Comments on: Ashley Barton Weeks with a nice striper, proud dad http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/24/ashley-barton-weeks-with-a-nice-striper-proud-dad/ Outdoor sports editor Mark Taylor blogs about outdoor activities in the Roanoke Valley and beyond. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: arrow-only http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/24/ashley-barton-weeks-with-a-nice-striper-proud-dad/#comment-2310 arrow-only Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:10:58 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/?p=1158#comment-2310 Way to go girl. Congrats. Way to go girl. Congrats.

]]> By: Static Lines http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/24/ashley-barton-weeks-with-a-nice-striper-proud-dad/#comment-2308 Static Lines Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:07:05 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/?p=1158#comment-2308 From the smile on Ashley's face shows she will be tackling big Stripers for a long time to come, Way to go Ashley!!! Bravo Zulu!! From the smile on Ashley's face shows she will be tackling big Stripers for a long time to come, Way to go Ashley!!!

Bravo Zulu!!

]]> By: Joey http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/24/ashley-barton-weeks-with-a-nice-striper-proud-dad/#comment-2307 Joey Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:05:21 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/?p=1158#comment-2307 Way to go Ashley, its nice to see the ladies getting out there fishing & hunting, and a big congrats for a nice stripper, keep up the good work. Way to go Ashley, its nice to see the ladies getting out there fishing & hunting, and a big congrats for a nice stripper, keep up the good work.

]]> By: Ralph Barton http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/24/ashley-barton-weeks-with-a-nice-striper-proud-dad/#comment-2306 Ralph Barton Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:23:50 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/?p=1158#comment-2306 Thanks for the comment Frank. And yes, the feed has been going on much later than usual this year. We've been catching most of our fish around 1:00 AM till 3:00 AM. But I am still catching some fish earlier...... and sometimes the biggest ones can be had before the main feed starts. If the bait is there the gamefish are there too although they may be hanging out off the shore in deeper water. If the alewives are up I will sit off of deep points and work topwater plugs slowly from shallow water out to deep. Sometimes a lunker that's out there waiting for the main feed can't ressit coming up to get an early appetizer!!! I'm primarily a bass fisherman, I used to be big in the tournament thing but I gave that up so I could just "fun-fish! This year I've focused on stripers a lot since the people I've been taking want to catch something big. And it has been fun! Smith mountain Lake is loaded with nice fish! We've caught over 80 stripers since the "night-bite" started in April. We've also caught a lot of Lunker Largemouth and smallmouth Bass. Get out there as much as you can in the next week or two.... the water is warming quickly and it won't be much lomnger before the bait won't come into the shallows. Wishing Lots of Luck to all the Sportsmen and sportswomen out there HAPPY FISHING ! Thanks for the comment Frank.
And yes, the feed has been going on much later than usual this year. We've been catching most of our fish around 1:00 AM till 3:00 AM. But I am still catching some fish earlier...... and sometimes the biggest ones can be had before the main feed starts. If the bait is there the gamefish are there too although they may be hanging out off the shore in deeper water. If the alewives are up I will sit off of deep points and work topwater plugs slowly from shallow water out to deep. Sometimes a lunker that's out there waiting for the main feed can't ressit coming up to get an early appetizer!!! I'm primarily a bass fisherman, I used to be big in the tournament thing but I gave that up so I could just "fun-fish! This year I've focused on stripers a lot since the people I've been taking want to catch something big. And it has been fun! Smith mountain Lake is loaded with nice fish! We've caught over 80 stripers since the "night-bite" started in April. We've also caught a lot of Lunker Largemouth and smallmouth Bass.

Get out there as much as you can in the next week or two.... the water is warming quickly and it won't be much lomnger before the bait won't come into the shallows.

Wishing Lots of Luck to all the Sportsmen and sportswomen out there

HAPPY FISHING !

]]> By: Frank http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/24/ashley-barton-weeks-with-a-nice-striper-proud-dad/#comment-2305 Frank Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:12:17 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/?p=1158#comment-2305 Nice job! I spent all sat night till 2:30 am watching alewives push up in the shallows but I left only for my buddies to say at 3:30am the stripers came up and they caught 4 nice ones!! Way to go Ashley! Nice job! I spent all sat night till 2:30 am watching alewives push up in the shallows but I left only for my buddies to say at 3:30am the stripers came up and they caught 4 nice ones!! Way to go Ashley!

]]> By: Ralph Barton http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/24/ashley-barton-weeks-with-a-nice-striper-proud-dad/#comment-2304 Ralph Barton Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/?p=1158#comment-2304 Thanks Mark for posting our fishing photo from last night. My BabyGirl is very happy..... she's ready to go back out fishing again this weekend!! Thanks Mark for posting our fishing photo from last night. My BabyGirl is very happy..... she's ready to go back out fishing again this weekend!!

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