New Hampshire report - striper on the LC 110

[BenCantrell]

Was in New Hampshire last week for vacation and got a couple ocean paddles in with a borrowed Cobra Play sit-on-top. No rod holders so I just stuck my medium-light travel rod in one of the scupper holes by my feet. On my first outing I trolled a Rapala X-Rap 10, but didn't get any hits.

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Miles: 2.5
Hours: 0:52
Water Temp: 68

The next day I went out again with Ally joining me, and I switched my lure to a Lucky Craft 110. I trolled and took breaks to cast, had a few follows from small fish but they wouldn't bite. On the way back in, probably 30 yards from my landing spot, my rod bent back. I had just trolled over a submerged rocky area, so I thought I was snagged. My snag started to swim to the right though, and it turned into a not-big-but-also-not-small striper!

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Miles: 3.8
Hours: 1:23
Water Temp: 69

The striper wasn't a new species for my list, but the only one I've caught before was around 8 inches, so I was pretty happy to get a good upgrade. :)

[iethinker]

...better than the stripe of the skunk for sure!

[FullFlavorPike]

Sweet. I grew up in NH, and lived on the North Shore of Mass for a while. Lots of good memories of surfcasting for stripes at the mouth of the Merrimack river, mostly unsuccessful but occasionally getting bit by something more than a little schooly!

Just got back from a trip to Maine myself, and I ran into a few stripers on the New Meadows river.

One of the best eating fishes you can get.

[SoCalEDC]

Stripers are cool fish. Looks like a fun trip man!

[JohnMckroidJr]

Amazing how calm the seas are up there -- like a lake! Congrats on nailing the striper!

[BenCantrell]

Amazing how calm the seas are up there -- like a lake! Congrats on nailing the striper!

This was a few days earlier when tropical storm Henri was passing through. :D

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[JohnMckroidJr]

This was a few days earlier when tropical storm Henri was passing through. :D

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Wow, Good thing you were there for a few more days more so you could fish the calm.:reeling: