Been a number of years since I trolled for stripers out there. Used to do real well with bucktail jigs and a twister tail trailer. 1/2 oz jig, 6 inch trailer, 100 feet behind the downrigger ball. At 2 mph, the jig will drop 6-8 feet below the ball so you'll need to consider that in addition to the fall back on the ball when determining your depth. Main lake from Wolf Creek to the dam is where I normally trolled. Zig zag pattern over the main lake channel. If you hit a short fish, keep going as you'll just keep catching short ones. Hit a keeper, circle back through that area. Bear in mind that with the surface temps as high as they are its a catch and keep deal as most stripers that are released will end up dying.
Andrew



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