Was fishing lilly pads in 3ft of water, throwing a Spinnerbait.

This was an unbelievable fight, thinking 10lb LM.

All my Striper buddy's say troll in deep clear water.

 

I love it when they start chasing crankbaits in a foot of water in the fall.  Very angry fish.   

I wish we had them here. I don't think I'd chase bass nearly as much if I had striper readily available. Same goes for muskie. 

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I wish we had them here. I don't think I'd chase bass nearly as much if I had striper readily available. Same goes for muskie. 

That was actually the first Striper I've caught and the fight was insane.

Also here that they taste good but threw it back.

I caught a 32” pure striper was musky fishing. I thought for sure it was a 50” musky the way it was fighting. 

Agree, they're great to catch.  My largest was 24-12 on a worm with 6 lb line while bass fishing.  Trolling motor on high.

1 minute ago, Alex from GA said:

Agree, they're great to catch.  My largest was 24-12 on a worm with 6 lb line while bass fishing.  Trolling motor on high.

Trolling motor on high ?

Meaning trying to keep up with the fish ?

Yes.

Throwing a Spinnerbait in lilly pads good choice for sure, sometimes them big bass hiding there! Your buddy's right bout Striper, they like deep clear water, trolling works well for them. What color and size Spinnerbait you was using?

Zman Bullzeye 1/8 in bluegill.

They are a fine fish to eat, but check local regs. for keeper size. Is that a tidal river?

No caught it from lake Anna, in VA

Nice. The shad spawn brings all species of bass into the shallow water.

if I lived closer to a good striper lake I'm pretty sure it's all I'd fish for, they're so much fun