5/17 Stripers and sonar

[jimmythegreek]

Got out yesterday AM for a few w my buddy Anthony(Jackstraw) which is a rare occasion these days lol. Got down to the boatdock pre dawn, grabbed some bait, and made a long run. We had a beautiful sunrise and water conditions, was like glass out there early on. Found some life in my usual spots, started slow w a bunch of white/yellow perch schooling around, w small 12-14 stripers and even some bullheads mixed in, got em on bait and on the jig. This is the sonar return of that school......I have fishID turned on so u can see the actual fish....

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This is the best fish we got out of that area......
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After tiring of the little guys and moving around that area we made a run to the other side of the lake in a spot that always holds fish. I found a nice school w some bait balls getting broken up by feeding stripers, and we setup. Didnt take long to find this school. This is the sonar return of feeding hybrids breaking up bait balls while chomping on herring......

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Within seconds we had this tanker on the line that went 7lbs and very fat. By the time we landed him the clikers on rods 2,3 and 4 went off, big school of hungry hybrids and the first fish feeding and fighting sent the school into chomp mode. Pic #2 is the actual school of bigger hybrids zipping under the boat taking our baits ........
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Great day on the water, the lake was a ghost town til the late morning, everybody must be on vaca or sumthin. We actually stayed out til almost noon and we were able to fish main lake points w little problems from pleasure boat traffic. Water temps started at 73-74 and ended at 75-76, fall is coming and I cant wait to slam some giants w the feedbag on.....awesome fishing for august on LH

[acabtp]

nice fish!
man, i need to get a new finder/plotter. my old garmin 140 gets the job done, but that screen on your hummingbird is SO nice.

[Skunk City]

LOVE the pics man!

Great report and details...Thanks for sharing....FISH ON(ALWAYS!!)

[FASTEDDIE29]

Great report and pics!!!! Way to hammer em Jimmy and Anthony. I gotta get out there one of these mornings.

[flatcreek]

Great stuff, thank Jimmy.