Hey striper fans

[chesapeake724]

Some neat pics here of our quarry.

http://www.ethangordon.com/search.pl?keyword=striped+bass

[bigshrimpin]

Ethan is a good friend of my old boss Jim Foster. He's got some amazing pics of stripers. Most of the Bass Pics are from the North Shore (MA). In many of the dive spots they'll hand feed the Big Bass . . . little lobsters.

[reelapeelin]

46 lber outta Lake Clark Hill yesterday...no, it wasn't mine... :'(...

Thanks for the pics, Chesapeake... ;D

[chesapeake724]

Here's another

http://home.comcast.net/~bigdaddy517/BoardStuff/66lber.jpg

Caught recently off of NC by a boat out of VA. Would be a VA state record, but the angler happens to have a commercial hook and line license, which is against the rules. Catch disqualified, but is being appealed. Story is that he was an angler on a regular charter for hire, not on a commercial trip.

[chumbucket]

Nice pics. One of Ethan Gordan's pics was the cover shot of my latest issue of On The Water magazine.

http://www.onthewater.com/

[chumbucket]

I don't get the glove thingy though. ??????????? Don't want to get smelly?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/bospa/000361.jpg

[macojoe]

Nice pic's!!!!!!!!!!

Well if he don't want to get smelly he should have not held it on his shirt!!

I were a glove all summer!! To keep my hands from getting scraped up from scales and the mouth.

[chumbucket]

They used this photo from the same photographer for the April '05 issue of Saltwater Sportsman magazine that also just arrived in the mail today.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/bospa/003157.jpg

[chumbucket]

btw; for those of you that don't get Saltwater Sportsman mag and are into Striper fishing, this looks like it's a really good issue. It just arrived late this afternoon, so I haven't read it through, but at a quick glance, there's a lot of coverage about Striper fishing including spots, Lures and Baits, and record breaking predictions. So, if you don't get the mag, you might want to look for it in the news stand. Looks like one of the better issues than what they've offered in a while. ;)

[CT_V-20]

Not to risk copyright infringement or anything, but could somebody hit me with the "best" lures and bait?

[macojoe]

The ones that work are best for me!!

[Blue_Runner]

Down here off the OBX (that's outer banks) we like using Mann's stretch 30 diving plugs. I've had best luck with red/white trolling anywhere between 4 - 8 mph.

[Franco]

When I lived in Virginia, we used to wire line dragging a big jighead slow and low - We used wire to cut the water easily and get down deep, had a 3 way swivel on the end, one swivel used a big ball of lead, depending on current it could be as much as 8 or 10 ounces - we used rigging wire, like the kind used on a ballyhoo rig to secure the lead to a short (6" to 12") piece of mono. On the third eylet from the 3 way we would attach a long
(6 to 12 feet) piece of mono - 30 to 50 lb - with a snap swivel at the end. Different folks used different lures, big spoons, jigheads with shad or grub tails, tube eels, even strip baits. We used a lot of Mann stretch lures, 25's and 30's - try th " match the hatch.
I liked to bag a couple of bigguns and the take light tackle with some top water poppers or mirror lures, knock down the barbs. Work the birds and catch and release bunches of schoolies.