Super User retiredbosn Posted January 18, 2014 Super User Posted January 18, 2014 I have never fished for stripers on purpose, I've caught a few while bass fishing. The lake temps around here are low to mid 50's, and they seem active. I want to catch a few, would rather not use live bait. What lure/presentation should I use? Right now I'm thinking of watching the birds and where I see them working the bait fish try to fish. I'm thinking a fluke, swimbait and top water, would be my best options. The forage base is blue back herring. So what should I be doing to catch these fish. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 18, 2014 Super User Posted January 18, 2014 The Rig, nothin' to talk about. I still have not fully recovered from a trip on the Tennessee River back in August! Too many fish and they were way too big! Quote
Super User retiredbosn Posted January 18, 2014 Author Super User Posted January 18, 2014 The rig? Sounds like a good idea, definitely put that on the short list. Quote
alexandboi Posted January 19, 2014 Posted January 19, 2014 I fish a reservoir that has american shad as the main forage, and one of my favorite lures to use is a lucky craft pointer 128 in either american shad or ghost minnow. A pearl white fluke on a jighead also works well, or sometimes on a scrounger jighead. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 19, 2014 Global Moderator Posted January 19, 2014 Alabama Rig or Keitech swing impact. We went, unguided and with zero striper fishing knowledge, to Beaver Lake last year and boated several stripers between us in just 2 days of fishing. Swimming super flukes on the A-rigs, the Keitechs were on 1/4oz heads. Quote
VolFan Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Everything said here is spot on. Spoons are also good if you need to get deeper, as are white/chartreuse curly tailed grubs. Spooks worked fast if they're busting bait. Quote
boostr Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 I wasn't sure, So stripers live in salt and fresh water? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 25, 2014 Global Moderator Posted January 25, 2014 I wasn't sure, So stripers live in salt and fresh water? Yep. They get bigger in the ocean but they're fun no matter where you catch them Quote
Trailer Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 I live in AR and stripers are in many bodies of water in my state. I've been on guided trips and we used gizzard shad everytime. Just bass fishing, I have caught them on a half ounce Rat'L'Trap. If I was unguided and targeting them I'd have to say "The" Rig, umbrella rig or maybe a big bucktail jig. Maybe a trolling crankbait in a trout color. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 28, 2014 Super User Posted January 28, 2014 I live in AR and stripers are in many bodies of water in my state. I've been on guided trips and we used gizzard shad everytime. Just bass fishing, I have caught them on a half ounce Rat'L'Trap. If I was unguided and targeting them I'd have to say "The" Rig, umbrella rig or maybe a big bucktail jig. Maybe a trolling crankbait in a trout color. Caught my PB on Beaver Lake fishing live shad on a balloon rig. Quote
Trailer Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Caught my PB on Beaver Lake fishing live shad on a balloon rig. My PB was on Lake Greeson. Not as well known for stripers as Beaver or Ouachita. Quote
Salamander12 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I do really well with rat-l-traps and jerk baits, as for top water you can't go wrong with a bone colored heddon spook Quote
dam0007 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Spooks, slug gos, pencil poppers, rat l traps, big crank baits like bombers long A. 2-3oz all white buck tail jig with a white curly tail grub is like candy to them. Quote
jhoffman Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 50" fish come out of our inland that holds them. Id be firing off something big, probably a large swimbait in a trout pattern. This lake has trout and shad. The rig could be good too, id be going with big baits myself. If I am fishing for fish 40"+ I wanna go big or go home. I dont want to catch 15" ones. Quote
Hyrule Bass Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 ive caught plenty trolling a single chartruese sassy shad on a green painted jig head. ironically i have never caught one trolling an umbrella rig, not land locked anyways, i did catch a 42 incher in the chesapeake bay last mothers day on an umbrella rig. also, white flukes on a jig head will work if you can find them schooled up. im surprised no one has mentioned the thunderstick, people on smith mtn lake swear by them for night time casting for stripers. ive also caught them on chicken livers and white perch cut bait while catfishing. 15 minutes later i caught a 4lb channel cat on the same piece of white perch cutbait lol... my biggest land locked striper if i recall correctly is 27.5 inches...for some reason im thinking 29 inches too, really cant remember...but the striper fishing is coming back big time on smith mtn lake from what i understand, there was a fish kill some years ago that wiped out a bunch of big stripers. copepods or whatever attached themselves to the stripers gills and affected their breathing thereby wiping out ones that made some longer runs up and down the lake. before that it was considered a trophy striper fishery. they now have for the last several years implemented a slot limit in the colder months where you have to throw them back if theyre within that slot limit. warmer months the encourage you keep what you caught up to your limit because of a higher death rate when releasing them... Quote
blongfishing Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 If you want to catch them look for the birds. I am a striper fisherman. My uncle is a guide. My opinion is look for birds then hit the banks with a buck tail. Full white with a white Ice fluke trailer. Just twitch the bait and it will catch them!! Just gotta find the burds Quote
basshole8190 Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 I have the most success on them when they are activley feeding and catch them on a number of baits. 4" sassy shad on 1/2 jig heads. red head chartruese body or white body with red head is my best producers. also have luck on bama rigs with 4" baits. a magnum super fluke in white or bubblegum. or big topwater spooks or cordell redfins for heartstopping topwater strikes . or my personal favorite throwingbig swimbaits for them . Quote
blongfishing Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 You need to get a bucktail with a fluke trailer!! Quote
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