OUT ON LAKE SANGCHRIS NEAR SPRINGFIELD, STRIPERS RECENTLY TESTED THE ARM
STRENGTH OF OUR OWN DAN VINOVICH
>> I HAVE GOT ONE.
I AM NOT STOPPING THIS FISH.
HE IS JUST HISTORY!
I CANNOT PUT ANY MORE HEAT ON
HIM.
THESE AREN'T HYBRIDS.
THESE ARE A PURE STRIPER.
THIS IS A TRUE STRAIN FRESH
WATER STRIPER.
THE STRIPER -- THEY ARE ALL IN
THE SAME FAMILY, WHITE BASS,
HYBRID STRIPER, AND THE STRIPER.
THEY ARE A SCHOOLING FISH.
I AM NOT MAKING ANY GROUND UPON
THIS FISH.
THERE HE GOES AGAIN.
HE IS GONE.
IN FACT, HE HAS A HALF A SPOOL
DOWN ON ME ALREADY.
WE ARE USING MEDIUM BASS GEAR
HERE. THIS IS A TITANIUM
GRAPHITE ROD.
VERY LIGHTWEIGHT, A LOT OF UMPH
TO IT.
WE ARE USING REAL BASS REELS.
>> THIS IS A HORSE, ISN'T IT?
>> OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THIS STRIPER!
OH, MY GOD!
>> WOW!
THAT IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE FISH!
>> LOOK AT THE GUT ON THAT
THING.
>> LOOK AT THE GUT ON THIS GIRL.
THAT'S OVER 20 POUNDS.
>> OH, YEAH, AT LEAST.
>> THAT'S OVER 20 POUNDS.
THAT'S A MALE.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> OKAY WE GOT ANOTHER HOOK UP
HERE.
I AM TELL YOU WHAT, THIS IS THE
ONE.
HE IS BURNING MY FINGER.
THERE, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE ON, UP
FRONT.
I AM HEADING UP FRONT.
>> WE HAVE NOT -- GOT ANOTHER
HOOK UP.
OH, MAN, WESS, GUESS WHAT?
>> LET HIM DO HIS THING.
TAKE YOUR TIME.
WE WILL GET HIM IN HERE.
>> WESS, WE HAVE A DOUBLE HOOK
UP GOING HERE!
U CAN SEE THE LINE COUNT RIGHT
NOW EVERY TIME THIS FISH RUNS.
HE WALKS OUT.
THERE IS THREE FEET, 55 FEET.
THERE IS THE BAIT WE ARE USING.
IT IS ACTUALLY CHADS SHADS WESS
HAS CAUGHT IN HIS CASTING NETS.
WE ARE USING NUMBER TWO EAGLE
CLAW KAYHILL STYLE HOOK.
WE BAIT THROUGH THE NOSE HOLES
TO KEEP THEM GOOD AND ALIVE.
YOUR'S IS COMING OUT THERE FROM
THE SERVICE, ISN'T HE, WESS?
>> LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS
THING!
UNBELIEVABLE!
THING! UNBELIEVABLE! (LAUGHING).
UNBELIEVABLE! (LAUGHING). >> THAT'S A GOOD ONE!
> EVERY TIME I MAKE UP THE
GROUND, I AM DOWN TO ABOUT 20,
BUT HE IS UP IN HERE NOW.
THAT MIGHT BE UP THERE IN THE
25, HEY?
>> YEAH, REAL CLOSE.
AHHH (LAUGHING) LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THIS STRIPER.
UNBELIEVABLE.
OH, MY GOSH.
STRIPER FISH IN THE SANCHRIS
LAKE.
I CAN'T EVEN GET A GRIP ON THIS
FISH!
I AM GOING TO TRY TO GET -- IF
YOU HAVEN'T TRIED IT, YOU GOT TO
COME DOWN HERE AND TRY THIS.
LOOK AT THIS THING.
WESS, GRAB THAT OTHER ONE ON THE
TWIN.
COME UP HERE AND LET'S SHOW
THESE TWO FISH!
WE ARE HOOKED INTO A ANOTHER ONE
HISTORY, STRONG FISH. HE IS NOT
EVEN MOVING.
>>> WELL, I HAD A HUNDRED FEET. I MADE UP 30 FEET ON HIM. NOT ANY MORE.
HE TOOK ANOTHER 40 RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER THING, TOO, WE WILL
TALK ABOUT WHILE WE ARE OUT HERE
FIGHTING BIG FISH.
WHEN YOU HAVE BIG LINE, AND BIG
FISH, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM DO
WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.
KEEP STEADY PRESSURE ON THEM.
IF THEY RUN, LET THEM GO.
RIGHT HERE ARE WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING
FOR.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
HERE IS THE SHAD RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT AROUND 24 FEET.
WE HAVE GOT OUR BAIT, DOWN 17,
18 FEET.
WE ARE RUNNING OUR BATES HIGH IN
THE WATER BETTER TO BE ABOVE
THEM THAN BELOW THEM.
THAT'S YOUR SHAD, YOU GOT
BOTTOM, THAT'S THE FOOD RIGHT
HERE, AND THESE HERE MARKS IN
BETWEEN NEAR THE STRIPERS.
HE IS STILL GOING.
EVERY BY THE OF LINE I MADE UP
ON THIS FISH, HE JUST TOOK BACK.
THIRD RUN OVER A HUNDRED YARDS.
NOT AGAIN!
HE IS RIGHT DOWN ON THE BOTTOM. ONLY TEN FOOT OFF THE BOTTOM.
>>> WE ARE WITHIN THREE FEET OF THE LEADER. NOT ANY MORE.
(LAUGHING) OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY GOD!
THERE HE IS!
AHHHH!
, MY GOD!
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
THAT'S 30 POUNDS.
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> I AM A LITTLE BIT FRAZZLED,
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW, THIS IS
TWO FIFTHS.
OH, MY GOD!
COME ON HERE, WESS!
(LAUGHING) SANGCHRIS FISH. THAT
FISH IS -- THAT'S 30 POUNDS.
>> I THINK IT IS 30 POUNDS.
>> THAT'S 30 POUNDS, INCREDIBLE.
WESS, MY HANDS ARE ALL SLIMY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR AWESOME
DAY, MAN.
THIS WAS AWESOME!
THIS IS JUST AWESOME!
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