Rapp 11/19 Bumpy!

[36deadrise]

Bumpy! Fished from 0830-1300 picked up two smalls 21-22" one on a Hyper-striper and the other on a stretch-25; hungry little fish!

Went out this evening from 1620-1730, conditions were great almost flat calm and a bright moon when I left the River. No fish.....Just cant find my big one yet this season.

Hope all did well, good luck this weekend!

[satterly]

At least ya got some early on in the day. I know the feeling about looking for that big one still. I'm only able to fish once every couple weeks right now so the search is long and drawn out!

[36deadrise]

Satts,
Putting fish in the box but cant buy anything over 27". Got bags of meat, now I want something 40+. Keep switching between big/small baits, deep/shallow runners, I think I am going to run a Tomic on the bottom,
a 4oz chute with a 4oz in-line, a stretch 25 and a 1.5 oz Hyper-striper tomorrow, I hope one of them gets me a cow.

Do you have any suggestions?

Good luck out there!!!
John

[satterly]

As much as I hate stretches, they catch my first big fish every fall. With them biting sporadically though I would keep a mix of large and small baits in the water. This weekend I plan on rigging my tandems up with a 9" Shad on the heavy chute and a 6" on the lighter chute. Also going to pull Aan um fellas rigged with storms. If that doesn't work I'm going to break out the eels and find cow that way.

[36deadrise]

Stretches work, if I remember correctly you caught a 40" up by #10 early last year. I guess I will pull one way back next few trips. What size Chutes are you running?

[Waynesboro]

I know there are some large fish being caught, but I think (or maybe just hoping) that the best is yet to come. The water temp yesterday was still 55 degrees. Last year I couldn't buy a bite on a 9" shad - largest fish I caught bit on the 4" shad umbrella. Yesterday, I had several rods hit that didn't come tight. All those rods had 9" shads - so I"m guessing that it's just small fish biting off more than they could chew - and didn't get enough shad to get to the hook. One was on a chute/stretch combo, and I'm sure if they hit the stretch, there is no way that the treble hook wouldn't have got hold of something - at least for a minute or two. I ran stretches on the WWB the last two trips - with no luck. Gonna give it one more try next week - if no luck, then I might try an umbrella way back there - need to find a buddy to reel that one back in....

At least you're still catching. I'm wondering what effect the full moon is going to have on the bite. Good luck - I'm sure you'll get that big one soon! Let us know when you do!

[36deadrise]

Beautiful day on the river! Fished 1230-1700 managed three fish 23-22-20". Fished big baits looking for big fish.....no luck today, will be out there tomorrow!

Good luck!