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Being new to striper fishing and doing a lot of research I've come up with a question. It seems that almost everyone one the southern part of the river uses eels and bloodworms as bait while almost everyone further north uses live or chunk herring. Does anyone know if there is a reason for this...

Hi Everyone, Im new to the Hudson River and was looking for some advice on Stripe Bass fishing technique and tackle. I'll be shore fishing the east side of the Hudson River in between Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park. I caught plenty of Cats last year through the thick of summer but from what I hear...

Last night 6/05/11 I had a hard time catching bait so i tried a little trolling in Defeated Creek. The fog rolled in so thick i didn't feel good about trolling anymore and i heard some fish breaking top water just off a bluff bank. I tied on a 6" Berkley power shad and made some long cast. I...

Get the fish back in the water!!! Have your camera with batteries, tape and scale ready. If you have to run back to your car the fish will die. If you have the means purchase a lip gripper with a scale. Rapala makes a cheaper one to the standard quality boga grip. When you have the fish under...

I caught my first striper of the season Wednesday night. 34" keeper off a live eel from the beach. Great fight and I couldn't be happier, but I have a couple of questions on my technique I thought you guys might want to chime in about. Here's how I go about setting up. I have a 10' rod &...

Hey guys, I fish out of Cape Cod and we have fished virtually evry way possible for stripers.....so I thought. Much of the time is spent trolling and I recently read an article on something new and wanted your opinions. The premise of the article was lightening up all of your gear to get a true...

Hey guys, I fish out of Cape Cod and we have fished virtually evry way possible for stripers.....so I thought. Much of the time is spent trolling and I recently read an article on something new and wanted your opinions. The premise of the article was lightening up all of your gear to get a true...

I was using #6 eagle claw, but I didn't think there was a big enough gap to hook a bigger fish so I switched to the #8. Also couldn't get much bait on without filling the hook up. But I was having better luck with the schoolies. To me a bigger bait = bigger fish, which you need a hook, but if...

This is the last day of your"Striper Vacation" you've fished all the best tides,night and day,you've landed some nice fish but are still looking for that trophy,grey dawn streaks the sky,you get a solid whack on a sub surface swimming plug,line melts off the spool,you cant remember if you...