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33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - lvfishingdude - 01-17-2011 I have been trying since I was 8 to catch a big striper out of Lake Mead. Finally this past weekend I think I did it. The fish weighed in at 33lbs 12oz. The fish was 43" long. It was caught on Saturday 01-14-2011 @ around 4:00 pm just 2.5 miles from the Echo Bay Marina. It was caught Trolling my favorite expensive handmade lure. It took 15+ minutes to finally get it in the boat. My dad actually had to put the boat in reverse a few times so I could get some ground on this monster. I started with the lure out 250ft. At one point my line counter registered 483 ft. It was caught on 20lb line. Anyone who knows me, knows i have been trying for a long time to get a trophy like this, and I am finally satisfied. Satisfied to a point that is. I know there are still larger ones out there and still will search for another monster. If anyone ever wants to go fishing send me a PM. My family and I have a houseboat at Echo Bay and love to take our 21' Center Console Fishing Boat out. Here are a few more pics of the fish! [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - BigPecker - 01-17-2011 Nice fish, hope I can hook into a pig like that someday [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - Willy7o2 - 01-17-2011 Nice Job! Mind posting a pic of the lure u use? [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - TheWhizzle - 01-17-2011 Hell yeah man. Some hogs getting taken lately! Way to go! [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - lvfishingdude - 01-17-2011 by the way, the gizzard shad are up in the overton arm pretty abundent now. This monster had 2 7-10" gizzards in its stomach. [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - lvrider - 01-17-2011 That is so awesome. I have also been wanting to catch a monster fish out of lake mead. [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - syncityangler - 01-17-2011 big piggy pig!!! nice fish, and congrats. persistance does pay off. i remember catching my first king salmon in seattle a few years ago i tried for years to even get a salmon of any kind, and one day it just happened. it feels great to finally get that fish u have only dreamed about. hats off to you! now go get another one!!!! but bigger lol nice work man!!! [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - 4poundonly - 01-17-2011 Congrats man[cool] very nice fish n report. Jeez im missing out I got to come join ya one day. Keep it up[fishin] [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - sbehnke - 01-17-2011 That's an awesome fish! You had quite the weekend while I had to slave away helping put down the flooring in my wife's new office. A friend of hers is starting a travel agency and they are having a grand opening party Friday night. Anyone who lives in Vegas who would like to attend is welcome. We've been talking about putting a group travel trip together to go up and do some ice fishing for arctic char. The party starts at 8 pm on 1/21/2011 The location is: Simplicity Travel 3555 S. Fort Apache Road, #121 Las Vegas, NV 89147 [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - BillyH - 01-17-2011 NICE!!!! Aside from this monster how was the action in the Overton area? I spent about 6 hrs on the lake between Hemingway and the wash and didn't have a whole lot of luck, 5 or 6 little ones all on anchovies. Thinking about taking the boat up out of Echo this weekend any recommendations on areas? [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - stripercraze - 01-18-2011 Great Job! That is one big fish. NDOW thinks there is going to be a new lake record soon. The stripers are in love with the gizzard shad. Good job and good luck in your search for the next one. Stripercraze [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - kochanut - 01-18-2011 way way awesome dude, good to see results paying off when you put your time, congrats! [signature] Re: [BillyH] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - lvfishingdude - 01-18-2011 I have never had a bad day fishing out of Echo. on sunday i took my wife out for a hour of fishing and we caught 8 1-5# fish. all i can say is if you find the bait balls, u will find the fish. I also don't fish the deep, i know there are stripers in the 80-100' depths, but i seem to find better fish in the 20-50' areas. [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - lvfishingdude - 01-18-2011 I was just told by the Moapa Valley Progress, which is the paper up there in Overton and Mesquite, they are putting a article about it in there this week. People have been telling me, that is the biggest fish they have heard about up there in atleast 10 years. I didn't realize all the hype i would get after catching this fat fish. My favorite thing so far is a lady that is mad at me for keeping it. I told her, if you caught one that big after all the time I have been putting in up there, u would understand. 5 minutes after i caught that fish, i hooked a 1lb stripper, i threw it back and told it to get bigger. See i did my part. [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - 4poundonly - 01-18-2011 Defiantly a honker lvfishingdude [cool] and of course peeps will criticize for not releasing. Most of the time they don't even fish or its the die hard anglers blaming others for destroying a fishery. Don't they know its a legal fish lol[cool] I would of kept it too. My only exception is release all lmb,smb no matter the size. Did you eat it or mount it? [signature] Re: [4poundonly] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - lvfishingdude - 01-18-2011 We fileted it. Filled up our freezer for a long while, plus gave a bunch away to people at the marina. I only keep stripers when i know someone wants some meat. I pretty much throw everything back. I would of loved to mount it, but i hate to think what it would of cost. We took a bunch of pictures and also measured it, so i could have one made up one day. My favorite fish story from this weekend was a guy i sold my old 14' lund boat to decided to tell me he caught a 17 lb striper but threw it back. I asked if he had a picture of it, he said he didn't. He also said at the fish cleaning station i never would keep a big fish, only the small ones since they taste better. Catch a monster after years of trying and tell me that.... that made my whole weekend hearing that.....lol [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - lvfishingdude - 01-19-2011 i love moapa. my fish made there paper.... [url "http://mvprogress.com/2011/01/19/big-fish-hauled-in-from-lake%e2%80%99s-overton-arm/"]http://mvprogress.com/2011/01/19/big-fish-hauled-in-from-lake%e2%80%99s-overton-arm/[/url] [signature] Re: [Willy7o2] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - iamthesmf - 01-20-2011 Follow the link................lure included [url "http://www.acplugs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1875"]http://www.acplugs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1875[/url] [signature] Re: [lvfishingdude] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - kochanut - 01-20-2011 congrats! fry some of him up and take it down to where you cleaned it. when you see one of the guys tatgave you crap eat a piece and say "remember that 33lb striper i caught? he sure tastes good!" [signature] Re: [kochanut] 33LB STRIPER CAUGHT THIS WEEKEND OUT OF ECHO BAY - 4poundonly - 01-20-2011 Hey kochanut save those silly comments for the utah board [:p] that crap dont fly down here in the desert[sly] [signature]