Ted, Mark and Wendle Presley

May 30th, 2008: Sunny and warm, Water Temp 74*and Clear. Picked the guys up at 5:30 this morning and set up on main lake 20 to 25 foot flats . We put out 8 planner boards and a bobber rigged with Gizzards and 7 downlines rigged with Herring and Gizz. Had 4 other friends out in their boats also today so I had a good feel for what the fish were doing, which wasn't much. This May has been the poorest May for Striper fishing that I can remember. I look forward to June, the downline bite and catching 20 to 50 fish a morning. We worked our spread for 9 hours today and caught 6 Stripers and a Walleye. Wendle is pictured with the Walleye, Ted and Mark holding the Stripers. We caught fish equally on boards and downlines today.

Bruce Cockerham, John Doyle, Dave Seybert, Lindy and Preston Ridinger

May 27th, 2008: Cloudy and Warm, Water Temp 72*.

Caught Herring early this morning and picked the guys up at 5:30. Realizing this was the day after the busiest weekend of the summer I anticipated the Stripers would be deep and nervous. I looked for schools of fish for awhile but never found fish bunched up, Stripers were spread out over deeper flats near the bottom. We set up on a deep flat and put out downlines . I told the guys that the first 10 minutes of the mornings fishing would probably dictate how the day would go. If the fish wanted to eat, they would hit the bait head first and we would have a great day. If they just hit the tails to kill the bait, we would only catch smaller fish. We had 10 hits in 15 minutes, boating 4 Stripers, all punks. I moved on looking for larger fish and checking out different depths and parts of the lake hoping to find larger fish that we could trick into eating. After spending 3 hours on the motor today and fishing a dozen different areas my suspicions ended up being correct, fishing sucked today. Although we had over 150 strikes and caught 15 Stripers, only 8 kept, and they were small. Can't wait for June and more stable weather patterns.

Chuck , Larry, Don and Daniel Tingler with Enrique Medina

May 24th, 2008 : Sunny and Pleasant, Memorial Weekend, Water Temp 69* and Clear.
Caught bait early and picked the guys up at the dock at 5:30 am. Set up on a point nearby with some fish on it but the fish did not want to eat. Found some other fish on a main lake flat and put downlines in their faces and the madness began. Fish really weren't eating today but more killing the baits. We hit 4 or 5 different places and by 11:30 we had witnessed about 200 strikes, catching a dozen Stripers, a bunch of Catfish and a couple of Bass. Don is pictured holding 2 of the largest Bass he has ever caught.

Bob Glynn with Dan and Bart

May 22nd, 2008: Partly Sunny and Cool, Water Temp 68* and Clear. Caught bait early and picked clients up at 5:30 and headed for a main lake flat. Found fish 30' deep and put downlines in their faces. Took only a couple minutes for the action to begin and by 7 o'clock we had already had over 50 bites. We worked the area for a while and fished a couple other similar areas and then hit a flat that was loaded with fish , put baits on them and all the lines went off for 30 minutes straight. The guys are pictured with the first fish they each caught. Today we had over 175 hits by 11am, loosing count of how many fish we caught. All fish were released today to be caught again.

Dan Torgerson with guests Willie Crum and James Deal

May 20th, 2008 : Rain and cool, Water temp 66* and Stained.
Got out on the water early and caught Herring and Gizzards and picked clients up at 5:30am. Set up a dozen free lines and 3 down lines on a main lake flat and pulled boards over 20 flats and points. By 8 we had only 1 Striper in the boat so I decided to make a move to down lines over deeper flats where I found schools of Stripers. We started getting hits immediatly and continued to till we ran out of bait. We went and caught more bait and set up on another deep flat with no luck there. James is holding a Bass he caught on a downline. Today we had close to 100 hits, catching Stripers, Bass and Catfish.

Goose, Senior. Brad Beckham and Bob Haas

May 16th, 2008: Rain and Clouds, Water temp 69*.

