H20hawgs said:
duckfish said:
Nice set-up! Even nicer fish!
How are you fishing for those lake stripers? I spent 3 days this past week taking my first crack at inland stripers at a lake here in PA. My thought was the same jigging or trolling methods I use in the salt would work. I was quite wrong.
I saw guys anchored or slow drifting, with a large spread of what appeared to be very large floats (like planer board size). I assume they had live bait suspended under them.
Yes they have live bait out and most likely have a trolling motor in the water. Slow troll on 3-4 in wind. You want to pull Shad about .9 to 1.5mph. If it's herring pull slower. Put baits out 35-50 then add a planer board. Put out two free lines with no weight right out the back at 35-45' on one and 55-65' on the other. If you have more rods put a long line straight back 150' with a balloon blown up about soft ball size 30' from bait. Also you can add a short line right off back of boat at 18-20'. Just pull main lake points or river point. Down here they are on flats in 12-20' deep water. Shad is the best bait here right now. Good luck and tight lines!
Hope that helps!
If your in salt water use sand eels on that flat!
Thanks for the tips! I'll give that a try next trip out there. If I make it out this week I think I'll have to head south and to the salt. Hearing some reports that stripers are on the Flats.