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Guided striper trip this morning on the TN river
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<blockquote data-quote="richg99" data-source="post: 413056" data-attributes="member: 4376"><p>Specifics...Well, the guide has sworn me to secrecy...but......</p><p></p><p>It is no secret that fishing below nearly any dam around Knoxville holds the promise of big stripers. We were NOT up tight to the dam, but rather down-river about a mile.</p><p></p><p>Bait was neat. We caught our own skipjacks, and then used them for bait. We hooked them with light-weight spinning rods with jigs on the lines. This is nothing new as I read about it on the Chattanooga fishing forum fairly often.</p><p></p><p>The guide even cut up the wasted / nearly-dead skipjacks and threw a big head out on a hook. It settled to the bottom and after a short while we had a nearly 4 foot long catfish hit it. The catfish was lost next to the boat, as the net was busy bringing my 40 lb. striper at the time. Another two or three-foot long cat was boated, all on the dead skipjack.</p><p></p><p>It was a fun fishing experience. I have engaged the same guide for another half day trip in mid-June. Since the spawn will be long over by then, I am sure we will fish another way, or at least, another spot.</p><p></p><p>richg99</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richg99, post: 413056, member: 4376"] Specifics...Well, the guide has sworn me to secrecy...but...... It is no secret that fishing below nearly any dam around Knoxville holds the promise of big stripers. We were NOT up tight to the dam, but rather down-river about a mile. Bait was neat. We caught our own skipjacks, and then used them for bait. We hooked them with light-weight spinning rods with jigs on the lines. This is nothing new as I read about it on the Chattanooga fishing forum fairly often. The guide even cut up the wasted / nearly-dead skipjacks and threw a big head out on a hook. It settled to the bottom and after a short while we had a nearly 4 foot long catfish hit it. The catfish was lost next to the boat, as the net was busy bringing my 40 lb. striper at the time. Another two or three-foot long cat was boated, all on the dead skipjack. It was a fun fishing experience. I have engaged the same guide for another half day trip in mid-June. Since the spawn will be long over by then, I am sure we will fish another way, or at least, another spot. richg99 [/QUOTE]
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