Got out early this morning and caught bait. Went directly to where I found some nice schools of fish yesterday and put an assortment of baits on them. We had 10 hits within 5 minutes , every hit the fish just hitting the back of the bait. I put out some huge Gizzards and pulled them across a flat and Goose put a 10 pounder in the boat. Pulled another 500 yards with no action so I went to downlines. Hit an area full of fish and had another 50 strikes. Went uplake and caught more bait and put out a spread of boards over a flat with fish on it and boated a 7 pounder, worked it for another 45 minutes, nothing. A friend called me over to what he thought were some feeding fish and we put a Striper in the boat. A major storm blew in and we had to get off the water. Today we had 60 to 70 hits , got wet and blown around the lake.

Brian Mohr

May 15th, 2008 : Sunny and Pleasant, Water Temp 69* and Very Stained.
Caught bait this morning and started off on a main lake flat pulling boards. Saw a lot of fish but after an hour only had 2 fish in the boat so we made a move. The rain over the last week has really muddied up the lake and I saw plenty of fish in the upper water column. I decided to run up lake and put the biggest baits I had out on the banks and the move paid off, catching 10 Stripers by noon. Brian is holding a 10 pounder.

Doug Ball

May 12th, 2008. Rain, Cold and Gloomy

Last night Lake Anna lost one of its most well liked and revered fisherman and resident, Striper Fisherman Doug Ball. Doug's laughter and Jolliness will be missed but not forgotten. We would like to express our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

The Gaines

May 7th, 2008: Sunny and Warm, Water Temp 72* and Clear.
Picked clients up early and went to catch bait. Set up on a main lake flat pulling big Gizzards. Immediately the Stripers started boiling the baits but would not hit them. I put out some smaller Herring but they would not get looked at so we continued to pull the gizzards but only boated 2 fish by 9am. Found a large school of Stripers on a deep flat and put downlines on them but they refused to hit our offerings. After working a couple of large school with no success I made another move and worked another school with limited success. We had 30 hits today catching 8 Stripers, 3 Bass and a couple Cats.

Greg and William Simms, Lars Jonsson

May 5th, 2008 : Sunny and Warm, Water Temp 68* and Clear.

Picked clients up at 4:30 and caught bait. Set up on a 15 foot flat pulling boards and after an hour of fish swirling our baits with no hook-ups I moved on. Ran a couple more flats with no luck and decided to try downlines over deeper fish. We ended up struggling to catch a dozen Stripers with clients keeping half of them.

Gary and Mathew Benoit

May 3rd, 2008: Sunny and windy, Water temp 71* and Clear.

Gary's wife Susan surpised him with a fishing trip for his birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY. Picked the guys up at 5:30, went and caught bait and setup on a 15 foot flat pulling boards . I also had 4 other friends out this morning fishing doing the same. After 1 hour of fishing and having a dozen swirls on our baits with no hook-ups and the other guys having similar action I converted to downlines and started catching fish. the wind , barometer and boat traffic put the fish down. We worked 3 or 4 areas today and caught 15 Stripers and a few Catfish. Gary and his son are pictured holding 2 of the better fish, a 10 1/2 and 9 pound Striper.

Paul Henon and Gary Skillihorn

Would you ever use this for Bait?

May 2nd, 2008 : Sunny and Warm, Water Temp 69* and clear. Picked clients up at 5:30 and headed up lake to fish. I caught bait yesterday so we could get an early start. Set up on a main lake flat and pulled 10 boards, a bobber and a couple of down lines. Ran my spread for 3 hours only putting a couple of fish in the boat so I decided to go catch some fresh bait and we did. Came right back to where I fished this morning because I saw so many fish there earlier and put out the same spread. On the way back from catching bait Gary pulled out a Banana and Paul gave him grief for bring it aboard and it being bad luck, reminding him of the 2 very nice fish he lost earlier. Anyway, the banana was off the boat and we were going to give it our best shot. We continued to run the same area the rest of the day, and we nailed them. Gary catching the largest fish of the day after loosing the banana, a 16 1/2 pound Striper. We only had 2 dozen strikes today, catching 8 Stripers and a couple of Cats.

