[ThrowingTimber]

Originally Posted by Strat

I am brand new to this site and this area...
I grew up freshwater fishing and moved here a couple of years ago. A friend of mine and I have beeing basically figuring out this ocean thing by trial and error. We have done well with Tog's and Black bass and the occasional blue (Although when they are breaking on the surface you do not have to be an expert to hook up). However we have had dismal luck with stripers. We have trolled, we have chunked, we have tried 3 way with live eels, we have tried tube and worm, we have casted suggo's.....you get the picture. I am embarassed to admit it on a forum of striper experts, but we caught one striper all last year, so late season we said the hell with it and concentrated on the Tog's and Bass and had a blast. The winter gave us the itch again and being competitive by nature deceided not to let this fish win. Basically we have decided that maybe it is not the technique but the location so tommorrow morning early we will take the boat and try the famed Cuttyhunk. We will go armed with the entire arsenal and try it all. I was hoping someone here could point us in the right direction as to what to use and when to minimize the trial and error thing. If we crap out tommorrow we may leave this species to you experts.......at least until I get pissed off at losing again.

Thanks in Advance
PJ

Its hard fishing and it will test you. Its not a magical place where they just jump in your cooler.