| If one is an appreciator or aficionado of | | | | utilize to catch stipers includes anchor or |
| freshwater fishing, one is likely to be | | | | drift fishing, specifically with live shad as |
| familiar with "Striper Fishing." Striper | | | | bait. Firstly, fish must be spotted around a |
| fishing is a fisherman's dream come true, as | | | | clear thermocline or under a dense area where |
| it is the pinnacle of fine freshwater | | | | school fish are teeming and swimming wildly. |
| fishing. This is so due to stripers | | | | Secondly, just the right rig is needed. Seek |
| bountifulness on the Atlantic coastline and | | | | a moderately weighted rod with a casting |
| their anadromous nature. Anadromous fish are | | | | reel. In terms of line, purchase 20-30 pound |
| fish that live mostly in sea waters, yet have | | | | test. Other rig requirements call for an egg |
| the instinctual need to travel inland toward | | | | sinker, a swivel, a 12-20 inch liter and a |
| freshwater regions solely for breeding | | | | larger sized single hook as to bait and hook |
| purposes. | | | | the back of shad. Fish with this style rig in |
| | | | a straight up and down manner, at the depth |
| Saltwater Fish In Freshwater Waters | | | | you've marked the fish at. |
| | | | |
| So, in essence, anglers fishing for stripers | | | | Early Morning Scouting |
| are fishing for saltwater game fish in a | | | | |
| freshwater environment. Stripers are even | | | | One approach to spot an abundance of stripers |
| known to act like saltwater fish, such as | | | | in one location is the early morning |
| tuna or bluefish, as they school and feed as | | | | top-water method. This method is sure fire |
| saltwater fish do in open ocean waters. From | | | | but also allows for more excitement while |
| this, the experience of fishing for stripers | | | | freshwater fishing. Survey the water at early |
| is like no other, truly. Despite losing the | | | | morning for baitfish movement. The calmer |
| prospect of reeling in an actual saltwater | | | | waters will allow for a placid view and will |
| style lunker, fishing for stripers in | | | | easily allow spotting any disruptions on the |
| locations such as rivers, bays, inlets, | | | | water's surface. Top water disruptions |
| estuaries or creeks will prove quite | | | | signify that there are stripers around, as |
| gratifying, as they are large and very | | | | the baitfish are essentially running up to |
| finicky freshwater game fish. | | | | the top of the water away from larger |
| | | | predator fish, in this case, stripers. |
| And it is the above characteristics that make | | | | |
| fishing for stipers a most challenging | | | | To catch stripers this way, it's best to use |
| experience. The most important thing to have | | | | a big Popper lure, a Pencil Popper |
| in an angler's tackle box, is knowledge, | | | | specifically. Cast out toward an active |
| specifically knowhow on how to reel in these | | | | baitfish location, then jerk it sporadically |
| stripers. | | | | across the top of such a water surface. It's |
| | | | certain you'll catch many stripers this way. |
| Be Ready To Catch Stripers | | | | And, to one's add excitement, the stripers |
| | | | will leap out of the water to snag such a |
| One of the more common methods anglers | | | | lure. |