Striper Fishing in Tennessee

Sniper03 · Sep 6, 2018

A friend of ours is a Professional Guide on the Cumberland River and Lakes in Tennessee. And ask my neighbor if he wanted to go fishing to catch Trout for bait and then do some Striper Fishing when they caught enough bait for his upcoming Charters.
While they were, out my neighbor caught this 53" 65 lb. Striper on the Cumberland River which is 5 miles from home. In Tennessee we can fish with live Trout. But don't use live Trout on the Cumberland River in Kentucky! It will get you a huge fine with other penalties.
I did not go that day because I do not handle hot sunny days to well! Here is Carl's Striper. Must have been a blast! Obviously nothing like you guys who ocean fish. But never the less for freshwater a nice fish.

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Mister Bisley · Sep 6, 2018

Nice hog! Back in the Chesapeake Bay region, we call those Rockfish and my relatives up in New England call them Stripaaahs! LOL. Man they are some good eatin'

Mikej · Sep 6, 2018

Sniper03 said:
A friend of ours is a Professional Guide on the Cumberland River and Lakes in Tennessee. And ask my neighbor if he wanted to go fishing to catch Trout for bait and then do some Striper Fishing when they caught enough bait for his upcoming Charters.
While they were, out my neighbor caught this 53" 65 lb. Striper on the Cumberland River which is 5 miles from home. In Tennessee we can fish with live Trout. But don't use live Trout on the Cumberland River in Kentucky! It will get you a huge fine with other penalties.
I did not go that day because I do not handle hot sunny days to well! Here is Carl's Striper. Must have been a blast! Obviously nothing like you guys who ocean fish. But never the less for freshwater a nice fish.

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Oh heck YEAH!

That's something we can't match out here for sure! Stripers were planted at one time in some South Coast rivers but apparently they were voracious feeders on salmon/steelhead smolts. And we couldn't have that around these parts.