Wizzlebiz

Been gone for a minute was checking in now and again for a PM but never got one. Sorry folks. Il still be happy to send some stuff but it seems im out of the loop.

If your pond has craws jigs will work great imo

Send screen shot to costco photos. Go to Costco. Tell them to print you a poster size. It works.

When do we get this moving?

Double bump I have a baby bull shad amongst other things for whoever I get.

During spawn will be the hardest for me since I refuse to mess with the reproductive cycles of the fish I like to catch. Cant catch them if I wont go. Lol

What Lure weight and distance? Most rods have a rating of min and max lure weight on the rod. This is part of why we all strive to have 1000 rods and reels man lol

I suspect you will eventually want a baitcaster if you will be doing this often. I suggest the mach crush combo when your ready.

Id like to say thanks to all those here at BR who have helped guide me on my 1st year of fishing. Its been a true love for me. Thanks for all the info provided on bassresource.com. Due to the combination of the 2 things I have mentioned I have surpassed those I fish with not only in consistency of catches but also the quality of catches. Hope everyone has a wonderul day and evening. Be thankful for your family, lives, and hobbies. They are all blessings.

Thank you for the response. I have tried the head of the sardine with zero bites multiple times. But I just got my second striper set up. So il throw the head on that and give it another go.

This summer I took a picture of every striper caught. No matter if it was a shaker or a goliath. I will take all the pictures and look at dates, times, tides for that specific pictures time and day. Moon phases and air pressure. I want to really pinpoint what makes them tick. Currently the info I have is simple. It has taken me 15 non keepers to catch one keeper avg. Tide going out has proven way more effective for stripers biting. To the point the bite can be completely deadon incoming. It will slack up and then the moment it begins going out the bite turns on. Bait. Most folk seem to fall into 2 bait categories. Anchovies and live bait. However I am not a fan of either. Anchovies (frozen) although gets bites the chances of a keeper are low. Shakers love them. Live bait is simply to much of a wait for me. All day wait for a small % chance. The bait I choose is sardines. I chunk them by cutting the head and tail off. Then I split it directly down the middle seperating the dark gray top side from the white belly side. Cut that into manageable chunks for your hook size. I have found the belly side of the sardine is loved by smaller sized striper but the dark gray top side is not. The larger sripers do seem to enjoy this part of the sardine. To the point of stating 10 keepers from 18-26 inches were caught on the dark gray part of the sardine. 14 inches and up are usually on that gray. I have yet to catch a keeper on the white belly part of the sardine however I have come close multiple times. For the rig. 50 lb braid to a steel 2 hook leader, 4/0 straight shank hooks, 4oz weight below hooks. Hooks suspend in water. Generally white belly chunk on bottom hook and dark gray chunk on the top hook. I have typed all of this out in hopes that I can get some feedback to further improve my efficiency. Thanks BR.

A couple more.

The only time I use a swivel is on a whopper plopper. Its before my leader so I dont get line twist. But thats really it.

Nice set up. Exactly what did you use to make this? I would like to attempt to replicate.

I would suggest wrapping it when doing strenuous activities such as cranking. There are many exercises yoy can do to help the area recover. I suggest googling it. For me my tennis elbow (as I have heard it referred to) takes 3-4 weeks to recover when I trigger it. It never full goes away. However it is manageable to the point of not noticing the effects.