FISH STIX - 5/7 AM & PM Stripers

[Fish Stix]

5/7 AM we had Lou, Al, John, Drew, Chuck and Larry. Got bait and set up on loads of bait and nice reads fish. Nothing on chunks but the livies were getting played with quite a bit. 1 run off and a few misses and that was that. Made a move and saw scattered fish so we threw the plugs in. Got 1 nice and a short finally. Set up with chunks in that area and again fish just playing with the live ones and just 1 run off. Nothing on the chunks... The guys stayed at the rail all day, but they weren't rewarded for there efforts. Frustrating morning for sure, another day of seeing loads of fish, but can't get em to eat.

5/7 PM we had Drew, Peter, Mike, Kevin and Evan. Went back to the spot from the am and within minutes we have a beauty on with a chunk. And that was it. Made a couple moves west on some nice marks, but again nothing. So we put the plugs in. Got a call from Capt Nelson who said he was starting to pick. Trolled our way to him and started to catch. Switched from the plugs to the wire with shads and started catching good. But just like that it stopped. Fish were absolutely loaded over here tonight. It's ashame we couldn't get more. Ended up with 6, 15-20lb fish and one lost, for the night.

OPEN BOAT FRIDAY 5/9 PM TRIP -
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Capt Kris

[SplitShot]

I was on that AM trip and the report is 100% correct.... fish were there but just wouldn't chew.... kept playing with our livies. Capt Kris and Darren did everything possible for us .... it was a beautiful day and will certainly be back on FISH STIX again soon!

[NJ Dave]

Slow days happen but Kris and Darren will always work as hard as they could + put in the over time.
Definitely my go to bass boat

[Ismellfishy]

I knew I should have asked if any NJFishers were on board, splitshot Im not sure which one of the other fine anglers you were but it was a pleasure and hope you got some brownies!!

I had the pleasure.....wait not the right word, distinction of sailing on both trips and what a long day. stepped on the boat at 545am and stepped off at 845pm. we definitely gave it hell. BIG thanks to the trolling whisperer Darren and the bunker smoothis drinking captain Kris. that thing looked soo nasty, glad you were eating/drinking it haha. Stayed late on both trips. Should have crushed em on those marks. when they bite its gonna be bananas, I mean nuts! Havent seen Kris ever move so fast as he did when he put in the shads

Great group of guys on both trips and again big thanks to Kris and Darren!! ALWAYS give it max effort and if you havent fished with these guys you really should! See you next week!