Striped Bass magazine wants to pick your brain

Saltwater Striper Fishing
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The editors of Striped Bass magazine are asking for your help in submitting " Go to" freshwater striped bass fishing techniques. These techniques will be collected from message boards like this one from across the country and used for an upcoming publication in Striped Bass magazine. To contribute simply post your reply to this thread including: your home lake,a detailed description of the technique, the time of year the technique is used, and what situation (structure, water depth, weather, etc) that makes this a “go to” tactic. We’re looking for “other than the norm” tactics or unique variations on proven tactics. Include either your name or your message board alias so we can give you credit. You may e-mail me directly if you prefer. Use the post below as an example. Give to us so we can give back to you.

Thanks

Phillip Gentry
Freshwater Editor
Striped Bass magazine
pgentry6@bellsouth.net

In early summer on Lake Hartwell, SC when stripers retreat into the tree tops and are hard to locate, I substitute a bait walker rig or snagless sinker on a downrod carolina rig in place of the egg weight. On the leader containing the bait, place a small 1-2" crappie float to keep the bait up out of the trees and lower the rig to tree top level and slowly troll thru the trees. The baitwalker rolls the line over high spots. When fish are found, mark the spot, anchor and present downrods straight down to the fish.

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In summer here we have a tried and true way to catch stripers. It takes 1-2 cases of beer, beannie weannie, hyrdro glow light and plenty of bait. We then call Jimmy from Iva to find out which bridge to tie up under and catch fish till we run out of bait or beer. It is a good idea to have a buddy boat so if we run out of beer we can send the “buddy” back to One Stop in Iva for more Old Millwaukee’s Best and a few extra bags of pork rinds.
I have not seen a article on “True Nighttime Summer Fishn” from you Mr editor yet:smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley:

1999 Sea Pro 210cc
Suzuki 225 EFI

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In the summer, at night, when its really hot…the stripers are very deep as are the beers in our cooler. We use a 2 0z. sinker to keep our herring down and we also keep 2 oz of lead in the bottoms of our koozies to keep our beers from tipping over. Save the last herring and cut it into very tiny pieces so you can tell the wife the reason you stayed out all night is because you didnt want to waste expensive bait( gives more time for another case or two.):smiley:

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05’ Pioneer 197 Sportfish