Another 72° morning at 6am started today’s search launching at East Bank ramp again. Today we were to search different areas so we began where the Big Creek channel meets Shoal Creek. The water temperature was 82.7°. Weatherman said 7 mph winds today and it had already started at 3 mph. After not seeing anything we headed for Three Sisters but changed our direction when we spotted 4 Striper boats close to Shady Grove campground. We pretty much skirted the other boats so as not to horn in on them. We did not see anyone catching anything. After a few minutes each boat started to move out. Whatever was going on here we missed it. We hung around the island in Six Mile seeing several marks down 50 feet but no takers. We also left that area to the remaining boat and headed further into Six Mile Creek. With no luck in open water it was time to head into the creeks. We finally found some Stripers in 50′ of water and they were staggered from 8′ to 38′. As luck would have it we started catching and Bob landed a 28 ½” Striper on a Downlined herring. It was an exciting fight.

We kept circling the area as the marks became consistent. I brought in a Spotted Bass then Gary hooked another 28” Striper.

We missed a couple more hits then we got a couple more Spots. The bite shutdown after that around 11am. We decided to call it a day. As we approached the main channel we saw the waves white-capping. Needless to say it was a rough ride back to the ramp occasionally slowing to crest over the waves.