John Chadduck with cliets Liege Brown and Dica Pereira

May 2nd, 2008 : Sunny and Warm, Water Temp 69*.

John went out early and caught bait then picked his clients up at 6 am. He pulled the mouths of creeks, points and humps today with boards. His clients had 20 strikes today, catching 10 Stripers and keeping 4 . Good Job Guys.

Robert Hornung and Brian Sharp

April 30th, 2008: Sunny and pleasant, Water Temp 66* and Clear.

Picked clients up at 5:30 am and spent the next 2 hours catching bait. Set up on a main lake flat that I found fish on yesterday and pulled my spread over it. On our first 3 passes we caught fish but they turned off at 9. Appeared to be a early morning bite and we missed most of it catching bait. We moved and set up on a school of fish in 30 feet of water and put downlines on them but only got bumped twice so I relocated to another main lake flat and put out my spread again. Fish were everywhere on the depth finder but just did not want to eat. They are spawning heavily now and are not real interested in eating mid day. We ended up only getting 13 strikes today . The water temp has dropped 8 * in less than a week, it is going to warm right back up and I am sure so will the fishing.

Blaine Lampton, Paul Maples, Doug Empson and Don 'fingers' Empson

April 29th, 2008: Rain, Sunny, Cloudy, Cold and Windy. Water Temp 67* and Clear.

Picked clients up at High Point at 5:30 and went and caught bait up lake. Threw for about an hour and a half then set up on a ridge mid lake pulling boards , bobber and down lines. Saw a lot of fish 20 to 30 feet deep but they would not hit the downlines. Some blew up on the boards. I knew it would be a long day after pulling 200 yards, seeing all those fish and only getting 3 or 4 hits. We continued to pull the ridge back and forth till the fish left putting a half a dozen fish in the boat. We went and caught more bait and set up on a up lake flat in 10 feet of water and worked it and some channel points with limited success so we moved again and tried working a large school in 28 feet of water but they would not bite. I left them and looked for broken up bait for awhile and found what I wanted on a 20 foot flat and set out the boards again. The weather hassled us all day with wind and rain but we finally got into a few fish. Doug caught the big fish of the day, a 12 3/4 p0under there with a couple other nice fish. Fingers decided to let a nice one go later on in the day and we also had a Monster Striper blow one of our baits out of the water on that spot. We had 25 strikes today with clients keeping 11 Stripers, releasing a Bass, Catfish and an Osprey that hit our bait with his talon.

Brian Mohr , Parents Joe and Sherri, John , Randy and Phil

April 25th, 2008 : Sunny and Warm, Water Temp 72* and Clear.

This is the second part of my day, had other clients earlier and dropped them off at 2:30 and picked up this motley crew. Brian is a good friend, client and sportsman. He took Joe and Phil out this morning for a successful Turkey hunt and wanted to end the day on the lake turning on his family and friends to a beautiful evening Striper fishing on the lake. We went and caught a few more baits and set up where we caught fish this morning. By now the lake was buzzing with boat traffic , people arriving early for the weekend and Bass boaters practicing for tomorrows tournaments. We pulled the area for 2 hours, getting 8 to 10 hits but only boating 2 or 3 there so we decided to move. We wanted to hit a spawning flat uplake so we went there at 6 pm and put out a dozen baits, pulled the short flat, the fish did not cooperate there so I decided to get the baits up and hit another spawning flat just downlake. We set up on it with an hour of daylight left in the day and started getting hits. We knew we had made the right move and had the possibility of loading the boat. The fish were here and we started putting Stripers in the boat. I made a turn to hit the flat again and worked even shallower. The fish were really turning on now but we kept getting run over by boats and jet skis which would put the fish down. It didn't matter too much, the evening was beautiful, the company and fishing great, clients catching 8 or 10 Stripers to take home for dinner. Brian is a regular client and brings his friend John along usually on the fishing trips. Today is the first day John made it through the trip without Brian or myself reminding him not to set the hook, touch the line and follow the fish. I am not sure if it was because he was sober or the fact that he did not ever grab a rod this evening! Just kidding you John, I know it was too early to drink and you were driving home.

