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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/25/15 04:04 AM
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Turf Dawg
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Hey Carey, just wondering if you ever sneak you out a 8wt or 10wt with ya?
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/25/15 04:45 AM
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I put it up in November when they left the shallows. But yes. When they come back shallow again, less than 10ft, Ill bust it out again. Problem with it, is once your hooked up, everyone in the boat has to wait till you land the beast. A 8+ lb striper will last over 15 mins. Some fights have lasted over 30 mins. Sometimes the fish have a curfew. They will start at 7:25 am and stop at 8:30 am. !-2 hours of just solid action and blow ups. That means not a lot of fish actually boated due to fight time. Then there are other days and months, the clouser and popper bite lasts all day till you get bore of catching them. When they come shallow in Spring through Fall, is when I like to throw the fly at them. ( yes, sometimes they come shallow in the winter, but I am talking about, when I can go to a spot like a flat, and they are up there every morning and evening like clock work, thick) Or going to the honey holes and beating the banks with my topwater plugs I tie up for them. Below is my popper and an H2o Academy Lure to show you how big it is. I have found that it almost doesn't matter what color you throw at them. If they are near anything moving on the surface, they will crush it! Moonriver has a cool pattern too. I might adopt his hook set up. I drill a hole through the popper and run the line down the center of it and then tie on a hook. That way there is more chance on a solid hook set and also less abuse on the popper. During topwater season, The Smallmouth and Black bass are around. They turn into pets. As we drift by a certain boulder or tire just off the beach, Ill tell one of the clients to land next to the shallow structure and tell them there is a 3 lb smallie on that tire, cast to it. They will get a hit or hook up. Almost everytime. As long as they are CPR'ed. StriperExpress.com is doing fly trip now that im on board. Ill keep yall posted when the fly bite starts. Its a two person sport keep in mind.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/25/15 08:18 PM
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benp
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I only fish on days that end in Y!
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/25/15 11:43 PM
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moonriver
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Super nice job, Carey. You the man!
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/26/15 04:01 AM
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Nice fish. Good job!
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/26/15 02:41 PM
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Love your reports! By far the best I have seen. Not only are the fish catching/pics great, but even better is the very detailed info on the patterns, techniques, and lure selection. Glad you got into the boating world. Keep the graph (SI/DI) pics coming as well.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/26/15 03:03 PM
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Dusty Dooley
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Holy Cow!!! nice fish. I am going to come up there and go out with you and pic you brain! Great report and awesome pics. Keep up the good work
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/26/15 04:45 PM
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Great Job My Friend!
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/26/15 05:28 PM
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/27/15 03:20 AM
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Carey, I remember some years back reading an article on guys in North Carolina, I believe it was Santee Cooper, catching stripers with what they call "madtoms", which in the picture looked to me like bullheads. So channel cats in their bellies would not be that surprising. Maybe just not that common down here in this part of the lower 48.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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01/27/15 02:20 PM
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17.24 lb caught by Kirk Crowell from Salina Oklahoma. None of our fish yesterday came from dead sticking. Everything came from throwing white ice sassy shads. Most of our fish yesterday, came from 20 to 35 foot slow rolling the bottom through schools of shad.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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02/09/15 03:10 AM
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No time for a long report. Ill report with pics tomorrow. I have to down load more vids from my phone, camera, and gopro....... But here was today. _And today was one of those epic days. The day started with a 12 lb fish 10 mins after the clients stepped on the boat and all hell broke loose for 2 hours, netting two fish at a time, at times. Then we still picked at them till 11. More tomorrow. Here is a video of the end of the day. Funny ending. The fish knew he was going to be released, but the Striper told my client what was up, beforehand.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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02/09/15 03:28 AM
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SeaPro-Todd
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Fun video, nice boat and awesome fish, Carey
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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02/09/15 04:21 AM
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moonriver
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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02/09/15 12:42 PM
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Notice how he stayed at a distance from working birds.
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