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April 2, 2025

We caught these beautiful fish, including a 33.5 inch Striper, casting live Herring on sea walls at marinas, using very light tackle. Challenging!!!!!!!!!

Ten Year Olds catch big Stripers.

March 12, 2025

On March 9 I had a guide trip with two ten year olds and their father. We caught some big Stripped Bass! Tons of fun!

Young anglers experience a great day cat

October 12, 2024

On the morning of October 11th young fishermen displayed their fishing/catching skills!

These two fish got us first place!

August 17, 2024

Caught some really good ones. We won a local tournament. Largest was 35 inches.

Catching BIG ONES!

August 6, 2024

Father and son from Maryland booked a trip with me and they did a very good job catching some big ones.

May 31 was a day to remember!!!!

May 31, 2024

Two guests and I worked our way to the northern part of the Lake and after some searching we found some large schools of Stripers, Spotted Bass, Catfish and Walleyes. Using live Blueback Herring, we caught 18 fish in about three hours; needless to say, fishing was excellent.

Thomas Blackburn

Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Striper Tales LLC – Tom Blackburn

5.0 / 5

(21 reviews)

There’s a fish with your name on it in Oakwood and Striper Tales will help you catch it! Tom will be your guide, so you’ll benefit from 17 years of local experience and 10 years on the Chesapeake Bay. Fish with a charter boat guide who has dec...