Fishing Report May 2006

2006 is going to be a great year for striper fishing! The trend of releasing bigger fish has really spread around and we're already seeing the benefit. Alot of bigger fish have been showing up. Man, does it excite me about thinking about the near future where an average striper will be 13-15 pounds.

I always start my reports out with the following........Just want to say- since the water has cooled down, RELEASE THOSE BIGGER FISH IF YOU CAN. We need to get alot more 30-40 pounders and they ain't gonna make it if they're in a frying pan. Wait 'till summer to keep these fish, let 'em eat and get fat now, while they can. We finally got our bait situation back to where it needs to be and the stripers are getting fat like they're supposed to be.

The first half of April was awesome and we caught some serious fish. The last part of April and the first of May have been a little on the slow side. So, now you can expect some awesome action starting mid-May.

BAMMM! We nailed a 30 pounder finally. This fish was caught and released on May 16th. The fish was caught on live bait on a long planer board. The fish went deep and even got stuck in some trees until she broke the limb off by herself. Awesome fight! MANY THANKS TO MY CLIENTS FOR RELEASING THIS FISH OF A LIFETIME!!!!

I've been lagging behind on my reports, but here's some random pics from the past couple of weeks: