What a Day! We spent almost 2 hours looking for the right size Shad, we did manage to net a half dozen and set out for the coldest part of the lake. I scouted around about a mile stretch looking for signs. I saw a few arches hanging out around in a deep area near a hump that came up from 55' to 35' then up to about 14'. When I rolled over the 14' area I saw what looked like a Submarine on the Lowrance. It was 5:00 PM when I circled back around and we dropped the Shad down and rolled back over that sucker. As soon as we hit the 14' area, the first one Slammed it and started running. It took 140' of line out before my wife could get the rod out of the rod holder. After she landed hers it took about 1 minute before mine took off. It Was On!!! What a Blast... The smallest we caught was 45" and the biggest was 49". The scale I had on board only goes to 36 pounds, it was bottomed out and useless. Yes, we did throw them back in the water.
HuGe Stripers!
