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Old 08-30-2021, 12:24 PM   #1
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New Hampshire report - striper on the LC 110

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.







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!







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.
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Old 08-30-2021, 02:57 PM   #2
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Very Nice!

...better than the stripe of the skunk for sure!
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Old 08-30-2021, 07:18 PM   #3
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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.
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Old 08-31-2021, 07:41 AM   #4
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Stripers are cool fish. Looks like a fun trip man!
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Amazing how calm the seas are up there -- like a lake! Congrats on nailing the striper!
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Old 08-31-2021, 12:16 PM   #6
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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.

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Old 09-01-2021, 05:48 AM   #7
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This was a few days earlier when tropical storm Henri was passing through.

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