Holy Fish! That thing has got to be a trophy. Did you use your braid? ;D Where you from?

I looooooooooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee strippers and i've only caught 3 in my life.

Nice stripers Chris. when I lived on LI in NY I would go out to Mountauk for the spring and fall run. My biggest was a shade over 42lbs. What awesome fish, great shots too!

Whooo Hoo ! Just over 42 ! That's freaking awesome ! I can't wait to get my 40 plus :-) I'm sure it will happen..... I just have to keep pushing until it becomes reality :-)

Peace,

Fish

wow, those would eat most of the fish I catch :-/

inpressive!   wow man thats a great story cudos to you bud1

You can rig suckers for pike like that as well but they add a treble in the rear, steel leader, and sometimes a float a couple feet away.  A lot of times it's to heavy to cast so some will release the bait then drive the boat away.  My buddy goes (unsuccessfully) for 50 lb. stripers trolling huge bunker spoons.  They are supposed to work great if you know where some big guys live.

Super awesome fish guys!

Haven't hooked into one myself....but I swim with them all the time!

Here's a pic I took of some stripers from another angle.

Sirmo, now of course I have to ask.....  Where do you get to swim with these Stripers, and to take photos like this, yet you haven't stuck a few yet ???

It has to be off limits to fishing (I hate places like that :-)....... although it would be kind of cool to see them cruising around like they do) or else surely you would be sticking those suckers, huh ???

Curious,

Fish

Totally off limits.  Believe me....I would stretching lines with them ALL DAY!

This is in a spring called Silver Glenn Springs.  It's off of Lake George (St. Johns River) in Ocala Florida.

http://sjr.state.fl.us/programs/plan_monitor/gw_assess/springs/marion/silver_glen.html

They hang out at the mouth of the spring taking in that COLD! water.

Only way to beat the heat down here sometimes.  

There's largemouth all over the place too.  But not stacked up like these guys.  This is a picture of a few of hundreds you can chase around all day.

Get down here and check these amazing bits of nature out!

Hey FC nice fish!  You said that you are out on the water for 12 hours with these split tails sometimes without even a bite, what do you do in the meantime?  I know you don't drink, but I'm sure your not just twiddling your thumbs either!?

can we reiterate the importance of the spelling "striper" ?

Ya' know Steve-O, it's a funny thing.... First off, I consider myself pretty much of a type-A person (I'm one of the only fat ones I know of :-) Heck, I don't even own a couch, and if I did, I'd have no time to use it. And, I'm the worst with waiting on some idiot at the conveniance store, buying lottery tickets, like 3 of those, and 1 of those, and 4 of those... URGGG ! And when you pull up to a stop light, even if you don't want to turn right, PLEASE stay far enough to the left, that the guy behind you can ! Don't make him (me) wait on your stinking light too ! So, you get my point, right ???

But for whatever reason, I can sit for hour, after hour, after hour, just watching a rod tip, and typically, feel very comfortable, and relaxed the whole time, "as long as I know I am doing, what I need to be doing, to stick a big fish".

Interestingly, if I were to get out doing something that was not likely to produce a monster.... Like last week when I did some trolling for Stripers, "even though I am physically busy", I will likely become much more ancy, and start feeling like I'm wasting my time.

Oh, and even as much as I love music when I'm off of the water, I don't want to hear it when I'm fishing.... nor ANY other man made sounds for that matter.

Pretty strange, huh ? When I pass, my brain should probably be studied by ichthiologists :-)

Peace,

Fish

wow...now THAT is a 50 cent word!!