I surf fish and kayak fish off the Jersey shore. Any tips for catching monster stripers (20lbs and up) Bait, rig, hook size or lure? Please only answer if you have actually caught a big one with that setup.
2007-06-08 12:17:56 · 4 answers · asked by luker 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Try around the jetties using bunker (menhaden) chunks. I use a 8/0 hook, but sometime I will use a 9/0. Since I fish from the surf, I keep my leader about 12: to 15" so I could get casting distance. I wouldn't use a leader more than 18" yet some do. Also I use a three-way swivel with a sinker clip. If I'm tossing lures, I'll use either a two-ounce hopkins or castmaster.
2007-06-08 14:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by mac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use a top bottom rig, with fresh surf clams for bait. Fish around rocks, pilings, or any kind of structure. The record striper was taken from Atlantic City off Vermont Ave. Sept '82 It weighed 78 1/2 lbs., and 53 in. long.
http://www.stripers247.com/worldrecordstripedbass.htm
2007-06-08 16:14:25 · answer #2 · answered by RocknReel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tom relatively plenty hit the nail on the top. once you reel it up, you basically ought to get used to moving your thumb back and forth. It takes some prepare, yet as quickly as you get the pass down, its ordinary. the clarification that some have not got levelwinds is that it motives friction and slows the value of the reel down while casted. it truly is for surf casting while they're used for casting long distances. yet one greater reason that some do no longer as they're used as a heavy accountability reel for offshore use, is that alot of levelwinds won't be in a position to take the heavy tension positioned on them from a number of the bigger fish off shore while they pull the drag out quickly. Ive seen a number of the greater decrease priced 4/0 reels that have a levelwind, and basically the cheap ones have a levelwind in that form reel. Ive seen a clean reel like that grow to be valueless after one king mackeral hits the line. Stripped the levelwind and locked it up, and since the levelwind locked up, it may no longer permit line out quickly sufficient to maintain up with the fish and broke off.
2016-12-12 15:37:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all monster stripers are over 50 lbs.
Second of all they eat live eels.
2007-06-08 13:10:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