Went out on Lake Anna the other day to test out a boat. Cold, nasty, windy, UGLY day! Boat ran fine, but I noticed some seagulls diving... In a lake???
Went over there and saw a BIG tail slap the water. WOW! That was a striper! Then another and another. They had some bait pinned against the shore and were blasting them!
Unfortunately, no rods on that boat!
Today, I went to test out another boat, my new Cajun bass boat. Eased it up on plane, and was doing 57 mph at 5,000 rpm, and then noticed birds again!
This time I was armed, and I tied on a 6" BKD on a 3/8 oz jig and cast.... BLAM!!!
Long story short, freshwater stripers LOVE BKD's! I ended up keeping three for my Mom:
Anyway, that's about it. I never got the boat much over 60 due to those pesky stripers! Oh well, who cares about boat testing when there are breaking fish to be had!
-TH