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**haparks** · #1 10-31-2009, 06:30 AM

i have a resonable bucket list of big fish i wanna catch before i die---one of them is a massive striper-30 to 40 lber-well with all the water being so high --and massive flooding around the sabine river--they have both gates wide open at toledo bend dam--my buddy called said last weekend he hooked 2 that striped his reel--could not stop them--im going this weekend loaded fer bear--im takin every rod i got and all 3 takle boxes and im stopin in carthage at a store to get more stuff--im gonna hook my dream striper--and postum up sum pics to die for--im stoked--wish me luck--im headed fer a dream to come true

ps my buddy said he did land some in the 25lb range

**jamisjockey** · #2 10-31-2009, 07:47 AM

If that doesn't do it for you, look into a trip to Virginia Beach in December. I can recommend a couple guides. The big striper invade the lower chesapeake bay.....

My biggest is 25lbs caught last year, mid Dec, eeling along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel complex.

Hoping to top that this year.

**haparks** · #3 10-31-2009, 09:48 PM

wow im already back drove 3 hours one way--water is so high they closed the roads every thing is flooding--what a bummer--i really wated to catch a monster--oh well a swing and a miss

**Toledo** · #4 11-06-2009, 05:35 PM

You fishing below the lake? Those fish are in the river year round. No big fish left in the lake.

**haparks** · #5 11-07-2009, 05:24 AM

how sad there are no big striperes left in toledobend lake--dang u have crushed me i was hoping fer a bigin

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Originally Posted by Toledo

You fishing below the lake? Those fish are in the river year round. No big fish left in the lake.

**jamisjockey** · #6 11-07-2009, 07:26 AM

I'm waiting to hear the big sows are running in the bay, hoping to get out next sunday or early Dec.

**haparks** · #7 11-07-2009, 08:52 AM

when u say sows what fish r u refering to

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Originally Posted by jamisjockey

I'm waiting to hear the big sows are running in the bay, hoping to get out next sunday or early Dec.

**jamisjockey** · #8 11-07-2009, 09:01 AM

Striper of course

Bigguns start showing up in the lower Chesapeake in mid November. Early Dec it will be on like donkey kong. We're in the process of selling our house, though, for our Tejas move...so my striper season is very fluid right now...

**Toledo** · #9 11-08-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by haparks

how sad there are no big striperes left in toledobend lake--dang u have crushed me i was hoping fer a bigin

Me and some buds have done a lot of striper fishing on the lake in the last 10 years and haven't weighed anything over 20lbs. The average big fish is about 18lbs. On a larger trophy level I weighed a 12.5lb hyrbid on certified scales two springs back and there are a lot of 8-10lb hybrids. There are still 30+lb fish in the river below the lake but you need patience.