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  • Striper Fishing Virginia's Waters
    • Buggs Island Lake Striper Fishing >
      • Hit Kerr for Winter Stripers
      • Buggs Island Winter Stripers
      • Kerr Lake Striper Anglers Are Now Targeting Big Blue Cats
      • Buggs Island Lake - Striper Hotspot
      • Finding Buggs Island Stripers
      • Cold Weather, Hot Stripers
      • Great Striper bite at Kerr/Buggs isn't slowing down
      • Buggs Island Fall Striped Bass Fishing
      • Striped bass fishing looking up at Kerr Lake
      • Striper fishing on Kerr Lake
      • Buggs Island Lake: Top Area Striper Water
    • Claytor Lake Striper Fishing >
      • Claytor Lake striper looking well
      • Claytor Lake sees largest fish kill in years
      • Natural Phenomenon killing Claytor Lake Striped Bass
      • 14.5 lb. Striped Bass (striper) caught
      • Warm, dry weather killing fish at Claytor Lake
      • Claytor Lake will bounce back from fish kill
      • New state record Hybrid Striped Bass recognized
    • Lake Anna Striper Fishing >
      • Lake Anna: Striper Hotspot
      • Lake Anna - Umbrella Rigs for Stripers
      • Lake Anna Reborn With Striped Bass
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Lake Anna Gains a New Species
      • Striper fishing heats up on Lake Anna as temps hit 90;s
      • Catch Lake Anna Stripers Now!
      • Umbrella Rig Stripers at Lake Anna
      • Lake Anna Seasonal Striper Patterns
      • Destination File: Lake Anna
    • Lake Gaston Striper Fishing >
      • Lake Gaston: Striper Hotspot
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Head up the lake for Gaston's striped bass
      • Hit Lake Gaston for Winter Stripers
      • Find warmer water in creeks for best Lake Gaston striper action
      • Gaston: Southside Striper Hotspot
    • Leesville Lake Striper Fishing >
      • Trolling for freshwater stripers at Leesville Reservoir
    • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Fishing >
      • New competition to limit SML summer striper harvest
      • Fishermen need to change habits to save striped bass population on Smith Mountain Lake
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Smith Mountain Lake: Top Area Striper Water
      • Big stripers reach 20-year high at Smith Mountain Lake
      • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Tips
      • Live Bait Fishing for SML Stripers
      • Two tactics for freshwater stripers
      • A-rigs catching stripers at Smith Mountain Lake. Here's how
      • Stripers starting a come back at Smith Mountain Lake
      • Earn Your Stripers
      • Seasonal Movements of Smith Mountain Lake Striped Bass
      • 5 Tips For Fishing Striped Bass In Smith Mountain Lake
      • Smith Mountain Lake striped bass fishery in decline
      • Smith Mountain Lake Is Striped Bass Heaven
      • Winter Time Jigging 101
      • Vertical Jigging for SML Striped Bass
      • Stripers Getting Bigger at Smith Mountain Lake
      • Smith Mountain Stripers — Making A Comeback
      • Smith Mountain Lake Seasonal Striper Patterns
      • Stripers By The Month
      • Parasites remain in Smith Mountain Lake Stripers
      • Different Fishing Seasons for Striped Bass
      • Smith Mountain Lake Seasonal Fishing Tactics
      • The Best Time to catch a Smith Mountain Lake Monster Striper
      • State Record Striped Bass / Hybrid Striped Bass
  • Virginia Striper Odds & Ends
    • Virginia's Baitfish for Stripers
    • Striped Bass Age - Length - Weight Chart
    • Virginia Striped Bass Creel Limits
    • Virginia Stripers News & Views >
      • Virginia Fish Consumption Advisories
      • 2018 SMSC Perch Jerk Tournament
      • Stripers on the Staunton River
      • Catch 2 & Quit
      • July 2018....Proposed State Regulation Changes for Virginia's Striped Bass
      • Stripers Life Begins in Small Hatchery
      • Lake Gaston anglers change face of winter striper fishing in Chesapeake Bay
      • Tis the season for freshwater stripers
      • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
      • How to Measure a Fish
  • Professional Striper Guides
  • Virginia Saltwater Striper Fishing
    • Bigger Stripers on The Chunk
    • On these cool days, a stripers hot spot is Virginia Beach
    • Sheffield reaches striped bass goal and then some
    • Striped Bass in Virginia
    • Catch Virginia’s Trophy Saltwater Stripers!
    • Ocean Trolling for Stripers
  • The Striped Bass Manual
    • Chapter 1...Striper Fishing Tactics & Techniques >
      • 10 Tips For Catching Freshwater Striped Bass
      • Freshwater Striper Fishing Techniques
      • Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing Basics
      • Battle technique, putting' on the brakes...and wild fights
      • Bank Fishing for Stripers
      • Striped Bass Deep Water Fishing Facts and Information
      • Tips on Locating and Catching Striped Bass
      • 5 Striper Tips For Using Their Instincts To Your Advantage
      • Targeting Big Fish
      • Striper class 101
      • Striper Fishing Tips
      • Ready to catch more stripers?
