5-7-11 Striper (With a Picture of Stomach Contents)

[FishinsMyLife]

Headed out tonight hoping to catch some stripers after the water dropped (they ran it 10 feet higher than the normal flow right now). Had a follower early and one bite. He was big enough, so I kept one for a change.

Filleted him and decided to check the stomach contents out since I felt something hard in it.

1 half-digested fish of some kind, 4 crawfish plus several small claws, and a gumball (from a sweetgum tree). That last one had me laughing. Pretty neat stuff.

 

[poolie]

Nice fish! Maybe you stumbled across the next hot bait... gumball baits.

 

[Brine]

Nice one.

I didn't realize they ate crawfish that much.

 

[lswoody]

Nice one.

I didn't realize they ate crawfish that much.

I didn't either. Thanks for sharing.

 

[jkbirocz]

If you would have given that fish more time I bet it would have had a clown x-rap in its stomach as well. Glad to see you fishing again. Gotta love those stripers, they sure are delicious and a blast to catch. I am pretty sure stripers will eat whatever is abundantly available, just like me :lol:

 

[Captain Ahab]

Very nice stuff - they will eat anything crazy fish

 

[FishingCop]

Way to go FML, nice one =D>

 

[shamoo]

Nice FML, they are one mighty fighten fish =D>

 

[fender66]

Great report.

What did you catch him on?

 

[FishinsMyLife]

What did you catch him on?

He fell to a clown X-Rap. I've probably caught close to 100 stripers on that lure over the past two years. I didn't like it at first, but it's grown on me. I don't know how many sets of hooks I've gone through on it though. Stripers are hook bending and breaking machines :lol:

Here's a picture of a double my buddy and I pulled with twin 5 pounders last night. His came on a small, natural colored (not sure on the exact color scheme) X-Rap and mine came on a 4" Tru-Tungsten swimbait.

 

[fender66]

5 lb twins are a great double to catch.

 

[Froggy]

Great catches!