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Striper Fishing Report
2/03/2012

Lake Ouachita:

Mountain Harbor Resort reports stripers are good and being caught with live bait and trolled hair jigs or crankbaits in 18 to 25 feet of water.

Larry Hurley from Poorman’s Guide Service reports stripers are good in creeks above the standing timber on large spinnerbaits.

Lake Hamilton

Darryl Morris from Family Fishing Trips had no report

Trader Bill’s Outdoor Sports had no new report.

Dave Lindhag from Striped Bass Adventures had no new report.

Lake Catherine

Shane Goodner, owner of Catch’em All Guide Service, reports large stripers are still being caught in the main channel below the bridge. Activity has fallen off a bit, but Alabama rigs continue to hook good stripers as large as 25 pounds.

Lake Ouachita is known as the Trophy striped bass capital of the world offering the best trophy striper fishing anywhere with 30 ponders showing up on a regular basis with plenty of 50 pound rod bending, line stripping, reel straining monumental giants to keep you on your toes. Lake Ouachita is a large, clear water lake with a huge threadfin and gizzard shad population.

If stripers are actively busting bait on the surface, Two lures can be exclusively used at this time of year a big stickbait and a large jerkbait in rainbow or shad colors.

If the fish aren't breaking , use your depth finder and jigs or spoons become your best friends if your not into using live bait.

Work main-lake points and lake humps until you find the fish. Cedar Fourche and waters around Brady Mountain and Crystal Springs as good areas to work points for stripers this time of year.

Stripers move a lot, following schools of shad. Often suspending 20 to 30 feet deep over 40 to 60 feet of water when they are not busting shad on the surface.