McAlpine Hybrids

[peter]

23 lbs is huge down there

[Mean Morone]

I agree with Peter. A striper over 20 lb out of the river is huge.

[mhall]

Dude my hat is off as you consistently catch much larger than average Stripers from the Ohio. You obviously know what you are doing, great job man.

[Bent Loomis]

Thanks Mark. I've put in my hours and taken my share of lumps over there, but I've developed a pattern that works for me. It was a slow day with dropping water, but I managed 1 decent hybrid. This fish was 11.13 lbs. No stripers today. I'll try again soon !

[mhall]

Great fish

[jfw]

DON , you still think master is a little strong ?? I know you are the best out there . I am happy to be your pal and constantly learn from you on every trip Don .. Just some awesome Fish my friend

[Bent Loomis]

Well, I fished Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Had great fishing very early every morning. Total for those 4 days was about 75 fish landed and quite a few more that were hooked and lost. Nothing huge but lots in the 5-9 lb range. All this fun has came to a halt as I've started a new job and will be limited to a couple days a week now to get after them. It was a great couple of weeks however. I'm still very hesitant Jay to accept the title of master Jay, but I've got their number ! One thing I have to stress is be as stealthy as possible, and everybody will catch more fish. So many times in my past few trips, guys would run right through the fish and leave the big motor running killing whatever bite was happening. I had days where I was on the trolling motor for 8 hours continuously. It's a lot of work, but worth the reward to not give away your location to the sometimes spooky striped fish. Good luck and stay safe.