by dahlberg » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:41 am
Hey guys, thanks for the posts.
I was fishing with Patrick and Andrew during the first week of June. The methods we were using usually work on the many different species that live in open water schools. Super long casts, fast speeds, erratic, non-mechanical retrieves with sexy lures in the right place and at the right time!
Honestly, we only fished a couple of days and we were catching so many fish I could not keep track of the numbers. We didn't catch any super giants, but I think had the visibility been better we would've been able to take the lures away from some of the smaller fish and selectively cast to the larger ones. According to Andrew the largest fish had not yet arrived, but in honesty, I really have no idea about the specifics of that area since it's the first time I've been there and didn't spend enough time to make the observations necessary to get much of a feel for the environmental options.
Judging by the comparative success we had versus that of the other anglers in the same area at the same time, it would appear we did gain some insight into what trips their trigger however.
I'm hoping to make stripers a more regular part of my fishing regimen.
The reference from "rubber eel" regarding to "we kayakers" confuses me a little. I thought a fisherman was a fisherman. Are you still a kayaker when you fish from shore or a boat? I'm a little touchy on the subject of what I call "weenies". My definition of a weenie is any fisherman who looks at the world through a soda straw and thinks his soda straw is somehow better than others. Don't get me wrong, I think kayaks are great tools and so are float tubes, kick boats, waders, john boats, bass boats, bay boats and big game boats. But, they are simply tools. THe world of angling is like a giant sphere with a billion keyholes in it. In order to get more than a 2 dimensional view you need to look through as many keyholes as your lifetime allows.
Getting back to weenies, and my allergy to them, I actually had another angler, who also referred to himself as a kayaker (maybe that's why I'm sensitive) try to tell me he could land a large fish from a kayak much faster than I could if I was fishing from a boat. I'm not a betting man or a gambler, but I offered to bet him my house, boats, guitar collection and retirement account against anything he wanted to put up of equal value. He didn't take the bet, but it's still on.
Now if he'd have said he can be sneakier, or possibly have a more peaceful and unique experience in his kayak than in a boat I'd totally agree with him, and maybe even take him out of the weenie category!
3 cheers for stripers, and may you all have a great 2011 in all aspects of your lives, and not have to fish with any weenies!
best,
L
Larry Dahlberg
The Hunt For Big Fish