How to fish for striped bass?

Question

I need to know how to fish for Saltwater Striped bass. My dad and I fish for Skipjacks. We like it because we catch one fish after the other. Right. So my dad caught a striper. Out of the blue going for skipjacks and we ate it. It was so delicious. I want to go for striper. We go at a good spot where hardly any body knows. Very few go along the rocks and get striper and they catch them. I want to learn how to catch them. Should i attach a live skipjack to a big hook and just cast it out? There a technique in reeling the pole in?

Oh sorry. SkipJack is an adolesent form of Blue fish. like Baby blue fish. They are about 10 inchs long.

Answer 1

Bait works best for stripers although you could also catch on lures. For bait use bunker (menhaden), mackerel, or whole clams. During the summer it seems to hit skimmer clams better than bunker or mackerel. If you are going to use a lure, try a two-ounce castmaster or a yellow Danny plug. Yellow because I've had success with that. Yet bait is best. As far as set up you'll need a 4 to 5 oz pyramid sinker, a three way swivel with sinker snap and a 8/0 or 9/0 hook. And you could use live eels. When you say skipjack, I immediately think of little tunny. Skipjacks are related to the tuna family and are usuallly two to three pounds. You could use them for bass bait but you're going to have to chunk the skipjack into pieces to put on the hook.

Answer 2

Try bouncing bucktails in the rocks at slack tide. You could attach a rubber worm, grub or shad dart.

Answer 3

HEAVY AND BIG Silver and/or Lead spoons. Fast retrieval.