Helpful Tips For Striped Bass Fishing

 

There are two times of the year for striped bass fishing, the fall and spring run. Striped bass are very elusive fish and the best time to catch them is during their fall run. Striped bass fishing is most common on the East Coast of the United States. Striped bass can be found anywhere between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia in Canada down to the Florida and Georgia border. There are only two reservoirs that have a self-sustained population for striped bass fishing which is the Kerr Reservoir in Virginia and North Carolina along with the Santee Cooper Reservoir in South Carolina. Before you can have success with striped bass fishing you need to know a little about the fish themselves and what type of water they prefer. Striped bass along with the white bass species are a temperate bass family. This means striped bass breed in freshwater but spend the majority of their life in saltwater. The striped bass prefers to live in a quiet environment. The four largest bodies of water where you can do striped bass fishing include the Chesapeake Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Hudson River and Delaware River.

Once you know where to go from striped bass fishing it is a good idea to plan ahead and pack everything you will need for the trip. Depending on the location of your striped bass fishing trip you will need to bring a fishing rod that is at least twelve to eighteen feet long. When it comes to fishing line you should have between two hundred to three hundred feet. When you arrive at your destination you should find the quietest place since this is where the most striped bass will likely congregate.

Selecting Your Bait

When you are striped bass fishing there are a number of baits that you can choose to use based on what works best. The top seven baits that work with striped bass include clams, eels, anchovies, bloodworms, night crawlers, chicken livers and sand worms. If you are fishing the in the winter you will want to choose a bait that can go into deep water since this is likely where the bass far. If it is during the spring run then you will want to have bait that stays close to the surface since the bass will be on the move and closer to the surface of the water. You can also vary your bait depending on what you find works well while you are fishing.