SlipKnot Caught The Big One.

[Got Stripers]

What a nice day on the Thames River. Not toasty warm, yet not cold either, with temp's. in the mid 40's without any wind. A husband & wife team nearby were cleaning our clock and I think the wife was really enjoying watching us suffer. After finally watching several boats do a lot of catching without us getting a thing, I asked a few key questions. The spiderwire was gone and a quick uni-to-uni knot was added to add a quick 50 foot of 8.8 tectan mono. I changed to a 1/2 oz head and made a switch to my little 4" hand poured split tail and I was finally on some fish.

Managed maybe 8 fish, which came quickly and then it seemed to slow for everyone. SlipKnot was pleasantly surprised by a nice fish. [img="http://www.rgsiroisco.com/slipknot.jpg"] He had quite a handful with his light spinning rod and 6 lb mono. The fish played him around the boat a few times and then decided it was time to land him, lol.

The couple that helped us out finally, was from Orange Mass and apparently fish their routinely. They fished last weekend and reported 100 fish days, so I'm excited to go back and try it again. Need to re-spool and make some tackle changes, but today's education will go a long way. I was amazed to see about 12 boats out today, which made for some tight fishing at times, but since it was primarily vertical it worked out fine. At some times I could have cast to or over 6 boats easily.

In any case it was great to get out and wet a line and catch some fish, tight lines.