      • Stripr School Fishing Fundamentals
      • ​Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
      • Never Lose Another Striped Bass
    • Chapter 2...Striper Fishing With Live Bait & Cut Bait >
      • Fishing for Stripers with Cut Bait
      • Anchovy Rigging Techniques
      • 3 Deadly Bait Rigs For Stripers
      • ​Fishing with Cut Bait for Stripers
      • Live Baits for Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing
      • Using Cut Bait for Stripers
      • Downrod Fishing for Stripers
      • How to Rig Fishing Line Using Anchovies for Freshwater Striper
      • Chunk - Cut Bait Fishing
      • Trim the Fins on Your Live Bait
      • Bait and Bait Rigs For Stripers
      • How to Find Shad for Bait
      • Chicken Livers: Secret Striper Bait
      • Using Chicken Liver for Striped Bass
    • Chapter 3...Striper Fishing with Artificial Lures >
      • Striped Bass Plugging
      • Favorite Lures of the Striper Guides
      • ​Jigging: Basics
      • 3 Tips to help you catch more topwater stripers
      • Swimmer Plugs
      • Buck the Trend For Striped Bass
      • Striper Lures That Really Work
      • Stripped Bass Jigging
      • Vertical Jigging for Striped Bass
      • Striper Lures for Trolling
      • Striped Bass on Bucktails
      • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
      • Lures for Striped Bass
      • ​A Deadly Fluke Rig for Striper
      • Crankbaits For Stripers
      • Topwater Lures for Stripers
      • Traditional Poppers
      • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
      • ​How to Choose Lures for Striped Bass
      • Refining Top-water Techniques for Big Stripers The Next Level
      • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
      • How To Catch More and Bigger Freshwater Stripers
      • Striped Bass Detect Shades
      • How to Dead Stick Striped Bass and Hybrid Striper
      • ​Six Topwater Secrets
    • Chapter 4...Spring & Summer Striper Fishing >
      • 4 Live Fishing Bait Strategies for Summer Striped Bass
      • Spring tips for striped bass fishing
      • Early Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
      • Spawning-Run Stripers
      • Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
      • Tip - Bigger Fish in Summer Blitzes
      • ​How to Catch Summer Striped Bass
      • Night Time is Striper Time
      • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
    • Chapter 5...Fall & Winter Fishing >
      • Catch Striped Bass All Winter Long
      • Fall Turnover
      • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Winter Freshwater Striper tactics
      • Tactics for Wintertime Freshwater Stripers
      • Cold Weather Striper Tactics
      • Time to try winter striped bass fishing
      • ​Going Deep For Stripers
      • Striped Bass Provide Great Cold Weather Angling Action
    • Chapter 6...Fly Fishing For Stripers >
      • Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing for Striped Bass: The Gear
      • Big Jerks
      • Sweetwater Stripers
      • Fly Fishing for Stripers is Fun in Freshwater
      • Spey Stripers
      • Versatility For Success!!
      • Spring Flyfishing for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
      • Fly Fishing a Striper Boil/Blitz
    • Chapter 7...Bait Tanks & Keeping Bair >
      • What Do Gizzard Shad Eat - Feeding Shad
      • Shad Keeper - Keep Shad Alive
      • Salt and Shad
      • Dissolved Oxygen and Shad
      • Mechanical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
      • Chemical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
      • Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
      • Bait Tank - Water and Conditioning
      • ​Water Aeration in Live Bait Tanks
      • Keeping Live Bait - Alive and Active
      • Bio-Wheel Filtration System for Live Bait Tanks
    • Chapter 8...Striped Bass Conservation >
      • Hooking mortality and physiological responses
      • Striped Bass Catch and Release Guide
      • Live Wells For Stripers
      • Technique Leads to Circle Hook Success
      • Parasitic Copepod Affect Striped Bass in Virginia Lakes
      • Suggestions to Boost Survival Rates of Released Striped Bass
      • Some guidelines for catch-and-release angling
      • Lactic Acid Build up in Striped Bass
      • Striped Bass Release Survivability Increase
      • The Circle Hook
      • Circle Hooks
      • Handling & Releasing Stripers
    • Chapter 9....Trolling for Stripers >
      • Trolling for Landlocked Striped Bass
      • How to Troll Live Bait
      • Using Planer boards when trolling live bait
      • Slow-Trolling for Stripers
      • Trolling For Striped Bass
      • How to troll spoons in fresh water for Striped Bass
      • A New Look at Light Tackle Trolling
      • Technique for Trolling Artificial Lures
      • Leadcore Line Trolling
      • Flatline Trolling for Hybrid Striped Bass
      • Trolling for Big Stripers
      • Trolling for Stripers
    • Chapter 10...River Fishing for Stripers >
      • Spawning-Run Stripers
      • Striped Bass River Fishing Facts and Information
      • Spring River Striper Techniques
      • River Fishing Facts and Information
      • