| Striped Bass or stripers are good eating and fun to | | | | after dawn or around dusk, but in the middle of |
| fish for too! Some of the best places to troll for | | | | summer, these fish like to feed at night. |
| them happen to be in protected waters. If you have | | | | If you don't want the expense of renting a charter |
| a hankering for stripers, there's plenty of charter | | | | to troll for striped bass, you can always fish from |
| boats that will let you catch your fill. | | | | shore. Again the same rules apply - make sure you |
| When trolling for striped bass, you want to make | | | | present them with something that resembles what |
| sure you use the right equipment. If you charter a | | | | they are currently feeding on. A 10 foot surf rod is |
| boat, you should be supplied with all that you need. | | | | typical and you should make sure to use at least 30 |
| Striped bass like to hang out near the bottom - | | | | pound test line. If you are using live bait, make sure |
| below the bait so wire line is used to get the lures | | | | to use a float to keep the bait away from crabs on |
| down to their level. It's important to prevent line | | | | the bottom. |
| wear to the guides on your rod so make sure you | | | | Trolling for stripers can be a fun activity for the |
| use one that has guides of carboloy, aluminum oxide | | | | whole family. A little bit more gently than fishing for |
| or silicon carbide. | | | | big game fish, it might not be as exciting for many |
| As with most fishing, your success depends on | | | | fisherman, but a good trip to bring the wife and kids |
| matching the lure to whatever the fish are eating. | | | | on. |
| Your charter guide should know exactly what to use | | | | Once you have your bass, you can prepare them by |
| for that. Striped bass are known to eat a large | | | | baking, broiling or grilling. You can even have striper |
| variety including eels, squid, silversides, crab, soft | | | | stuffed steaks if you can get them thick enough. To |
| clams, lobsters, sea worms and other fish such as | | | | bake, lightly flour the fish and bake at 400 degrees |
| flounder smelt and silver hake. | | | | until white and flaky. |
| Your best bet at catching striped bass is to go out | | | | |