Striper Report

[Lowerider]

Fished in a striper tournament a few years back this time of year and the guy (guide) that won (Sasser) did so on spoons. Most teams struggled to even catch a 2 fish limit and he had a cooler full of fish. We only managed 1 fish and we caught it on accident while reeling in our lines so yes, you can get a reaction bite on live bait too.

When you see the fish doing that Peter just drop your live bait rig all the way to the bottom and reel up about 20 feet pretty quick and repeat. Your shad/shiner will quickly die but it can still trigger a bite. Might work even better if you tip your bait on a jig head like the walleye guys do instead of using your basic Carolina rig set-up.

Was down a couple weeks ago and saw a lot of guides in the head of a creek catching gizzards - the alewives just die to quick on the hook this time of year to be effective.

[JimDi]

What type of spoons ??

[Duayne]

Fished in a striper tournament a few years back this time of year and the guy (guide) that won (Sasser) did so on spoons. Most teams struggled to even catch a 2 fish limit and he had a cooler full of fish. We only managed 1 fish and we caught it on accident while reeling in our lines so yes, you can get a reaction bite on live bait too.

When you see the fish doing that Peter just drop your live bait rig all the way to the bottom and reel up about 20 feet pretty quick and repeat. Your shad/shiner will quickly die but it can still trigger a bite. Might work even better if you tip your bait on a jig head like the walleye guys do instead of using your basic Carolina rig set-up.

Was down a couple weeks ago and saw a lot of guides in the head of a creek catching gizzards - the alewives just die to quick on the hook this time of year to be effective.

Lance came in with a cooler full of fish when everyone else was struggling just to get two? I find that very hard to believe! J/K The man has some sort of striper attractant attached to his boat that he's not telling anyone about. It's the only way it can be explained. But even Lance struggled a little last week on a few days. Even with Gizzards, if you weren't there in time, it was over and I think he had a few charters that showed up a little late.