This is a Video of the Thames River Hold-Over Fish just hanging...

http://fishmtc.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/striper1.avi

That is AWESOME.
When was that taken? Did you take it?
someone should get out the Drysuit and get some high res pics of that.
They don't seem to be feeding at all. Do you catch a lot of fish when you cast down there?
What kind of bait/lure do you use?

Very cool. Thanks.

Zac

:confused: Cant watch it?? I get a movie clip thats torn with the quicktime symbol

Cool video, amazing how many fish holdover there and swim in very dense/packed schools.....

Originally posted by zacs

They don't seem to be feeding at all. Do you catch a lot of fish when you cast down there?
What kind of bait/lure do you use?


Thames fish don't do a whole lot of feeding, if any at all. They gorge theme selves in the fall run, so when they get to the Thames can survive on thier built up energy. A study of Hudson R. striper holdovers suggests that the hold overs people catch are the ones with the lowest amount of stored protein, which is why they need to feed, and strike a lure. When casting I've caught them on zoom flukes, but bass assassins have been working better. Trolling mini umbrella frames by boat tend to work better though.

It's similar to what they are doing off of NC now. You can catch them if the tide is moving but they are not in there norman feeding mode. I wonder if I was to use some of the rigs they use down south if it would instagate more strikes.

That video may have been shot on my boat, Blaine Anderson took a bunch of video with me one day, he shot and I fished:).

Yup... the Blainmister strikes again...

Oh man I needed that :smokin: