Well I think anyone who knows me well, knows that I do come and go. Just been really sidetracked with my latest truck stereo build, weight lighting, mountain biking..... And, to be quite honest, just not any kind of great fishing bite going on until about > right now

End of October, like clock work ! I get out, catch my couple of split tails, (I caught a 10" and a 13" splitty this morning) and get those suckers rigged, with my bait runners set. First the baits get all goofy, then {on braided line only } POW ! My line starts peeling, and peeling..... until I swing, in about 10 to 20 seconds, depending on the fish.... Now, I love it when they will pull the slack out for me, and I basically engage my reel and just clothesline them Whooo hoooo ! That is so bad azz !

Oh, so long story short, today was my first day fishing in, I think 12 weeks. But all week long I kept thinking > it's time

And I guess I was right. I stuck a 12.6, a 13ish, and this 20.6 lb'er. Fought really hard, and released strong Plus had 2 other good fish on, one for a long fight, then comes unbuttoned 20 feet from the boat ?

But hey, pretty fish, huh ?

Oh, and I have a whole other funny story for you, but it needs a separate thread LOL

Hope everyone is doing great, and sticking a few good ones here and there,

Peace,

Fish

Yes that is a sweet looking fish.

And It's nice to have you back Bud.

A-Jay

Thank you A-Jay

Fish

Yes that is a sweet looking fish.

And It's nice to have you back Bud.

A-Jay

Oh and hey, check out this cool dude He tried to land on my bald head today. I joked with myself that it probably looked like a landing pad, from half way across the bay

Of course it got the quick brush off, but it landed in the boat, then just walked around and hung out for about 2 hours, before it finally flew off

I like these guys.... You ?

Fish

Glad to have you back! We were beginning to wonder what happened to you.

You were missed, there's even a 'Fish Chris is MIA' thread in the General Bass Fishing forum!

Glad you're back!

Oh - nice striper! (but when I was reading your text, when you mentioned a 20.6, I was hoping I was going to scroll down and see a photo of a LMB...

Glad your back Chris.As usual great pictures.

Welcome back! Congrats on the fish and you should really read the fish chris mia post in the general section! You will get lots of laughs!

Jeff

How could we forget?

Nice fish!

Right on. Thanks guys

That's why I love this forum. You can be gone for however long, then just pop in, out of the blue, and it is just like old times, with lots of the same regulars

Anyway, yesterday was great for many reasons, but maybe the biggest is, that this trip greatly improves the odds of this being another great year for Stripers Come on 40+ !

Peace,

Fish

You haven't lost your touch Chris. Keep em coming.

Looks like it was worth the wait. That's a hawg!

do your stripers ever jump? i caught a 5 lb striper that jumped more than the smallmouth i was catching today. 4 times in a short fight

Nice striper... with your "luck" you'll probably get a 30+ next time!

Beautiful striper, FC! I love the praying mantis photo.

Was worrying you had left us for good! Glad to have your wonderful reports and pictures once again!