Striper Fishing BOX stlye with Pictures to prove it.

[Bite Me]

On our lay day I had some business to attend to at Pirate's Cove. Marty came along. It took me about and hour and when I was finished Marty asked if I wanted to go check out some boats with him. Well, Hell yes.

We walked around the dock for a while and once we got to the end he noticed a spinning rig that someone had left out. He asked the mate if we could borrow it for a minute. I'm thinking WTF is going on here?

He pulls out his wallet and there in his bill fold he produces a single circle hook and a 1/4 oz. sinker and tells me that he never leaves home without them. Now I'm really thinking WTF.

He says all we need is some bait and proceeded to hold his nose in the air and sniff. He sniffs around for a minute and his nose leads him to this tree and yep you guest it. It was some magical HOO tree because there in the tree was a ballyhoo.

As you might imagine now I'm really thinking WTF and I'm figuring that his camera is probably set up in another magic tree and any minute a Swedish dwarf big breasted marching band is going to come from around the corner.

But Nope, he proceeds to bait my hook and tells me the precise spot to drop my hook. Within seconds the borrowed real is screaming and I'm holding on for dear life. I'm thinking alright he found a diver who was cleaning boats and convinced him to wait for some bait to drop and pull like hell.

Didn't happen, that critter took off and broke the 30# spider wire when it wrapped a piling.

Within minutes I was hooked up again and this time I boated him, I mean docked him.

Apparently while I was taking care of business the BOX had been out there and bought some Circle hooks from the ship's store, had prearranged with the mate for the mystery pole and had been chunking this spot for stripped bass. This was at a very busy dock mind you. I still can't figure out how he got that tree to grow bait.

At the end of this story I'll highlight a few things that I've learned.


The BOX'S survival kit





Be sure to prep your baits properly.






Nope, no left over baits here! They must always be fresh





Hooked up on the Shot Gun.




Living proof that circle hooks can and do ALWAYS HOOK UP IN THE JAW!





Needless to say once I told the BOTTOM BOYS about the honey hole we were there bright and early a few days later. Sometime around the crack of noon I'd say.
Rigging in a parking lot is far superior than on 5 foot seas!




Once again we found bait in the same BAIT TREE!





Before you can wet a line you need to chunk these babies for a while. I mean afterall, fish aren't stupid ya know. Make sure that bait is fresh.




Kind of reminds me of when my Grand Pappy used to take us to catch sunfish at the local pond ( I was 5 at the time).




Wasn't long before Slip Slidin was hooked up!











Yep, all we needed were some PB&J's and some Bosco and we could have had a little picnic.





Of course Sea Biscuit hooked up as well.







What a great way to kill afew hours. Don't let me be catching you striper guys hanging around my dock.

Some things that I've learned.

1. Stripers are wary little critters. I mean afterall you couldn't let them see you standing on the dock.

2. Circle hooks will always jaw hook for a safe release.

3. If there are fish around, Nick and Nick won't be far behind.

4. WAHOONBOX can catch fish in a toilet bowl. Flushed or not. If they are there, He's on em.

5. Marty can't be left alone for an hour.

6. Ballyhoo really can grow in trees!


Thanks Marty for another lesson on the high seas, I mean high docks.

[O-SEA-D]

Awesome post Lou. Pretty work on those fish guys

Where can I get myself one of those bait trees?

LOL

[Murph]

LOL, Lou do you find it necessary to get a major chum slick going first?

[Bite Me]

God Murph I'm laughing with tears here. Next time up there we will lay a slick on their ass like they have never seen before. Probably bring in the Blue Fin.

[Jer]

Hahahah. Awesome!

Did you keep the tails to plant them and have your own ballyhoo tree?

I wish we had a dock like that here.

[JMS-ILM]

a magical place, pirate's cove is. yall are plum crazy....

[WAHOONBOX]

NOW YOU'VE DONE IT...YOU'VE LET THE STRIPER OUT OF DA BAG....I MEAN THE DOCK....................ISN'T THERE ANYTHING HOLY ON EARTH? IS NO HONEY HOLE SAFE? IF ANYONE ELSE GOES TO MY SECRET SPOT....THE FEE IS $5 PER HEAD AND $3 TO JUST WATCH.....

NEXT YOU GUYS WILL POST PICS OF MY SECRET DEER HUNTING SPOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EL CRIBO...............

[Buckeye]

Marty


YOU post pictures and Video of Mine!!!!!!!

[WAHOONBOX]

Marty


YOU post pictures and Video of Mine!!!!!!!

HELL MARK.....YOU LIVE SO DEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE...YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR PLACE.

COME SEE ME DUDE!

[tolmaz]

really enjoyed the read!! I guess you really can grow anything in the south