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Hot Springs, AR- Striper charter guide recommendation
Posted on 2/16/26 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 2/16/26 at 12:40 pm
Might be too late but planning a trip up to Hot springs in April and will be near Lake Ouachita.
Does anyone have a recommendation or any experience with guide services up there for striper's or bass/crappie/bluegill?
Does anyone have a recommendation or any experience with guide services up there for striper's or bass/crappie/bluegill?
Posted on 2/17/26 at 10:42 am to burgeman
Posted on 2/17/26 at 10:46 am to burgeman
He was awesome. Limited out on stripers before lunch. His dad is George Cochran, 3 time world champ bass fisherman. Pretty cool hearing the stories.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 12:46 pm to clickboom
I've never fished Ouchita, but I catch a bunch of stripers year round on Texoma.
Anyone that says stripers don't taste good aren't cleaning them properly. Most guides and people at the fish cleaning stations just do a normal filet. That's fine, but it won't taste good if you cook it that way.
Get every single bit of red out. Pinch the start of the red on the filet at the tail end between your thumb and finger then rip it out. You'll get almost all of the Red out that way and then a little touching up with a knife and then you'll have one of the best tasting filets around.
My wife is an expert at ripping the filets. Next time I go fishing later this week, I'll take a little video of her doing it. It makes all the difference in the world on striper filets.
Anyone that says stripers don't taste good aren't cleaning them properly. Most guides and people at the fish cleaning stations just do a normal filet. That's fine, but it won't taste good if you cook it that way.
Get every single bit of red out. Pinch the start of the red on the filet at the tail end between your thumb and finger then rip it out. You'll get almost all of the Red out that way and then a little touching up with a knife and then you'll have one of the best tasting filets around.
My wife is an expert at ripping the filets. Next time I go fishing later this week, I'll take a little video of her doing it. It makes all the difference in the world on striper filets.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 3:08 pm to burgeman
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