I'm assuming the stripers grabbed a bait you got on the sabiki and not on the actual sabiki flies.

Very kool video. Thanks for that. Good for finding potential spots when she's filled back up. I noticed some good rock piles etc. We can't take another dry winter tho...

After a few boat side heartaches I use a gaff on the large ones now. Far less problems with a gaff. Nice going.

I plan to use it up front for vertical jigging which usually requires a narrower cone. The combo 85/200 degree is more what I'm looking for. But thanks for responding.

So what rod did you buy? Last year I dropped a few hundred on a Phoenix rod. It’s a beautiful acid wrapped rod that’s super light, and powerful but not as flexible as the Japanese style rods I see on YouTube vids. Not sure if it accomplishes the same action on the jigs. To be honest it doesn’t really work much differently than my trevala rods as far as working the jigs. Except for lighter more sensitive.

Last minute opening to share a site with Jonesz. Due to a family emergency my wife will not be coming with me. We had a rv site with full hookups booked, (Ravensblack old site) and I was planning on bringing our RV. Now I'm just going to go in my sprinter van and camp simple. Called the camp host and she said I could split the camp site with another person if I want. I have A7 booked. She also said someone who needed a site with full hookups was asking about any cancelations and would be interested in trading sites, in which case I would find out the other site when I get there. If your looking for a site to share drop me a pm with your phone # and we can talk details.

Thanks for the details Steve. Success is usually in the details... I've picked some up over the years on, rattle traps (fishing for stripers) swimsuits, jigging irons and jigs tipped with twin tail scampis. White and chartreuse are hard to beat.

last year we traveled across the states and we stopped on the White for a couple days. It is quite an amazing fishery. Very fertile. Tons of fish per mile there. When we firsts got there they were running one generator. then mid morning cranked up several more. Watched the river go from a modest stream to a huge river in a few minutes! If you were on the other side wading you wold be screwed if you didn't get back over!. They said they blow a horn before opening it up, but this time they didn't, so it just started growing before your eyes. Depending on the flow the trout relocate according to the flows. I caught several nice ones on flies and then I tried the marabou jigs they use and got some on those too. Broke off a toad too. Wish we had a little more time to explore it, but had to keep moving.