What in the world are we doing wrong???? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

zacs · 08-26-2005, 08:00 AM

back to your woes, LuaP,

1- Do you have a fish finder? Are there fish where you are fishing? If not, move!

2- You need spots. I can't help you there, cause I fish in RI, but follow around some of the charters/sharpies, keep your distance, don't harass them, but keep your eye on them. They know the spots. Try their spots when they aren't there. Hopefully some nice s-b guys will PM you some hot boston spots.

3- Fish close to structure. A lot of my fish come very close to rocks, pilings, bridges, Sand spits, bars, reefs. Fish structure. If you are not gritting your teeth you are not close enough to the structure. Refer back to number 1. Are there fish around this structure?

4- Eben's advice is good.

5-Jig parchutes with pork rind strips.

6- You have to troll real slow. Many boats can't go as slow as you have to go, and sometimes have to drag a sea anchor or a bucket or something. Like 3 kts or less.

7- You must put the lure/bait in the fish's face. Big fish will not swim to your lure/bait 10 ft above there heads unless they are really actively feeding, and if they are actively feeding, turn of your engine and drift and throw them plugs. So, when trolling or jigging, you should be near or on the bottom. drift eels through the rip, but if fishing structure, put eel on a 3 way and send him down to where the fish are (see #1).

WIth a boat you don't have to fish at night, although it doesn't hurt, it is not necessary. The fish are not nocturnal, they just don't like warm shallow bright water. They are feeding durring the day in the darker, deeper, cooler waters, although as the fall grows closer, this becomes less true.

I'm no expert, but I have caught several decent fish this summer following the advice I just gave you.

Hope that helps.

Zac

zacs · 08-26-2005, 08:03 AM

Oh, one other thing, it can't hurt to take a charter or two and see how they do it and then copy that.

_z_

Pete F. · 08-26-2005, 08:45 AM

Invite a guy on a trip who you know knows, even if ya gotta pay him for his knowledge.

LuaP73 · 08-27-2005, 09:17 PM

Thank You to all that responded. There are a few of things that were listed that I cant wait to try. If there is anything else that anybody thinks that might have been missed please post your thoughts. Again than you and ill post what my results are.