Buchanan Downrigging!!! Not to bad....

[doghouse]

Brandon, is TPW still stocking Buchanan with stripers? Just curious.

[kruppa24]

Nice haul, love down rigging!

[Archery1st]

Awesome! Nice catch!

[Razrbk89]

Nice rig and nice catch! I know little to nothing about striper fishing, but last weekend I went with a friend of mine who’s into it & has a basic set up.

We tried downrigging with swimbaits right as the sun was getting up and didn’t get a bite! He was pretty surprised. We were running ~70’ deep in 130’. We started throwing spinners after and hour or so a lot shallower (55-65’) and started catching them pretty solid. Those things will slam artificial and those 10-12lb hybrids put up a fight!

[BrandonA]

Brandon, is TPW still stocking Buchanan with stripers? Just curious.

Yes sir. LBCC Stocks the hybrids

[BrandonA]

Nice rig and nice catch! I know little to nothing about striper fishing, but last weekend I went with a friend of mine who’s into it & has a basic set up.

We tried downrigging with swimbaits right as the sun was getting up and didn’t get a bite! He was pretty surprised. We were running ~70’ deep in 130’. We started throwing spinners after and hour or so a lot shallower (55-65’) and started catching them pretty solid. Those things will slam artificial and those 10-12lb hybrids put up a fight!

What lake?

[Razrbk89]

What lake?

Norfork.

[BrandonA]

Norfork.

Is that a real clear lake? Where were you marking fish? And did you see a thermocline ?

[Razrbk89]

Is that a real clear lake?

Yea it’s pretty clear. I’d say visibility was probably close to 20’ on Saturday when we were out. I have no idea on the thermocline, but the fish were from 50-70’? I’d say that most of them were probably 10-20’ off bottom. There were some fish suspended in deep water but nothing like the big schools we saw up shallow.

[BrandonA]

Yea it’s pretty clear. I’d say visibility was probably close to 20’ on Saturday when we were out.

If that's the case , if it were me , I would down size my bait and troll with translucent colors. Storms has a chartreuse ,silver pre-rigged swimbait that's about 4" long I would try.

[BrandonA]

Yea it’s pretty clear. I’d say visibility was probably close to 20’ on Saturday when we were out. I have no idea on the thermocline, but the fish were from 50-70’? I’d say that most of them were probably 10-20’ off bottom. There were some fish suspended in deep water but nothing like the big schools we saw up shallow.

In this scenario I'm setting my weights at 45 ft. If I can't get them to go I'm moving shallow. Always keep your weights above the fish. Always

[zero-in]

I've heard that and I know on Caleveras and Brauning that works great. Pat would use them all time on those lakes. On Buch seemed to catch lots of whites. When I downrig I want a big profile bait because I'm looking for big fish over 15lbs

That’s where I use them as well. Also, downrig canyon lake with the same set up following the river on the west side of the lake all the way from the mouth of the river to the dam. In the mornings use planer boards up the river and deadly on whites and the larger striper by the dam when they are blowing the surface in the morning.

[BrandonA]

That’s where I use them as well. Also, downrig canyon lake with the same set up following the river on the west side of the lake all the way from the mouth of the river to the dam. In the mornings use planer boards up the river and deadly on whites and the larger striper by the dam when they are blowing the surface in the morning.

Canyon in Feburary can be amazing. I've been spooled 3 times on canyon!!! In Feburary

[Texas Grown]

Nice catch Brandon and Riley!

[WesTex1]

Gonna have to get out there with you sometime Brandon


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