I’m taking a friend fishing on Saturday. He wants to try to catch stripers on spoons and he wants to catch some green fish. I know where I can take him first thing in the morning to catch some green ones but, from what I’ve been reading on here, the “first thing in the morning” timeframe seems to be the best time to try to catch stripers on spoons.
My question is, is the spoon bite pretty much limited to “first thing in the morning” or is this a bite that is still happening after 9 or 10 in the morning? I understand there’s no guarantee for any bite. I’m simply asking if it’s worth it to try to spoon feed stripers a little later in the morning or if that’s the first bite I should pursue.
We catch them on spoons all day long … that said, there are certain time periods that are better than others … Just as there are certain spots that are good first thing in the morning and others are better around 10-12 and others that produce in the mid afternoon …
We always try to find fish based on time of day rather than specific area if that makes any sense …
I like mornings and evenings, so that’s when I catch them if I do. But that’s mostly because I just don’t care to be on the lake fishing once it gets hot.
Plenty are caught later in the day though and some guys prefer it.
Right now if I were after both species, I would fish largemouth at the crack of dawn until 9 or 10 and then spend the rest of the day, or until limiting, on deep stripers with the spoons.
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I’ve heard that there is also a decent striper bite as shallow as 35’ in certain areas. Only problem is most of those fish aren’t very big. If you’re fishing that shallow downsize your spoons to match shad instead of herring. Personally, I’d much rather catch the deeper larger stripers with the big spoons even if they sometimes take a little longer to bite. If it’s cloudy the shallow bite might be your best choice.
Spoonmaster, I’ve heard the same thing as far as deeper for the larger fish so they’re the ones were going to target first. If we can’t get them to cooperate, we’ll go beat up on the shallow peanuts. We’re just looking for stretched lines and good times anyway.
I would try and bass fish early first light and then when the sun gets up a little bit 8:30ish, ride around until you mark suspended fish and drop the spoon. Check the river channel and humps directly off the channels. Fish will show, just be patient. Good luck
