Fly Fishing for River Stripers with Buck Ernst

I thought I'd share a little multimedia presentation (HD video and still photos) with y'all from a recent trip with our buddy Buck Ernst. We were searching for river stripers in late April and we managed several along with some white bass and largemouth... all on the fly. What river were you fishing? you ask? Well, I don't believe I said. I hope you enjoy the video!

New Boat/ Hartwell Report

Today I went to Hartwell with my 5 yr old daughter to test our new lake boat and fish. We got a 20ft Xpress with a 115 hp fourstroke yamaha. This boat runs like a dream. With 2 large casting decks and room on the floor for a third angler this boat will make fishing so much more comfortable. It rides like a Cadillac. The post-front conditions from the last couple of days had the fishing off a little today. We had to cover a lot of ground but finally found a few schools of hybrids in the open water on the south end. Lots of chop made it hard to see the blitzes, you really had to watch the birds and keep your eyes peeled. My daughter caught her first lake hybrid- a 3 pounder on 8lb test. What a great fight on light tackle, she was so excited.

Buck Ernst

Piedmont Angling

www.buckernstfishing.com

Lake Hartwell Report

Its on!! Temps have dropped into the 60's and the bigger fish have come up to join in the action. They are beginning to move from the river to the creeks and staying up much longer now. Despite windy conditions today we caught 7 fish on the fly today from 4-7 lbs. Some schools were on bluebacks and others on shad. The key is matching the bait size. It will only get better this week as the night temps drop. Forgot the camera today, sorry no pics. Look for birds and surface activity. If they go down, stay there. They will come back up in a few minutes. Good luck and good fishing.

Buck Ernst
Piedmont Angling
www.buckernstfishing .com