Fishing a flurry! (not a snow flurry)

[kygorski]

A heck of a lot of em, but anyone who does a lot of fishing will on occasion run into these things. One of the m,ost fun, and most puzzling was on a lake very close to home, a windy mid afternoon, so bad I anchored and let out a lot of tow line, I was about 25 yards from a wave washed point, tried a small silver rattle trap, and in about an hour must have caught 20 or thirty wipers,these were nice fish in the two to three pound range. Tried it again same lake similiar conditions, and it never happened again.

[Mean Morone]

I've been fishing Lake Cumberland for many years and have never seen the stripers in the jumps until last year. My buddy and I saw some birds working and we took our time getting over there because we knew it wouldn't last. We finally get over there and there are stripers everywhere. We fished them for 45 minutes before it got dark and they went down. The next day we try a different spot. It was high pressure blue bird skies and our plan was to bottom fish. We see a couple of birds hovering. We go over to them and there is a small school of stripers moving fast. We gave up on them and went to where a couple of the birds flew off to. Got over there and nothing. Then all of a sudden fish start busting right in front of us. For the next 3 hrs we caught stripers out of a school of surface feeding stripers that was at least 300 yards long. We kept looking for other fisherman to show up, but we had them all to our selves. The fishing ended only when the sun went down.

[BOURBONBALES]

When i think of my most memorable "flurries" takes me back about 7 years ago. It was about 80 degrees out and the water felt perfect! My fishing partner and i were wading some new water of our favorite creek for smallmouth and came upon a long, wide pool, about waste deep that looked very promising as the wind was blowing just enough to create a light ripple on the water and the sun was dancing like diamonds on the surface. We both had our light spinning combos with 1/8 oz buzzbaits tied on. I don't remember how many smallies we caught or how long the bite was on, but i know we counted at least twenty over fifteen inches, and the biggest was close to twenty three inches in length. I also lost a smallmouth that i saw and believed was the biggest i had ever hooked. It sounds a little unbelievable and i still wonder if it was a dream sometimes, but my fishing partner that day must of had the same dream because everytime we see each other the first thing we alway say is " man, you remember that day?" i have gone back over the past few years and have never done well again in that spot. It was just one of those days i was blessed with and will always remember. There's just nothing to me like a smallie busting topwater!!!

[Jabbo]

All the times above listed by smalljaw are good memories,I don't know if I would have said 10 about the one at Cave run but it was a mule for sure
About 2 years ago I was down at my wife's grandfather's farm in Benton Ky. He has a 26 acre lake. I fished for about 2 hours around half the pond and caught about 30 fish. About 3/4 of the way around by the mouth of a little feeder creek, I caught about 35-40 on a buzzbait in about as many minutes. Literally every cast. I would have paid 5000 dollars to have my sons in the boat with me at that time. They would be hooked for life!!
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Same trip with smalljaw at Shenandoah River in VA. 13 fish in 14 casts in one hole and several holes real similar to that.
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Small pond in Nicholasville, Catching fish in the rain while wading about a 4 acre pond. caught 1 about 5.5-6lb walked around the pond to weigh it and pick up pocket scales. make another cast on that side and catch another one 5 pounds. walk back around to the other side with Smalljaw and get back in the water make about 2 more casts and catch another one about 5.5-6lbs.. Ohhhhhh God is so good to us for giving us these Green Beauties!!

[RICHYD4U]

A heck of a lot of em, but anyone who does a lot of fishing will on occasion run into these things. One of the m,ost fun, and most puzzling was on a lake very close to home, a windy mid afternoon, so bad I anchored and let out a lot of tow line, I was about 25 yards from a wave washed point, tried a small silver rattle trap, and in about an hour must have caught 20 or thirty wipers,these were nice fish in the two to three pound range. Tried it again same lake similiar conditions, and it never happened again.

kygorski-
Nice to hear somebody else call hybrids "wipers"....that is generally a western term for the striper/white bass hybrid. Where did you pick that up from?

-Rich

[kygorski]

Dont know for sure, probably in northern Indiana or Illinois where they stocked a lot of them.The wiper is one awesome fish.White bass are eating machines, combined with stripers, they are a lot of fun. I have never fished barren river lake, but plan on spending some time doing that this year. What I like about them is that run they make when first hooked, just like the striper. Over the years you get to notice that the fighting caracteristics of fish are different.Most bass are a fight in one spot,not like a salmon or stiper who take off and make you battle them all the way to the boat.Its only my opinion, but the wiper is the king of light tackle fishing.

[jcb]

Farm pond with my son and daughter, about 3 years ago.

A light rain started as soon as we got there. I tied on a buzzbait and caught one on the first cast. I made the kids put down their bluegill poles, and they took turns with my rod, catching 1- to 3-pound bass for about 20 minutes, almost every cast.

Hooked them on fishing for life and a great dad memory.