Wizzlebiz Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Caught 7 stripers today out of grizzly island. Biggest was only 19 inches however all of them had the shimmer of blue to them which indicates they are from the ocean. The run has begun! 3 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted October 3, 2019 Global Moderator Posted October 3, 2019 Great fish and I'd like to thank you for knowing how to spell "striper" correctly ? 1 2 Quote
Super User Oregon Native Posted October 13, 2019 Super User Posted October 13, 2019 I got to fish Watt's a couple days ago and it was an everything kinda fish day. Later in the afternoon it sounded like cinder blocks falling in water.....Stripers' were on the hunt....got one bout 20 # and we missed one. My gosh they are brutes chasing bait. 1 Quote
Wizzlebiz Posted October 13, 2019 Author Posted October 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Oregon Native said: I got to fish Watt's a couple days ago and it was an everything kinda fish day. Later in the afternoon it sounded like cinder blocks falling in water.....Stripers' were on the hunt....got one bout 20 # and we missed one. My gosh they are brutes chasing bait. They are incredibly agressive and put up one hell of a fight. Yesterday I was finishing up for the day and went to just brin in my rig and ended up with this on the hook. Yep a everything kind of day for sure. 1 1 Quote
Wizzlebiz Posted November 11, 2019 Author Posted November 11, 2019 A couple more from past week. 24 and 22 inch respectively. Both released in perfect health. 2 Quote
Super User J._Bricker Posted November 11, 2019 Super User Posted November 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, Wizzlebiz said: A couple more from past week. 24 and 22 inch respectively. Both released in perfect health. @Wizzlebiz, that’s the most unusual “striped” bass I’ve ever seen. Continued good fishing and keep the pictures coming, JB Quote
Wizzlebiz Posted November 11, 2019 Author Posted November 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, J._Bricker said: @Wizzlebiz, that’s the most unusual “striped” bass I’ve ever seen. Continued good fishing and keep the pictures coming, JB Yea the markings are wild for sure. Like someone smudged his lines. Quote
Wizzlebiz Posted November 26, 2019 Author Posted November 26, 2019 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. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted November 26, 2019 Super User Posted November 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, Wizzlebiz said: 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. I was a striper addict on the East Coast for a Long Time. Had my share of success. Fished live and dead (rigged) eels a bunch, as well as artificial. When the tide changes, the bait needs to 'reposition' itself before the current gets to strong - this makes them vulnerable, easy to find & catch and the bass know it. We called changes in tide "the magic hour" - even though it doesn't usually last that long. For most every dead bait presentation scenario I had - THE HEAD was the Prime section - and nothing else compared. Try it. Continued Good Luck. A-Jay 2 Quote
Wizzlebiz Posted November 26, 2019 Author Posted November 26, 2019 3 hours ago, A-Jay said: I was a striper addict on the East Coast for a Long Time. Had my share of success. Fished live and dead (rigged) eels a bunch, as well as artificial. When the tide changes, the bait needs to 'reposition' itself before the current gets to strong - this makes them vulnerable, easy to find & catch and the bass know it. We called changes in tide "the magic hour" - even though it doesn't usually last that long. For most every dead bait presentation scenario I had - THE HEAD was the Prime section - and nothing else compared. Try it. Continued Good Luck. A-Jay 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. 1 Quote
jaimeastin Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 Thank you all... I am very new to striper fishing and rarely target them... I have only caught one. I need to hit grizzly island and have some fun! Quote
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