Broken Stripes 10/22
 

With the fishing mostly in a transition period, I have been doing a bit of suburban/urban kayak exploration on the Big P and Big H the past few weeks. With limited daylight after work now, its been a bit tough in new areas, but I've been lucky to put some quality fish in the boat. This 6:05 sunset thing sucks!

Started off last night throwing a 4" Storm Swimshad for our favorite seasonal migratory fish with stripes and had a relatively quick hook-up. Fish came out of nowhere, slamming my lure almost as I was about to pull it out of the water, giving me a heart attack and drenching my jeans in the process :eek: . Very hard fighting fish, got her in the net, a Striper of the Hybrid variety! Fish went about 24", a couple quick pictures and back she went. Moved on and began vertically jigging some deeper holes and had another hard hook-up that ended up popping off. Finished the night with a solid 13.5" slab Crappie on a smaller swimbait before making the dark paddle upstream back to my car.
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Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

nice fish dude... that striper looks pure strain, no? good stuff.

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

Thanks man. Definetly a hybrid. Broken stripes and more of a humped back and vent area than a true strain.

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

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That's awesome.

It really concerns me that we haven't had any significant rain in like three weeks in North Jersey.

If it wasn't for all the sewage plant discharges, the Passaic would be much lower than it is now. :D



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Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

I bet it provided a bit of a sleigh ride in yak! Must be pretty dope from the water-level vantage point.

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

Another angle of the fish, I could see the confusion from a vertical picture standpoint lol. The back/shoulders area is more curved on the Hybrid. Second pic is a true strain for comparison.
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Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

HAHA agreed. Went passed a funky smelling pipe yesterday in my river travels. Hoping the exposure to all this great water builds up my immune system for the winter :p .

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

Nice healthy HYBRID! GREAT CATCH!!! The fall feedbags will be on any day now!!!

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

The hybrids have a notably smaller mouth than the reg atlantics. They have more of a perch shape.

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

Pretty sure your at/around one of my honey holes. PM me, I'm local to the northern end of Big H. Been fishing it since I was a little kid couple days a week.

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

Exactly- early sunset sucks,limited to weekends n 1 hour excursions. i no longer sleep in. After work in Teterboro i cant get to the water early enough. sucks. But nice fish with the limited fish time.

Re: Broken Stripes 10/22
 

U Know I'm a huge fan of The Big H...We have our share of hybrids but not that many Pm me we can trade secrets..We are close to the 30lb mark in the big H over the past 8 years they keep getting bigger...tag and release all day long...plenty of bait...we will grow our own 50lb in no time... lol