JPP record

[Dakota]

http://www.tennessean.com/story/spor...lake/83548368/


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[Fishmanjoe]

We know where a lot of people will be fishing soon.

[commdd]

fishmanjoe, my thought exactly!

[jad2t]

Originally Posted by Fishmanjoe

We know where a lot of people will be fishing soon.

That isn't the only place to get them. They're still all over the place on the lower end of the lake. We found them pretty good Sunday and I'm headed out there tomorrow morning I believe to try again. I hate the crowds at the cove too, especially the types of people that sometimes hangout there. Venture elsewhere while the water is still a bit low and you'll find them.

He got some solid fillets off of a fish that big!!

[XxthejuicexX]

They will be shoulder to shoulder around the cove now. I am going to try to get out Friday afternoon. Might go back up that way and fish for them.

[Headhunter]

To me it does not look like a hybrid, more like a striper. I guess it is, from what I know TWRA fisheries guy verified from pictures. If it is truly a hybrid I have caught a few that were the same size or bigger that in my opinion they were stripers. Several I know have also caught several like that one.

On another note, wore them out this morning, not in Old Hickory Cove though.

[XxthejuicexX]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

To me it does not look like a hybrid, more like a striper. I guess it is, from what I know TWRA fisheries guy verified from pictures. If it is truly a hybrid I have caught a few that were the same size or bigger that in my opinion they were stripers. Several I know have also caught several like that one.

On another note, wore them out this morning, not in Old Hickory Cove though.

I just now actually looked at the fish and I have to agree with you. It does look more like a Striper. I would think they have a better way than pictures to verify that it is a Hybrid.

[jad2t]

It's hard to tell without seeing the whole fish. In that picture it sort of does look more like a pure Striper and it was the COE that verified the species, not TWRA. I don't know how well they know their fish ID. I'd like to see a pic of the whole fish.

Super calm winds tomorrow morning will make the water look like glass and I can spot busting fish a long way away. I'm excited.

[Headhunter]

Originally Posted by jad2t

It's hard to tell without seeing the whole fish. In that picture it sort of does look more like a pure Striper and it was the COE that verified the species, not TWRA. I don't know how well they know their fish ID. I'd like to see a pic of the whole fish.

Super calm winds tomorrow morning will make the water look like glass and I can spot busting fish a long way away. I'm excited.

I was told by a game warden that one the TWRA's fisheries guys verified it.

[jad2t]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

On another note, wore them out this morning, not in Old Hickory Cove though.

How early? I have tomorrow off and will be paddling around before sunrise in search of them in some areas I've found them all Spring.

[Headhunter]

Originally Posted by XxthejuicexX

I just now actually looked at the fish and I have to agree with you. It does look more like a Striper. I would think they have a better way than pictures to verify that it is a Hybrid.

I have a different pic of it and it for sure looks like a striper.

[aero320]

Look at the anal fin. If it is a Hybrid, the second anal fin will be 2/3 of the length of the third anal fin. This characteristic came from the White Bass. If it is a Striper, the second anal fin will be 1/2 the length of the third anal fin

[Headhunter]

Originally Posted by jad2t

How early? I have tomorrow off and will be paddling around before sunrise in search of them in some areas I've found them all Spring.

Hard to say. They have been in a different spot everytime I go. Some days I get lucky and find them on the first spot, this morning I found them on the 8th place I fished. They are not staying in any one spot long for whatever reason and I have seen almost no surface activity, well other than them hitting my topwater bait, and I no surface activity when I find and catch them.

[Travis C.]

Sure looks like a striper head on it.

I attached for comparison a 20lb lake record hybrid from Tulsa.

[Travis C.]

I am going to be hopefully catching them and striper next weekend in our summer haunts with buddy. Found some big striper last weekend blowing up bait on where we will finish up our outing so my fingers are crossed they are still there.