Paul Henon, George Hussy and George Barboza

Sunny , NE wind, water temp 75*
After getting beat up yesterday I was looking forward to an easier day of fishing. Caught about 30 nice shad and proceeded to run some shallow flats before the sun got too bright. Caught a few in 3 to 5' of water before moving out to deeper flats. Had a decent day considering the barometer rising so rapidly. Clients kept 10 Stripers for 50 pounds. Also caught some nice cats.

Tom McFillan

Todays Forcast: Cloudy and rain, winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph
Woke up this morning and went outside to get the boat ready and got blown away by the wind. Tried to reach my client before he left to cancel the trip but couldn't. Met at the marina and since we were there we decided to give it a try. Took 2 hours to catch bait, probably because of the barometer crashing. Had to fish in the only place on the lake where I could hold the boat, on a bluff bank. Needless to say, we had a poor day with catching on 3 Stripers and 6 Cats. Took no picture.

Paul Mader, George Mader and Butch Hardman

Partly cloudy, light winds , Water temps Mid 70's
Took about 45 minutes to collect 30 Gizzard shad before we could go fishing. My client lived on the lake so I decided to lay out my spread right in front of his house. On our first pass we hooked up with 3 nice Stripers. They were so excited they called their wives up and told them to look outside. They held up their catch and it was a good begining of a nice day. We started off fishing a point 5 to 10' deep in front of their house and later hit flats in the 15' range. Ended up catching some nice cats and clients kept 10 Stripers for 52 pounds.

Jim Chen, Dave and Jonathan Wabeke

Sunny and warm, winds calm, Water temp 77*
Started off the day serching for Gizzard Shad to use for bait. Took about 45 minutes to collect 25 baits and I laid out 8 planner boards and a bobber and proceeded to fish right where we caught bait. Before I got all the boards out we got jambed and I put Jonathan on the rod. We landed that Striper , finished putting out the rest of the lines and had constant action the rest of the day. I think we got Dave's son hooked on fishing. We had 23 strikes, caught a few cats and my clients kept 13 Stripers for 54 lbs.

Jeff Collins, Senior Sajhafi, and Cole Marsh

Sept.21,2005 Sunny and warm, water temp 82*
Picked up clients at 6:30 and went in search of bait. Looked main lake for a school of gizzard shad because thats where I caught them yesterday but all the bait was still broke up from the night before. Went to the back of a creek and found them in 12'of water, made 6 casts and we were loaded. Set out 8 planner boards, a bobber and a free line. Within 5 minutes we started getting hit. Had 9 strikes by 8:30 and put some nice stripers in the boat. Went and caught more bait and tried a different location. Found some monsters {for this time of year} and had our way with them until some idiot ran thru my spread and spooked the fish. Ended up with 21 hits, lost or broke off 4 Big fish, kept 12 fish for 71 pounds, largest striper 12.2 lbs.

Jim

Date :9/20/05 Sunny and hot, Water temp 82*
I have been off the water for the last 2 months with a few exceptions due to the water being too hot for the fish to be active enough to entertain my clients. When the water temp is above 85* the dissolved oxygen in the lake is extremely poor consequently the blood oxygen in the striper is so bad that it makes the striper sick [like us being nauseated]. I have clients tomorrow so I am looking for fish today for them to catch tomorrow. Once the fish feel better and want to eat they want to spent as little energy as they can and eat as large a meal as they can so I looked for some big gizzard shad to run on planner boards. Ran boards over 10 to 15 foot flats and caught a few 6 pounders. Decided to find another pattern and went to the back of a creek that was loaded with bait, put out boards and spanked them. I came off the water at 1 o'clock , had 16 hits, caught 10 stripers, 4 fish over 30 inches, my first 4 keepers are in the picture. I'm excited about tomorrow and I guess I will call my clients who have been patient [ wanting to fish for the last month] and start booking trips for the rest of the year.

The Bush's

Date; Sept 14, 2005 Cloudy, rainy and windy, water temp 85*
Due to hurricane conditions fishing was tough today and the fish were scattered everywhere. About the only fish caught today were caught by these two guys in a secret honey hole.
All kidding aside, our prayers go out to all the people affected by the hurricane and there loved ones. Godspeed to the president and all the people helping with this tragedy.

The Jennings

Date 7/19 05 Sunny and hot, Water temp 90*
Caught herring easily this morning and found breaking fish early. Thru pencil poppers at them and put downlines on them and had a ball for 30 minutes. After the action was over fishing got tough again. Fished hard the rest of the day, had probably 40 strikes, clients kept 8 Stripers For 58 pounds, largest fish were a 10 and a 12 pounder.

