Striper Fishing Techniques?

[FinCulture]

Hey all,

       As a Boston area native, it is almost disappointing for me to say that it took until I was fifteen to catch my first striper. Now that I have, I'm hooked. I know saltwater doesn't come up much on the resource, but i'd like to ask those of you who striper fish: how do you catch 'em? I'm looking for any tips I can get from rods/ reels/ to baits to locations to times of day. Don't be shy, anything you know about striper fishing that you would be willing to share would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I can stockpile some info and apply it before winter or let it ferment until spring in order to get in on some good ones. Thank!

[the reel ess]

Check this out: http://www.stripers247.com/sitemap.php

 

I only have caught them in fresh water and mostly while bass fishing. But I'd like to know how to target them specifically too.

[bassarmy7]

Hey all,

As a Boston area native, it is almost disappointing for me to say that it took until I was fifteen to catch my first striper. Now that I have, I'm hooked. I know saltwater doesn't come up much on the resource, but i'd like to ask those of you who striper fish: how do you catch 'em? I'm looking for any tips I can get from rods/ reels/ to baits to locations to times of day. Don't be shy, anything you know about striper fishing that you would be willing to share would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I can stockpile some info and apply it before winter or let it ferment until spring in order to get in on some good ones. Thank!

i dont striper fish but they use the same poles and reels we do in florida on the piers for king mackerel. Me and my dad use 9' lamiglass custom surf rods with a zeebaas zx22 or zx25 manual spinning reel sith no bail. It is completely sealed so water will bot get into your gears amazing drag on it and is smooth as butter mine is silver/red which you wont find on their website as it was a special order from the company and my dads main one is black. They are a bit pricy brand new roughly 900-1000 a reel but well worth it. We got all of our black ones used from either stripersonline or ebay. I wish they made a small manual spinning reel to use for lmb.

[gardnerjigman]

I have no clue, but I would assume you could catch them on hair jigs and jigging spoons??? We destroy the wiper on those 2 in Kansas. 

[roadwarrior]

The best fishing in the Mid South is below Pickwick Dam fishing live bait

on a 3-way rig. #2 is trolling the Alabama Rig. Finding the fish is a no-brainer

below the dam, so lets focus on open water.

 

First and foremost, look for birds feeding. When stripers are active there are

always flocks of gulls looking for an easy meal. The bigger stripes can be

shallow or deep, but generally fishing near the bottom is golden!

 

On my rig I have LFT Live Magic Shad on the outside arms, 3/0 Offset Worm

hooks and no weight. For the interior arm I use a Johnson Silver Minnow with

no trailer. Here is a review of the rod & reel:

 

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/DHC7-761-CAHFS-primmus-review.html

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[A-Jay]

I grew up in Boston.  For many years, I chased striped bass up & down the east coast from North Caronilna to Maine.

 

There's a lot to learn and much of it revolves around the migration & habitat.  This is where the saltwater model is quite a bit different from the freshwater version.

 

The two sites linked below have a ton of useful information to help you out.

 

btw - it's really tough to beat live bait for trophy stripers.

 

Good Luck

 

A-Jay

 

 

http://www.stripersonline.com/​

 

http://stripersurf.com/

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[MassBass]

I see stripers as a bass. Not just a bass, but The Bass. I use my bass gear; low profile casting reels and 7' rods. I mainly use saltwater lures but lures you use for lm like big poppers and spooks and jerkbaits will work for THE BASS as well. stripersonline that A-jay linked has a good MA forum.

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

 

Very few similarities between striper and bass. Striper are almost exclusively "open water" fish

that aggressively hunt their prey.

[MassBass]

But if you look at the biology and the feeding behavior of the striper, you may see they share many traits with black bass. The purpose of their striped appearance is to give the illusion of speed. When striper migrate up rivers during their migration, they will strongly relate to breaks in the current near islands, eddies, and even laydowns and logs. The striped fish is bass.

[roadwarrior]

I guess we can agree that they are both "fish".

[FinCulture]

I guess we can agree that they are both "fish".

Wow, people. Some real ground-breaking stuff here!

[powerduster]

Bass tackle can handle most stripers if you have the right line capacity and good drag; however, a proper surf setup would be best. If you're going down that route, then do your research carefully. A couple people mentioned some sites, and they contain a lot of good info, but a lot terrible advice as well. Do your research.

[bigbill]

My older brother was a avid saltwater fisherman.

He would go an hour or two before the high tide and stay an hour past from shore.

He would throw,,,

The white and blue Atom poppers.

The weighted surgical tubing (mimic eels)

A multiple hooked/feathered mackerel jig rig. (Mackerel for bait he would freeze the extra)

A silver Hopkins with a white cocktail for harbor blues.(smaller)

For snapper blues we used ul tackle with mini frozen shrimp with a bobber.

Checkout over stocked bait&tackle to look at saltwater lures.

[jbw252]

A-Jay pointed you in the right direction when he posted the stripersonline link. Tons of information & good people there. He also made a good point with the live bait suggestion. If you're surf fishing don't forget about using clams & bunker chunks.

[jbw252]

Check out some John Skinner books & YouTube videos about striper fishing.  Excellent angler & writer.  He's a member on stripersonline & often posts in the forums.

[FinCulture]

Check out some John Skinner books & YouTube videos about striper fishing.  Excellent angler & writer.  He's a member on stripersonline & often posts in the forums.

I think I've seen a couple of his videos. he looks like he knows hat he's doing, ill have to further look into him.

[Kentuckysteve]

If you are using artificial bait in freshwater try spinnerbaits with bright colors along the shore line early and a lot of times they will be out in the open water away from the shore line.Stripers like to go deep when the water is warmer.My local lake (Herrington lake) is over 100 ft deep in places and have a lot of verticle limestone walls.Most of the strippers are hybrid and are caught 30 ft or deeper so lures have to be heavy.A heavy white bucktail jig will also catch them.Slow retrieve or just use an up and down jigging action.In the spring before the water warms up you can catch them on the surface at night using crankbaits.

 

Another local lake is lake cumberland and they have the monster stripers.Average striper is 20lb+.In that lake the favorite bait is large live gizzard shad  8-12" fished using a large slip sinker and barrel swivels with a hook..Some people use ballons or planer boards for floats but i have not tried this.The shad have to be kept in a round bait container with alot of oxygen or they will die quick.Lower the shad to the depth you want and let them swim.The larger stripers are usually below the smaller in the school so use several rods for a better chance.When you spot the stripers on the depth finder be sure and put a shad a few feet below that depth.When you catch one hang on tight!