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The biggest freshwater stripers from shore.

post #1 of 7
11/21/02 at 5:03pm
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I am interested in hearing comments regarding the best places and time of the year to try getting a +30lb striper from shore in fresh water.
I am interested mainly in CA and AZ sites.
Thanks beforehand for your comments.
Sergio
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post #2 of 7
11/21/02 at 7:19pm
Sergio, the biggest I have ever seen came from the Elephant Butte Resevoir in New Mexico which is an impoundment on the Rio Grande system. I was sent a homeade video from some guys who were asking about Gibbs Plugs. April/ May is best and all the fish are huge!
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post #3 of 7
11/22/02 at 4:44pm
Don't know anything about CA and AZ for fishing. Around here (KY/TN), the only places that you have a good chance at a striper from the bank is in tailwater areas right below a dam. Depends on the water temps and how much they generate whether they'll show up in these areas. Typically they'll do the spawning run up to the dam in April/May. In summer, when the lake temps rise, they'll be back.

Jigman
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post #4 of 7
11/22/02 at 8:08pm
huh huh huh huh huh.......you said elephant butte

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post #5 of 7
11/23/02 at 6:51pm
Is that all I get is Beavis and Butthead? Where is Homer Simpson when you need him? Doh!!!
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post #6 of 7
12/3/02 at 9:47am
Sergio - Flaptail is right on! Elphant Butte in NM has some cows. When I lived out in Santa Fe the NM state rec was over 50 (if my memory serves me correctly) and it was toppled a couple of times.
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post #7 of 7
12/4/02 at 1:24am
Lake Meade ,Nevada has some huge fish.
At least it did when I lived there in 1980-81.Anchovies was the bait of choice.
I kid you not!

Elephant Butte.............wow! A name from my past.Lived in Alb 1974-1980 and spent lots of time on E Butte...........but never fishing
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