Anyone been striper fishing
Anyone been doing any good with stripers in the last month or so. My last trip was December 28th and we managed to catch one 23" striper and 5 quality smallies. Fishing shiners under boards and balloons. Striper came in the last 3rd of creek and we marked a ton of bait with several decent piles of fish but could only manage 1 striper along with several pull downs. Later in the afternoon, in the first 3rd of different creek, we found a very nice school of fish but could not get any takers. Had a few rods quiver but nothing commit. There was a ton of bait in the area and maybe the fish had just gorged? Most were suspended between 15-25 feet and water temp was low 50's. Several previous trips I had been catching smaller gizzards and had the same problem getting marked fish to bite (besides black bass). I have been thinking of what i could have done differently to coax a few more bites. I talked to another striper guy and he said he was marking fish but couldn't get any bites.
The last year for me has been the toughest in a while. In previous years, i feel like we would have caught numbers given the same circumstances. Anyone else feel this way? Any thoughts?
Thanks and happy new year to all!