stripe/rockfish

[sure shot]

whens the best time of the year for fishing for them? also where is the best place to fish for them around nashville priest? steam plant? cheatham? ive been wanting to go for years and catch some good ones,i dont know how to fish for them and havent really anyone to teach me so ima have to do it myself.any good techniques?? thanks

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

Re: stripe

We usually catch them in the Tn river around the mouths of the creeks. They bite the best around April here and will hit live minnows or about anything shiny. You have to be careful thou. You are allowed 30 stripe but are only allowed 2 hybrid stripe or rock fish. They all look close to the same if you don't know what to look for.

 

[sure shot]

Re: stripe

sorry,the hybrid stripe or rockfish is what im actually after,ive caught stripe before wanting something bigger ya i know about the tongue patches and the broken lateral lines,i have learned that much

 

[stik]

Re: stripe

the warm-water discharge areas around steam plants are great in the winter. you can catch them all summer below the dams. find the shad, find the stripers.

 

[SilverFox]

Re: stripe

And smack the one's you're not going to eat in the head with a paddle. Turtles got to eat too. LOL

I hate rockfish! Lure stealing buttholes.

 

[sure shot]

Re: stripe

live bait or artificial???

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Re: stripe

Rockfish are probally my favorite fish to catch. I fish for them June through August when they move high up the river. Live bait = trout or big horny heads, aritificial = redfins 90% of the time. They are dang good eating also!