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I'm not getting proper hook-sets on over 50% of the Stripers picking up my live bait (mackerel) and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm hoping to get some help. My rig is set up as follows; Main line = 50lb. braid tied to small barrel swivel. I slide a 1oz egg sinker onto the braid, then a...

We fished a friends derby today local and out of 100 or so entries ... ONLY 4 fish brought to the scales. :eek: I'm talking a lot of local/regulars who know what they are doing out there on the river. I know of a few more caught but all under 13lbs. Poor numbers and the winning fish was a...

I fish the Middle Potomac River & had poorest season in 15yrs, Wondering how everyone else did this year Normally I catch & release more than 1000 keepers in a season & this year maybe 100 Our water salinity was way down,maybe an issue? Just wondering how other fisherman did in different...

I am hoping to learn some tricks,tactics, and hotspots around Rhode Island. I fished Conanicut?Park last week, no luck, Tried Sabin Point the night of July 5th. Saw one small bass (22 inches) caught. I'm pretty sure the guy took it home, never heard it go into water(it was pitch black there at...

me and my friend where down for one morning tide nothing next day after noon we walked miles i fell in the mud splat. found a good spot stayed a couple hrs not a bite at a few nibbles thats at about it.... highland village poor at the time... other spot dont even go there other then that bass...

friend cought maybe a 12inchr but thats all hey who else here thinks morning tides are not good?~~fishstripers

Since I installed the fishfinder on my boat, I seem to get a very choppy reading when at any speed above trolling speed or in rough water. When I installed the transom mount trasducer, I followed the template provided for placement, and have since dropped the transducer even lower thinking that...

Tried yesterday in the Navisink, Schrewsbury Rivers and Sandy Hook Bay. Extremely poor fishing, one fish for three guys. Heavy chumming didn't help. Water high was 48.6 degrees. Heard reports of 5 and 10 fish to a boat but didn't see but two other fish caught all day.