Think I Have A New Passion

[Litebite]

Went out with my sweetie today to catch a few crappie but ended catching striper..............I hooked a nice one but my little crappie rod was no match for those monsters,,,,,,,,.....Im taking CrappieQ on a new mission............Lake Norman is where we caught the striper today (10-14)..........Sweetie said it was the best striper day he has ever had there..........

[crappiekid24]

Nice stripers!!!

[Darryl Morris]

Nice Fish. We use 10ft. graphite jig poles with Shimano 2500's spooled with 8# Berkley XT just for that reason. Often we catch catfish, stripers, hybrids, white bass, etc. in our brushpiles. The larger than average reels with heavier line allow us to crappie fish in heavy cover but when we do hook up on a big'un we have enough tackle there to boat the fish. In fact, I think a 10ft. crappie rod even helps land the fish as long as you keep the tip up (rod bent in half) so it can do it's job. Of course, we always clear all other lines and get on the Minn Kota drag and keep the fish in front of us and not under or behind the boat. Some good examples are 10-12 catfish and striper. Jerry even landed a 24# bluecat that was double hooked with these rigs. Anyway, it's all fun. Here's a link to my wallhanger's page. http://www.familyfishingtrips.com/Wallhangers.htm All these were caught on crappie rods.

[wrwest]

Ya got some nice stripers there. Good going...

[crappiequeennc]

Wow Sis,
That's great...Tell (Sweety) lol, that I said he did good...But please, don't tell me that he has converted you from crappie to strippers....I just don't think that I would be able to handle that...:p

[unknown 5]

Here is a picture of a striper I caught crappie fishing. I was using a 12' crappie pole with 10# line and a Zebco 33 reel. I had to play him a while. Those stripers put up a much better fight than a crappie can!