Presmyk Report post Posted June 16, 2015 My dad got the trip from aba banquet and ended up my dad 2 of my brothers and I , and we had a awesome trip. The final count was 196 stripers and 9 channel cats . Definitely the most fun cam have with your pants on!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Don Martin Report post Posted June 16, 2015 Want to thank Kevin Presmyk first of all for his support of the Arizona Bowhunters Association and purchasing this donated fishing trip. We had a trip of a lifetime on Saturday night, and I really enjoyed fishing with Team Presmyk! We had about 60 fish at 2 a.m. and from then till 5 a.m. it was a total wide open bite! Kevin gave up trying to use two fishing poles! B.J. Presmyk holds a nice striper! Not only are these guys great anglers, but when it was over they all chipped in and help with the cleanup and fileting of the 196 fish. We had 187 stripers and 9 channel cats! Damon Presmyk was our catfish slayer, boating 4 of our 9 whiskerfish! Good thing there is no limit on stripers UNDER 20 inches on Lake Mead! LOL Kevin and Joshua and a nice double! I think they ended up with 56 pounds of striper filets and 4 pounds of catfish filets! Awesome trip for sure. Right now they are in first place of our in house striper summer tournament for the Big 10 fish (24 lbs.8 oz.) and they are in the lead for the Best 40 of the summer with a weight of 79 lbs. 14 oz.! Remember the average striper at this end of Lake Mead weighs 1.24 lbs., and they had four fish that weighed 2 lbs. 14 ounces! Hope to see these guys again! Capt. Don Martin Striper Hunters 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertmafia21 Report post Posted June 16, 2015 I Will be there this weekend with capt don. Hope we do as well as you all! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presmyk Report post Posted June 17, 2015 It's a blast will definitely spoil you lol I gave up on 2 poles to that last fury 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted June 17, 2015 It's a blast will definitely spoil you lol I gave up on 2 poles to that last furyIf ya use 2 poles you may end up with only 1. Good job guys! awesome eatin fish right there 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presmyk Report post Posted June 17, 2015 Ya we almost lost 2 poles lol. One of the stripers had 7 2-3 inch shad in his belly whole so idk why but don will have a answer for you 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Don Martin Report post Posted June 23, 2015 Basic food for stripers in Lake Mead is shad, either threadfin or gizzard. I have also found a few crayfish (crawdads) in their stomachs! Stripers are way over populated in Lake Mead. AZ G&F told me once they estimated the lake's population is from 2-7 MILLION stripers! The reason for the fluctuation is that they starve to death. Lake Mead is not a fertile lake..Shad populations fluctuate a lot too, as not a lot of nutrients flow into the lake. For whatever reason, the fishing now at least on on the east of the lake by South Cove is awesome! Two days after the Presmyk trip (Friday night) I had the Lippert family up from Tucson. Darrel had bought a trip that I had donated to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Tucson Chapter). He brought up his sons Brandon and Dustin. My summer intern, Laura Borden also fished with us. All we did was catch the largest 40 fish bag that we have EVER brought in. The weight of their best 40 pushed the scales to 83 lbs. 6 oz. I got lucky and got a 4 lb. 8 oz fish that I think Brandon had broke off about two hours earlier as we found one of my custom jigs in the fish's upper lip when we netted him. We ended up with 199 fish, 194 stripers and 5 cats. Team Lippert set a new record for our Best 10 stripers, eclipsing the record that Team Presmyk had just set. The new Big 10 weight was 27 lbs. 8 ounces. Team Presmyk had the record with 24 lbs. 8 oz. Remember the AVERAGE striper in Lake Mead weighs 1.24 lbs.! Team Lippert took home just over 54 lbs of filets. The next night, (Saturday) I had folks from Bagdad come up and fish with us. The trip had been organized by Lola Chiannaretto, for her father, 74 year old Bobby Tinnin. It was his Father's Day present. Lola couldn't make the trip due to attending to her husband, so she sent up her dad, her sister Della Rodgers, her son Jesse Hobby, and 12 year old Blake Eli, Bobby's grandson. Now these folks aren't professional anglers, they are just folks who like to fish with one rod/reel and most use a closed face Zebco type rod/reel. Bobby uses a spinning rod/reel while young Blake used one of loaner spinning rod/reel combos. We didn't even start fishing till 10 a.m. but it was a wide open bite ALL NIGHT! Ended up we had 204 fish, 197 stripers and 7 cats. Our best fish weighed exactly 3 lbs., but Team Tinnin caught a bunch of good fish too. Their Big 10 weighed in at 25 lbs. 2 oz. Their Best 40 weight was also awesome! There 40 fish weighed 81 lbs. 4 oz! They missed getting on top by just one good fish. And they had it too, when one of them had a 3+ pound fish next to the boat and someone grabbed the line (a big no-no) and off that line that lunker went! They also took home 59 lbs. 2 oz of striper filets and two pounds of catfish filets for a total of 61 lbs. 2 oz of filets. Right now the fishing seems to just keep getting better and better. In our last four trips we have brought in 681 stripers and 29 channel cats! It is the best two weeks of striper fishing I have EVER had on Lake Mead. If anyone wants to go on a fish catching trip, now might just be the time. I know its short notice, but I have two trip openings starting Friday (June 26th)and going through Monday (June 28th). Trips are first come, first served. And I'll do this. Children under 18 will fish for free on either of those trips! A happy 12 year old, Blake Eli shows a good striper he caught. Blake got 20 fish! Happy Father Adam Parrot with his 9 year-old son Jacob and Jacob's big fish of the trip! 9 year-old Jacob Parrot is all smiles as he reels in another one! Jacob caught 25 fish! If you're interested in going striper fishing with your kids, a friend, husband or wife, grandpa or grandma give me a call (928-303-9481) and we'll get after them again this weekend! I'll be doing trips until mid August! Good luck and good fishing! Capt. Don Martin Striper Hunters 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertmafia21 Report post Posted June 23, 2015 Had a great time Don! Thanks for everything.The family got together and had some of the filets last night...They were excellent! Definitely will be coming back in the future 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presmyk Report post Posted June 23, 2015 We would still have big 10 if you didn't catch the 4 lber don lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted June 23, 2015 not sure if it was posted before but how much is a day trip per person... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presmyk Report post Posted June 24, 2015 Like 400 for 2 person then 100 a pop after that I belive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted June 24, 2015 Totally worth the $$$ You see how many donated trips don does for this community.. He is all about our hunt & fish rights and big on getting kiddos involved. A fantastic trip I plan on taking my family on soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Str8Shot Report post Posted June 24, 2015 That is a whole lot of fish sticks looks like a heck of a fun time thanks for sharing ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
