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jeffsod, you should have been there early am. I hit the last two hours of the tide sat morning and got a bunch. 35-40 mostly between 12-16"... a few bigger and two of the smallest stripers I've ever seen. I also got one nice fish that I thought was close to keeper size. I measured him against my rod and later found he was 26". Nice size early season schoolie.
I was using a bass assassin jerkbait style.
Anyone planning to fish jerkbaits this year, do yourself one huge favor. Get braided line.
Got Stripers told me and told me... get braid. I got a new outfit over the winter, a stradic 4000 with a 7'6" med-heavy BPS inshore extreme rod. I spooled braid and its like night and day. The outfit is light and sensitive, and with the braid I felt every little bump and dink and hooked the majority of the fish. I struggled last year using mono 'cause I just wasn't feeling the strikes quick enough to set on them... plus, the no stretch gives you a good solid hookset.
Anyway, glad to join all of you who broke the ice this weekend. It was fantastic to be out there and I finally was able to get over my crushing defeat at the hands of mr. redfish down south.
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