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!