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#1832940 - 07/18/22 02:34 PM A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18
Tall 1 Offline

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I hit the river before work this morning, I haven’t been out in several days, sick with a summer head cold or the Rona.
Humid, cloudy and scattered showers were great conditions.

The water was extremely low so I waded out to the channel edge and worked upstream.
Caught 3 decent smallies for my efforts on a whopper plopper 90, plus a small schoolie striper. Top water blow ups just never get old!

I switched up to a green pumpkin ned rig on the way back and bounced it down in the current.
This produced 7 rat smallies, but nothing over 12”.
On the way out I took a digger on a slippery rock and smashed my knee into it, so I decided to call it before it stiffened up.
I’m fine, just sore.
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#1832950 - 07/18/22 05:54 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
Don D Offline

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Holy cow Jon. That's a long way to fall. Be like me falling off a step ladder. LOL Got some fish anyway.

If there are fish to catch. I'll be there to my end.
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#1832951 - 07/18/22 05:54 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
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Good way to get some early action, that Striper must have been fun.
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#1832952 - 07/18/22 06:00 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
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Looks like a cormorant or a heron got that first one a couple years ago . Amazing how they heal up .

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#1832961 - 07/18/22 07:39 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
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Thats a great way to start the morning….minus the slippery rock. beerchug

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#1832964 - 07/18/22 08:06 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
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Way to go once again Jon!



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#1832970 - 07/18/22 09:54 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
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Super outing except for the fall. You are using a walking staff, right? Good sized fish for a river, even one the size
of the Ct. River.
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#1832972 - 07/18/22 11:00 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Buck]
Tall 1 Offline

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Originally Posted By: Buck
Super outing except for the fall. You are using a walking staff, right? Good sized fish for a river, even one the size
of the Ct. River.


Yes I always have my wading staff with me Buck. This rock was a snot covered flat top that put me down. It was only 2 feet deep so not terrible, but the knee doesn’t like me too well tonight. biggrin


Edited by Tall 1 (07/18/22 11:08 PM)
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#1832980 - 07/19/22 09:38 AM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
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Sorry about the fall and the head cold. My wife and I have it as well. Good fish.
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#1832987 - 07/19/22 02:56 PM Re: A few smallies and a bonus striper before work 7/18 [Re: Tall 1]
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Jon,

Nice trip. Great to see a striper still hanging around. Catching it on a whopper plopper had to be great. Snot covered rocks stink on ice.
Glad you are OK.

MikeV
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