With the lake warming like it has I expect fishing to just get better and better as long as the weather will cooperate. Today we had well over 50 ferocious strikes with many of the fish winning the battle.

Sammy Mountjoy, Bobby and Matt Barnes, Ronnie Keefer

April 25th, 2008 : Sunny and warm, Water Temp 72* and Clear.
Picked clients up today at 5am to get an early start. I caught bait yesterday so we could be fishing at first light and take advantage of the early bite. Set up with a spread of 10 Planner boards , a bobber and a couple of downlines and pulled main lake flats in 10 to 25 feet of water. It didn't take long for the action to begin and once it did it was non stop for 3 hours till we ran out of bait. We decided to go catch more bait and left the area , buzzards had found us and were circling in for the kill and we thought once we leave, they would . Caught 50 more baits and came back and set up on the same area. By now the boat traffic was heavy but the fisherman were gone so we could work where we wanted to unmolested. The fish still cooperated and by 1:30 we called it quits and went back to the marina to get some pictures. Matt caught a beautiful citation Bass weighing well over 8 pounds that had already spawned. He got a citation for the Bass and released the fish to be caught again. This morning we had 40 strikes, clients keeping 13 Stripers to take home with a lot of memories. The water Temp has risen 10 degrees in a week and this lake has turned on!

Claude Lawson and Steve Zebarth

April 22nd, 2008 : Cloudy and cool, Water Temp 64*.

Got out on the water at 5:15 and caught bait and set up on some points and flats in the mouths of creeks pulling boards. Put one in the boat on the first pull , fished them for another hour with no hits and relocated main lake. Had 3 fish hook up while I was trying to set up and only got one of them in the boat. Pulled a main lake flat and put a couple more in the boat and then all of a sudden the fish turned off. We tried a couple of other spots with no success. We struggled today for 5 Stripers with only a dozen hits. We need some stable weather!

Mark and Tim McClung

Friday, April 18th, 2008 : Sunny and warm, Water temps 62* and Clear.

Picked clients up at 5:30 am and ran uplake. We set up on main lake points around the mouth of a river pulling 10 planner boards, a bobber and a couple of downlines. After a bright full moon last night I was a little concerned that the fish had feed pretty hard last night. We hit the first point with no action so I pulled over to a point that I knew Stripers were spawning on. On the first pull we had 4 fish blow up on our baits and Mark hooked up on the largest one of the day. We turned and hit the point 4 more times only to have the fish roll the baits, not wanting to feed. There was a lot of chatter on the radio this morning, other fisherman experiencing the same situations. I move to other points, only to get short strikes. I decided to go catch more fresh bait so we could be ready when the fish decided to turn on. We set up on a deeper area off a main feeding flat and saw fish deep over 25 feet of water. We put boards and downlines out but on got hits on the boards. We attempted to pull the flat but every time we approached the flat boats would run over it, keeping the fish deep. We hung out there the rest of of the day , getting more and more strikes as the day progressed. We ended up with 7 Stripers after getting 19 strikes. We hooked up with a half a dozen more but just could not get them in the boat. The fish were definitely affected by the full moon last night!

Carroll Masters, Paul Gibson, Pete Yingling, Glen Rapp, Lynn Scott

April 17th, 2008 : Sunny , Water Temp 60* and Clear.

Got a late start this morning and took 3 hours to catch bait. I am sure we missed the first bite of the morning but we set up on a shallow feeding flat hoping to catch the tail end of the feed. We did get a couple of strikes just as I finished putting the lines out but it was clear the fish were not interested in eating. After working shallow and deeper waters we hit a couple different areas and just could not put much together today. We ended up with only four Stripers but after talking to 5 other fisherman today it seemed the fish were just turned off. I dropped my clients off at the Marina at 3:30 and went back out and caught bait for tomorrows clients so we could get an early start.