Spruce Run.......Hybrids

[Bicey]

Fished 7am to 12pm...........landed 8 and lost 2. All fish caught on live bait and downriggers @ 10 to 15ft. All fish 21-24" and healthy. Water stained with nice green film on top. Saw a few other fish being caught around me, they seemed to be on bait also. Thermocline not settled in yet but it will be soon. Water sutface temp was 85 to start and ended up at 88°. ETA pic is not worth posting........maybe my phone was overheated? lol

[GetANet]

Sweet, LOVE THE HYBRIDS!!!!! Sounds like you had a pretty active morning doing battle in the HEAT!!!! Nice job

[Jerseydix]

Nice report, hope they continue to bite like that when I finally get up there to Camp.

[Eskimo]

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Tell me about these Hybrid Striped Bass. I do some carp and bass fishing from my kayak at Spruce Run, but I have never hooked up with one of those hybrids.

So people catch them by drifting live bait with a down rigger? Can I freeline live bait or is that too close to the surface?

What happened when this thermocline sets in? Does it improve the fishing by sequestering the fishing to a certain depth or make fishing more difficult?

Do the hybrids ever go in shallow water?

[Bicey]

I troll ....not drifting, with my electric motor. Some guys drift livebait. I would put just enough weight to keep the bait down st the desired depth. I personally like when the thermocline sets in because i know what depth the fish are going to be at. They really stack up when they only have 12 or so feet to live in. I see guys in yaks trolling with no downriggers. I'll give you more info later.

[Fishon1982]

Is there a lot of surface vegetation if for at night trolling