This trip began last year when I decided to remodel a house. Karoline helped her dad(Keith) with the cleaning. Having fished in my pond several times, I knew she was a fisher so I thought it would be neat to take her Striper fishing just to say thanks. We chose to go in the winter because you catch more fish, the fish are smaller but the numbers are higher and I wanted her to catch a bunch of fish. Boy did she, caught the biggest fish and the most. Once she got the hang of how things worked, when the rod bent, she pounced on it.



We went with David Hare, Alexander City Guide Service on Lake Martin in central Alabama. The state stocks stripers every year, the fish spawn but for some reason the eggs don't develop. My wife went along and we all caught fish and had a great time. The weather was cold but the fishing was hot. Even though the rain cut our fishing time down a bit, we still caught over 25 fish in about 4 1/2 hours.

Dad netting Karoline's fish.

One of Jane's fish, the ladies out did the guys by a long shot. Actually , we let them win, if you believe that.

Even Keith caught some. Usually , when he puts a line in the water, the fish swim the other way.


When the rods bend, it gets pretty hectic
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Looks like a happy group. We are already planning on returning in May when you catch bigger fish, 15 + # with some going over 20#

Reminds me of the good ole days at Santee Cooper in SC back in the 80's. We were so engrossed in raising hatchery operations to stock other impoundments, we forgot to stock our own lakes. Populations crashed. Now they are on the rise again. Good eating!

You might want to spell check the title of your post. Great catch, BTW.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
You might want to spell check the title of your post. Great catch, BTW.

Thanks, I can't spell even with spell check.