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What fantastic time We all had. Can't thank Bob and his crew enough, they sure know how to treat their clients. ( event he none paying ones) wish I could add to the above comments. Was lucky enough to be on the boat that Wayne was on , what a treat.
Thanks again Bob for a trip of a lifetime
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What a wonderful trip and such a great event. Thank You! Bob Reed for planning this trip and guiding us uplake and back!
It was perfect weather (for Winter) and such a great winter fishing experience.

I want to thank all of those that attended!

It was a wonderful day!

Thanks to all that attended and I am glad we all caught fish!! WG
 
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Fantastic day with Up Lake Adventures yesterday. What a great opportunity.
The Crew so helpful, professional and friendly. Wayne there to support us. The boats totally amazing. They found fish for us and let us catch about all they could fillet before it got too dark.
These boats so incredible for likely all trips but for weather less than perfect just wonderful. It makes the trip up lake to the fish like flying. Really. Fast, quiet and comfortable. We enjoyed conversation, warm drinks and great snacks all the way and all day.
We started in Last Chance Bay I think. Sun barely up and still a little breeze. Stripers did not cooperate for a bit. A walleye did though. I only know exactly how the fishing was from our boat but it was great. Stable, plenty of room, good equipment and a captain willing to hunt for schools. We found a few to catch in the morning. Using spoons jigging up from the bottom. Had a great sandwich lunch with our choice of condiments. Tied up to the other boats so we all could visit. Floating out in the middle of the canyon in now warm sun and calm.
Ended up in I think Rock Creek. We found a great school that either stretched all across the Bay we were in or followed us and the action from hooking many fish. Everyone in the boat hooked stripers. Sometimes three of us at a time. Filled our live well. Then catch and released. The majority of fish were strong and healthy. A few longer ones a touch underfed perhaps but great to catch.
Just my first quick report. Marty.
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Just a few more details to add for anyone interested in specifics: generally it looked like anglers on our boat used jigging spoons. About 1 ounce. Gold and silver. I was a little different and used a 1 1/2 ounce old "Wallylure". Kind of white with some green. All slab style rather than casting style. We would lower the spoon to the bottom or nearly because that is where we could see the schools. In 90 or so feet and seeing fish at say 80 a person just kind of needs to reel up a few cranks and jig from there. Most hits are as the lure is going toward the bottom but not always and those hits are fun but harder to hook. So I like to keep my line semi tight while lowering and not let it "freefall".
The heavier spoon may sink faster than the same slab with less weight but mine was sinking no faster than the 1 ounce "Hopkins" type. But heavier is harder to fish with for hours. I think that the stripers instinctively just hit them all about the same because all caught fish and sometimes at the same time. My hope was that the slightly larger size perhaps was "seen" or detected easier than a smaller spoon. I prefer to spoon with a MH or medium heavy pole about 7' long. And a low profile bait casting reel that is easier to use one handed. And easier to tangle. I have braided line with about 10 yards of 10 lb. fluorocarbon line leader. But when the fish are biting every line and pole works. So the key is finding the feeding schools. That is the hard part. Fish finder of some sort is helpful and for winter schools I think almost necessary. Needle nose pliers or other tool to remove fish from hook is very helpful too.
I also prefer electric fillet knives to manual for stripers. But my preferences on any of this is what I like not what is best or needed for everyone.
I haven't had many chances to fish the south end so I really enjoyed the new country, the great access and the best part: the great people that made this trip. And I really enjoyed that I did not have to fillet any of the many fish at the end of the day when my back is already tired. Experts did all the hard work on this trip.
 
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Love all the reports and pics. The boats and whole operation look to be top notch. Thanks again Bob for doing this, I don’t think we (all members here) could thank each other enough for being a part of this great community. Looks like this could be an annual thing… :)

Preston
 
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I'm so bummed that I missed this. It would have been great to meet a few people from the site. Bob is a very generous person. I had hoped to come on this adventure and shoot a story but had a conflict. Bob generously offered to take us out and asked me to invite one of the kids we've highlighted in the past who is struggling with cancer. We went out a few days before and did some scouting up in Rock Creek for the Wayne's Words event. The Axopar boat is the perfect boat at Powell especially in the winter. Here's a report from our adventure. Cheer! Eakle

 
Enjoyed the video and reading all the comments on this thread. Congrats to everyone on a successful winter fishing trip and kudos to Bob Reed for organizing it.

I'm a local angler in Page, AZ that enjoys winter striper fishing every year. It feels so surreal to catch fish like a maniac when nobody is on the lake. It's bazaar that no matter how much it's advertised, winter fishing for stripers remains almost nonexistent. People can catch as many stripers as their boat can float and the lake still remains vacant. However, conduct a striped bass fish fry, and people come out of the woodwork claiming it rivals seafood on the coast.

If you haven't tried winter striper fishing, you are missing out. The sonar on the boat catches 90% of the fish. It's easy!
 
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