Danny Marshal, Byron and John

Date 7/18/05 Sunny and Hot, Air mid 90,s, Water 89*
The weather has been hot and the water temp is to hot for fish to be comfortable in. Very little oxygen in there blood makes the fish feel sick and they can't escape the heat because the thermocline is at 26'. Saw fish breaking in the morning and had fun with them then struggled to catch fish on downlines the rest of the day. Had 40 to 50 hits but fish were striking short and lost most. Clients kept 8 stripers for 36pounds.

Todd and Bonnie Lewis

Date 7/14/05 Sunny and hot, Water temp 88*
Fishing with regular clients today. Caught herring and found a school breaking early in the morning. Clients thru Pencil poppers at them and caught a few punks. I put downlines on the school and caught 8 but most were small. Left that school in search of bigger fish. Found another school and by 7.15 am we had our limit. Found 4 or 5 other schools and wore them out, releasing all of them. Clients caught 40 stripers, Kept 12 for 53 pounds.

Buck Collins and Bob Ianuzzi

Date 7 13/05 Sunny and Hot, Water temp 86*
Today's fishing was tough. Caught herring easily and ran downlines on 25' to 45' flats with sporadic action. Fishing got better in the afternoon and ended up with 12 stripers for 53 lbs.

Steve Miller and Paul Piatt

Date 7/12/05 Beautiful day , Water temp 85*
Caught herring and fished downlines on 30' flats. Fishing was good and clients kept 12 Stripers for 67 pounds.

Chad, Denette, Nadine and Hillery

Date 7/07/05 Sunny and Pleasant, Water temp 85*
Caught herring easily and fished flats in 35' of water. Fishing was good and we had over 50 hits, clients kept 16 Stripers for 84 pounds.

David Makagon, Mark, Ryan, David, Mark Jr. Huber

Date 7 /06/05 Sunny, air temp 90*, Water temp 84*
Caught herring easily and ran downlines on 30' flats early in the morning with limited success. Had numerous hits but put only a few keeper fish in the boat. Worked our way downlake to the 40' to 50' flats and scored on some big schools of stripers. Lost count of hits but we went thru 125 baits catching stripers and cats. Clients kept 16 stripers for 84 pounds, largest fish 9.5 pounds.

Bill Hamilton

Date 7/05/05 Sunny and pleasant , Water temp 85*
Did not fish the last 4 days due to boat traffic on July 4 th weekend. Tried a couple of areas around the splits , moved downlake and found a school by the powerplant, every line went off , lost count of fish cought but was in by 11 am, kept 8 stripers for 48 pounds, 2 over 12 pounds.

Al Rogenski

Date 6/04/05 Partly cloudy
Fished downlines on 25' flats With good success. Clients had 50 hits , kept 18 Stripers for 81 pounds.

Scott, Dana, George and George Jr.

Date 7/01/05 Pretty morning, Sunny , Water temp 84*
Another great day of fishing. We had constant action, had to catch herring twice, fished flats 30' deep. Must of had 80 to 90 good hits, Clients kept 18 stripers for 96 pounds.

Rich,Sean, Chauncy, Ryan and Andrew

Date 6/30/05 Sunny, Air 90*, Water temp 85

Father and four sons fished today, was concerned with there level of experence at first but boy did they show me. Caught herring and fished downlines on 30' flats. Again the larger stripers did not want to feed well but we had plenty of hits[60 to 70]. Guys did great and caught stripers and cats, kept 12 for 52 pounds, a pleasure to fish with. I am sure there will be some great fisherman in this group in the future.

Ricky Foard

Date 6/28/05 Beautiful day,water temp 84

Perfect morning, Bait was easy, fish cooperated everywhere we went, clients fished well, had 60 hits by 11 am, kept 16 stripers for 70 pounds, a great morning of striper fishing.

Steve, Mike, Jeff and Ben

Date 6/27/05 Partly sunny and pleasant, Water temp 84*

Knew I was in for an interesting day when within the first 10 minutes ot trying to catch bait my clients son made 15 laps around the boat with his father yelling at him 30 times to sit down. Anyway ,I caught bait and we went fishing. Ran herring on downlines on 30' flats early with good success. Took clients awhile to get the hang of things but once they did they jammed em. Fish turned off uplake so we moved down to 45' flats and found a mega school. Had over 70 hits, clients kept 20 stripers for 92 pounds and got off the water early.