huge catfish, drum, etc.

I love cat fishing. Around these parts, the cats tend to be channel
cats on the small side - say, less than ten pounds or so. We also
have horned pout which can run up to 3/4 pounds sometimes.

I was fishing Lake Marion last summer with a guide out of Santee -
great guy, real knowledgable, put me on a channel cat that was 30
pounds easy. Used a commercial blood bait - we must have caught 10
fish that day, not one under 20 pounds.

Good eatin' too.

You folks have carp down there?


Mess much with salt water catfish? Great little fighters, stinky fish.

When I run into them, I generally pack up and move.

--Vic

On Jan 20, 11:23*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:53:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:
And smallmouth, largemouth, spotted, white and hybrid bass. Along with
trout, bluegill, crappie, huge catfish, drum, etc.

I love cat fishing. *Around these parts, the cats tend to be channel
cats on the small side - say, less than ten pounds or so. *We also
have horned pout which can run up to 3/4 pounds sometimes.


I was fishing Lake Marion last summer with a guide out of Santee -
great guy, real knowledgable, put me on a channel cat that was 30
pounds easy. *Used a commercial blood bait - we must have caught 10
fish that day, not one under 20 pounds.

Good eatin' too.

You folks have carp down there?

Yes, we have carp but not as prolific as some places. I either by my
blood bait or sometimes, if I know ahead of time that I'll be
catfishing, I'll make some.