| If one is an appreciator or aficionado of freshwater | | | | spotted around a clear thermocline or under a dense |
| fishing, one is likely to be familiar with "Striper Fishing." | | | | area where school fish are teeming and swimming |
| Striper fishing is a fisherman's dream come true, as it | | | | wildly. Secondly, just the right rig is needed. Seek a |
| is the pinnacle of fine freshwater fishing. This is so | | | | moderately weighted rod with a casting reel. In terms |
| due to stripers bountifulness on the Atlantic coastline | | | | of line, purchase 20-30 pound test. Other rig |
| and their anadromous nature. Anadromous fish are | | | | requirements call for an egg sinker, a swivel, a 12-20 |
| fish that live mostly in sea waters, yet have the | | | | inch liter and a larger sized single hook as to bait and |
| instinctual need to travel inland toward freshwater | | | | hook the back of shad. Fish with this style rig in a |
| regions solely for breeding purposes. | | | | straight up and down manner, at the depth you've |
| Saltwater Fish In Freshwater Waters | | | | marked the fish at. |
| So, in essence, anglers fishing for stripers are fishing | | | | Early Morning Scouting |
| for saltwater game fish in a freshwater environment. | | | | One approach to spot an abundance of stripers in |
| Stripers are even known to act like saltwater fish, | | | | one location is the early morning top-water method. |
| such as tuna or bluefish, as they school and feed as | | | | This method is sure fire but also allows for more |
| saltwater fish do in open ocean waters. From this, | | | | excitement while freshwater fishing. Survey the |
| the experience of fishing for stripers is like no other, | | | | water at early morning for baitfish movement. The |
| truly. Despite losing the prospect of reeling in an | | | | calmer waters will allow for a placid view and will |
| actual saltwater style lunker, fishing for stripers in | | | | easily allow spotting any disruptions on the water's |
| locations such as rivers, bays, inlets, estuaries or | | | | surface. Top water disruptions signify that there are |
| creeks will prove quite gratifying, as they are large | | | | stripers around, as the baitfish are essentially running |
| and very finicky freshwater game fish. | | | | up to the top of the water away from larger |
| And it is the above characteristics that make fishing | | | | predator fish, in this case, stripers. |
| for stipers a most challenging experience. The most | | | | To catch stripers this way, it's best to use a big |
| important thing to have in an angler's tackle box, is | | | | Popper lure, a Pencil Popper specifically. Cast out |
| knowledge, specifically knowhow on how to reel in | | | | toward an active baitfish location, then jerk it |
| these stripers. | | | | sporadically across the top of such a water surface. |
| Be Ready To Catch Stripers | | | | It's certain you'll catch many stripers this way. And, |
| One of the more common methods anglers utilize to | | | | to one's add excitement, the stripers will leap out of |
| catch stipers includes anchor or drift fishing, | | | | the water to snag such a lure. |
| specifically with live shad as bait. Firstly, fish must be | | | | |