Hi everyone, Iv'e been checking this site out on a daily basis and i like what i see, It seems like there alot of great people here so I am hopeing that i can get some help!!!!!! And if anybody needs some help it's me!!!!! I've been fishing for stripers for about 15 years and i have caught thousands of stripers but until recently i haven't been able to get a keeper, 2 weeks ago i managed to get my first one but he was only 29" beleive me i am very happy that i finally got one:happy: :happy: but after all this time I feel the need for some larger fish in my life so obviously I NEED AS MUCH AS I CAN GET :confused: I fish the north shore East Boston and Nahant and i can't manage to find the BIG ONES ANYWHERE I split my time between surf fishing and fishing on my buddy's boat recently I have had better luck from the boat thats where i got my first keeper while trolling, but I need help being put on the fish. I like trolling with Striper Rigs and Tube lures with worms. I know they work because i see plenty of fish being caught on them but i think im fishing the wrong spots. PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: All I need is to be put near some fish around the 20 pound range . I'm not looking for anybody's secret spot but anything would help me out, There is only a few weeks left and i am desperate .............:(



Please make me as happy as theese guys:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

I'd say fish from dusk to dawn with eels, the less moonlight the better.

Hello LuaP73

Instead of telling you which areas you should be fishing… You should try to understand the following:

1) Basic Structure: Deep water pockets near points with moving water, jetties, points, rips, bars and cuts

2) Understand bait: Peanuts, bunker, herring, spearing, sandeels, etc…

3) Learn to read water: Tides, (high, low, slack and current) and how it affects the area where you fish. Also… pay close attention to low tides where it will reveal many hidden structure (bottom) like mussel beds, ledges, drops, cuts and depths.

4) Understand “night” fishing! That’s generally where you will encounter your elusive trophy!

5) Learn the proper lure techniques - Darters, bucktails, needles, big swimmers

6) Learn to use big fish bait: Eels, bunker and chunks.

7) Know your equipment

8) Think SAFETY and know your limitations!

9) Most importantly: Learn from your mistakes and have an open mind!

These are the fundamentals you should know in order to find your dream cow.

Learn it properly and you will be able to fish just about anywhere with confidence!

Hope this helps. Tight Lines! ;)

“Crazy” Alberto

Crazy AL made excellent points. Let me further add that in 7yrs of fishing on the same charter boat in the harbor, that trolling does not produce the numbers of large, that a well thought out chunking game does. I can tell you a couple of things.

1. Fresh bait for chunks, herring, pogies, macs.
2. Live, live, live works well also.
3. Structure, and current go hand in hand. Big stripers are lazy, they will hide behind a hump where the current pushes bait over to get an easy meal.
4. presentation is key, stripers are selective, and even wary at times.

Get a good chart of the harbor, Captain Seagulls is excellent, look for changes in depth, example to the left of Green island, by the south channel is a place called devils back. If you look at the chart water depth is 25'-35' all around it, that is a hump. Now if you know which direction the current runs as the tide is rising or dropping, you will know where to set up. You want to be on the side of the hump that the current is coming from,anchored up with the stearn pointed in the direction the current is going. Now start chumming cut up chunks of bait, and free spool out a chunk from the rod. Use no weight, you want your bait to run with the current. If the current is ripping, then try a little split shot to help get your bait down. The stripers will take a run with your bait, I should tell you that the best type of reel for this are the Penn 320gti reels, put your thumb tight to the spool, set the hook, put the reel in gear now you are in business. If you can get you own fresh bait by netting or jigging do it. It is very tough to find bait that is fresh., You don't want frozen bait for this, you want fresh bloody bait, it leaves a better scent. Thats all I have for you.

Well Thanks for all the help im going to try some of theese tips out this weekend. I don't know what some of the methods are that were (peanuts, bunker,spearing,etc..,) but I will try anything hope I have something to report after this weekend:) Thanks for the help again.

Originally posted by LuaP73
I don't know what some of the methods are that were (peanuts, bunker,spearing,etc..,)

peanut = a low-branching widely cultivated leguminous annual herb (Arachis hypogaea) with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds; also : its seed or seed-containing pod

...WOW!! I never knew a peanut could be so technical!!! :eek:

A peanut, in the Striper World...is a juvenile Bunker, a.k.a. Pogy, a.k.a. Menhaden. (Generally up to 3", then they're called baby pogies ;):D)


Bunker...:laughs: :laughs: