Sweetwater Stripers

[reelapeelin]

Some guys don't think much of freshwater striper fishin'...this might cause some rethinkin'...caught this past weekend in Lake Hartwell SC/GA...this same guy caught a 59 lber 7 years back...

This is why I fish Lake Hartwell...

63 lbs 4 oz

My personal best is 34 lbs, but we've always know there to be much larger stripes here...

[jamisjockey]

Some guys don't think much of freshwater striper fishin'...this might cause some rethinkin'...caught this past weekend in Lake Hartwell SC/GA...this same guy caught a 59 lber 7 years back...

This is why I fish Lake Hartwell...

63 lbs 4 oz

My personal best is 34 lbs, but we've always know there to be much larger stripes here...

That's a serious pig by any standards!

[tprice]

That's a serious pig by any standards!

Thought it was caught in Russell

[reelapeelin]

Thought it was caught in Russell

Glad you mentioned that...a friend of mine said the same thing...went back and re-read the article and it doesn't say which lake, but I'm beginnin' to think you're right about Russell...although I DO believe (sure actually) there are stripers of this class in Hartwell...several years back a guy pulled up to our camp...he was not even a fisherman...he had picked up a floating striper, still alive...we took to 55lb scale which it bottomed out easily and immediatley...

[oneill469]

We regularly see 50 lb. Stripers around my cabin on Lake Thurmond. For those not familiar with these lakes Thurmond is the lower of the 3 big lakes in the chain. Hartwell, Russel and Thurmond are impoundments of the Savannah River known for great Striper, Crappie and Largemouth Bass fisheries.

[welder]

I guess the Zebco 33 is out of the question in these lakes .

[Trollnheel]

That right there is a HAWG!!

[Trip Penn]

We regularly see 50 lb. Stripers around my cabin on Lake Thurmond.

What part of the lake is your cabin????

The 63 was caught on Russell.

[reelapeelin]

We regularly see 50 lb. Stripers around my cabin on Lake Thurmond. For those not familiar with these lakes Thurmond is the lower of the 3 big lakes in the chain. Hartwell, Russel and Thurmond are impoundments of the Savannah River known for great Striper, Crappie and Largemouth Bass fisheries.

Still can't bring myself to call Lake Clark Hill by the name Thurmond Lake...

but you are right...all 3 of these lakes have some HAWG stripes swimmin' around in 'em...they must use broomsticks and 100 lb test in Russell...never saw so many TREES in my life...

[Fishinspot]

I was hoping to see some dancin strippers from Sweetwater, TX!!

That's a monster!!!