striper on Patoka

[motalot]

Any one fish Patoka for Stripers? What is the biggest anyone has caught. I hear they quit stocking the fish because it is under utilized.

[steves]

I don't usually go out fishing for them on purpose, but in the fall I usually catch a few fishing for largemouth. I caught several around 12lbs a couple years ago on jerbaits in standing timber. Last year I got into a school of them in the back of a creek and caught 5 or 6 around 9 lbs each on a spinnerbait. I don't catch as many as I used to, so maybe they did stop stocking them. I read a few years ago that the biologists said they would never get over 15lbs in Patoka.

[uk2thdoc]

I got one over 17 lbs on Derby Day. Topwater while bass fishing. Also had one 13.5 lbs two years ago doing the same thing in the fall.

Anybody know what size would be considered a "trophy" out of Patoka?

Doc