Hooper Island

[AbuMasgouf]

Went out around Hooper Island with Chex yesterday trolling for stripers and anything else that might hit. We stayed in 2-4 feet of water and skirted the shore. Since the grass is out in full, we were using light jigs. We first were using 1/8 oz and then went lower at 1/16 oz which went above and through the grass grabbing very little to no debris.

Fish seemed to like a slow troll between 2 and 2.5 mph. Cadence played a big role in managing the speed and depth that seemed to bring the most strikes (hat tip to Yakfish). I was using 4" paddle tails at first but got no hits. Chex got them first on chartreuse gulp swimming mullet and handed me some. We both started catching after that. Chex ended up with around a dozen at the end of the day and I ended up with around 8. Best part was we both went home with two keepers each! My biggest for the day was 20.5"

Good times and beautiful scenery

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[Mark]

Sounds like a fun day,

Great job on the catches.

[kevinfry]

Nice....my favorite place .....no spec?

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[AbuMasgouf]

Thanks Mark!

Nice....my favorite place .....no spec?

Surprisingly none for me and two (three?) tiny ones for Chex. Bad news, no keeper specks and very spars catching. Possible good news, we hypothesize that the little ones that Chex caught were the culprit fish that kept eating up (destroying) the gulp. We did see a few black swaths of smaller fish that seemed a little bigger than the regular baitfish making a ruckus in the shallows. I'm hoping that they were lots of little specks that will grow to replace the ones we lost from the winter...

[sparky1423]

Great job fellas!! It's about time someone got into some keepers

[AbuMasgouf]

Great job fellas!! It's about time someone got into some keepers

Thanks Jeremy! Your presence was missed bro!

[Goody]

Nice job guys. Sound like a good outing.

Mobile

[AbuMasgouf]

Nice job guys. Sound like a good outing.

Mobile

You were missed too Goody!

[Shady]

nice job, hopefully I can make it back there before the end if the year

[gillplate]

nice. You guys are truly a inspiration. Thanks.

[chex]

Nice fishin with you again Mustafa!

I might have had a bigger speck on (felt like one) but it got off before I could see it. The stripers were fun though.




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[AbuMasgouf]

nice job, hopefully I can make it back there before the end if the year

I think October should be a good time! We'll definitely need to head out there then!

[kevinfry]

nice Spec Mike......I see you took a step up in the buff dpt since last year!

[Slobber Bob]

I sure hope some big specks show up this fall. Good working digging out some keeper bass though!

[chex]

nice Spec Mike......I see you took a step up in the buff dpt since last year!

That spec looks much bigger than it was. It was no bigger than 8".

And yes, I'm moving up in the world (that's a Breathe Like a Fish face sock. I like it. Keeps my glasses fogless)