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steelhead · 05-09-2006, 05:47 PM

This weekend, I was introduced to a very interesting way to fish for stripers in current. Basically, it's taking a 3" plastic grub on very light weight jigs (1/32 up to 1/4 ounce) and drifting them thru the seams in the current, lets say behind the pilings of a bridge, using very light weight spin tackle and line like you'd use for steelhead or fresh water bass fishing. You control the depth of the drift by the weight of the jig and the size of the grub. I was amazed at how far you can drift these little guys and in the right hands, how much control you have over the drift. And I was really inpressed at how effective it was in the fish catching category.

At any rate, I came home Saturday night all fired up and headed out to one of my favorite little outflows up here on the North Shore. After fiddling with jigs and grubs, I got 4 nice fish in the space of about 40 minutes, including my first keepah sized bass of the season.

I was curious if anybody else has seen this technique or uses it for stripers.

05-09-2006, 05:47 PM	#1
steelhead Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North shore Posts: 1,247	Finnesse fishing for stripers This weekend, I was introduced to a very interesting way to fish for stripers in current. Basically, it's taking a 3" plastic grub on very light weight jigs (1/32 up to 1/4 ounce) and drifting them thru the seams in the current, lets say behind the pilings of a bridge, using very light weight spin tackle and line like you'd use for steelhead or fresh water bass fishing. You control the depth of the drift by the weight of the jig and the size of the grub. I was amazed at how far you can drift these little guys and in the right hands, how much control you have over the drift. And I was really inpressed at how effective it was in the fish catching category. At any rate, I came home Saturday night all fired up and headed out to one of my favorite little outflows up here on the North Shore. After fiddling with jigs and grubs, I got 4 nice fish in the space of about 40 minutes, including my first keepah sized bass of the season. I was curious if anybody else has seen this technique or uses it for stripers.