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I’ve caught and released 10s of thousands of stripers over the last 36 years of fishing for them. It’s called torpedoing them into the water to get them down to the depth you brought them from. It’s habit formed from fishing warm waters for them. These fish were caught in middle of winter and were perfectly fine after releases.

If I believe a Striper is over stressed and overheated I will stick them into my bait tank with the oxygen cranked up and give them 15 minutes before I release them. In the summer time I do this with most big fish and incorporate a seaquelizer to help release them into the thermocline

This was a fish that was stressed from an overly lengthy fight and my release tactics were on par with the situation. ruclips.net/video/FoCoo3HffgA/видео.htmlsi=Iypf1B1mhI9i78xK

@@David-n9l1x I’m using the Okuma Captain Mack’s Planer Board/Live bait rods in this video

I figure the taped nets might be easier for the casual weekend warrior crew. You can throw any yet you so choose lol

@@pamountainmilitia3977 the bomber and Redfin bite has also declined on Lake Lanier over the last 10 years as well. Used to be able to do 20+ fish nights pretty consistently from late February all the way into May and now if you get double digits you’ve really done something

Are you fishing Wallenpaupack?

It’s called a topwater tackle bait tank. A local guy in the Lanier area made a bunch of them about 14 years ago and they were really popular for a couple years but he folded up shop because his overhead to have the tanks rotomolded and plumbed didn’t leave much meat on the bone. IMO it’s one of the better tanks made for carrying bluebacks. It has a built in pump and filter system that you can direct to pump the tank out or into the filter box. It can run on as little as 12 gallon or at max fill at 58 gallons. Its one and only drawback is that it’s less than ideal for carrying shad over 10 inches. But trout, herring dollar billl sized shad and everything else it’s money. I can put 8+ dozen in there with it filled and the bait are still pristine by days end even on the HOT days of summer.

We bought one when they first started producing and it was great but sold it when we got the big fish bug and went with the Super Bait tank 50 gallon for hauling big shad around. Took me a few months but I found this one in new condition in Tennessee for $300 so I ran up and bought it that day

The bite on shiner has finally slowed down for me. I was still catching them frequently on shiners until the first week in may. I tried them several more times but it’s been all herring for me lately

Yes it was! I got that double in the boat and just beat the rain out of the parking of the ramp lol

I tell you what the next video I do I will try and go over the downlines in detail and cover most of the basics.

@@JerseycatsFishing that would be awesome! I’m primarily an offshore angler, so I’m learning a lot about how to striper fish. I’ve not had much luck finding/catching them this time of year, so any pointers on where/how to look for them would also be appreciated!

@@AverageDIYdudeI got some good video today (I think, the GoPro tends to be full of surprises) with I’ll turn it into a full run down for what I was doing and the rigs etc

I got some footage this weekend. I’ll get to work today on a good detailed video of the down lines and setup 👍

Those were prophetic words I spoke above. My GoPro Max 360 decided (on its own) to stop recording in 360 format after about an hour and then started filming with just one lense. In short half of the battles on the boat today took place in the front of the boat while the camera was only filming the back half of the boat 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Thank you 🙏 It sure is nice to know we have some decent stripers like that one roaming the deity’s of Lanier again😊

Thank you Jodi!!!! Hopefully one day in the next few weeks I will be able to take a break from North Georgia and come up there and bend some rods on some flat cats!

Yessir. Sometimes it’s the only way I can get them to bite in late summer is to get that bait away from the boat. The only thing I do differently is adjust the clip to be stiffer so the fish has to bury the board when it bites. If I don’t do that the clip releases the line and the fish makes off without setting the hook and half the time I don’t even notice since I’m moving so slowly

Thanks not sure the little water bugz boards will do good with down lining but I thought Mack's 7 inch boards would

You’re correct the water bugs don’t have enough foam on them to float a heaving swivel sinker effectively

Someone else had asked me that and I keep forgetting to get the name off of it. I’ll do my best to remember to get the name when I get home

I poked around and talked to Jeremy and he said it was probably a guy named Fred. I looked around for ya on Facebook to send you a friend request later that week but I couldn’t find ya. That was the first time I’d fished Carters during the daylight hours. I’d fished it plenty at night and had some really good nights but I had been avoiding it during the day due to the timing and bait issue. I’ll be back at night again one day in the near future.

This was about a half mile below Lula Bridge 👍

Thank you for the feedback brother! More to come!

Thank you Lanny! I appreciate the feedback buddy 👍

I use size #1 gamakatsu Octopus hooks. 90% of the time I hook the herring through the upper jaw just in front of the eyes. If you go too far back into the skull you’ll kill the herring by stabbing the brain, to far forward and you’ll hook the herring in the paper thin membrane and the bait will wriggle off the hook.

It was back in January I believe.

I'm not a fan of freshwater stripers for eating. To each his own 😊

A friend picked it up at a small thrift store for me for like $10. Not sure of the name off hand I'll check and get back to you 👍

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That depends heavily on the day and weather patterns but if I were rubbing boards that time of year abd looking for a big stripe I would run boards up shallow with some big shad ln and around the 3 to 5ft eep range and have the spread with some planers boards on the other side pulling over deeper water.

As far as artificial goes stealth trolling mini Mac umbrella rigs from captain macks has become a proven and super effective way to catch a bunch of hybrids when they are running

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I use all different sizes depending on the bait in using and the depth of the fish, but if I was to choose the one I use the most, it would be #5 removable splitshots from water gremlin

Thanks, will do!

I hook pretty much everything through the upper jaw. Herring I hook through the upper jaw just in front of the eyes in the beginning of the hard plate. Any further back and you'll stab the brain any further forward and the herring will get off the hook. Shad and trout I hook 3/8 of an inch deep into the upper jaw in the bony plate

Thanks you da man