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Old 06-11-2018, 09:55 AM
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Default A little rockfish action

Hit the rockfish waters at the buttcrack of dawn Sunday morning to give it a shot. Water was just about perfect. Saw probably 6-7 fish. Had 3 hookups with one steamrolling straight at the boat on me. I couldn't catch up with him and got slack in the line and he came off. The two I landed were a 14 pounder and a 26 pounder. The 26 was a good solid drag pulling fish. I snapped a quick selfie and released him back to his home. Was done and off the water by 8am.

Here's the 26 lber.
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Old 06-11-2018, 03:15 PM
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Great fish, congrats! Nothing like the sound of drag ripping off your reel.


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Old 06-11-2018, 04:33 PM
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Nice Fish, but how bouts a little info?
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Old 06-11-2018, 05:50 PM
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Wow, nice one


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Old 06-11-2018, 10:32 PM
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Nice Fish, but how bouts a little info?
Cumberland river above Old Hickory. Caught on 7 inch custom painted Redfin lures. They don't make the color I like anymore so I make my own and have modified it just a little. Either first lite or last lite is about the only time you can catch them on the shallow swimming lures. I also replace the factory hooks with VMC 4x 3/0 hooks. Much sharper than factory hooks and very durable.

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Old 06-11-2018, 11:18 PM
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Thanks for the info. Us Striper hunters need to stick together. Any detail is appreciated.
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Old 06-12-2018, 12:32 AM
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Adrian, look at the shore line and the Hill in the far background, where is the water going to be the coldest... It's mid June Man ... You have two options ... Good Luck! .. <'TK><

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Old 07-11-2018, 03:31 PM
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that's a good looking rapala. my uncle makes the same ones and catches big fishes on them. if you want to go with us to dale hollow let us no. we catch big big stripers and hogfish their in the summer. do you have a girlfriend that likes to fish up?
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Old 07-12-2018, 07:56 AM
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that's a good looking rapala. my uncle makes the same ones and catches big fishes on them. if you want to go with us to dale hollow let us no. we catch big big stripers and hogfish their in the summer. do you have a girlfriend that likes to fish up?
Stripers in Dale Hollow??
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Old 07-12-2018, 11:02 AM
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Old 07-12-2018, 11:04 PM
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Olgibber is funning with me and y'all. Trust me on this.

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Old 07-13-2018, 08:55 AM
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Hey guys,

I do lots of Rockfishing at night time on the Caney, using redfins and other swimbaits. This weekend Im going to be camping below the Center hill dam. Im going to be doing some trout fishing during the day and striper hunting at night.

Is there any advise you guys can give for trying to catch a rockfish during my day time trips? Ive never attempted then during the daylight hours so just looking for a few tips like what depths do they like to hand in during the day? Ill be floating from the dam to most likely bettys.
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Old 07-13-2018, 01:53 PM
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I have about 300 7" redfins. About 30 in the red/white color and many, many other colors. Problem is if I don't get time to look for stripers I may never use them.
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Old 07-19-2018, 01:44 PM
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to get one of those. Never have above a small 5lbr while bass fishing. Beautiful fish, bet they put up a heck of a fight when that size !
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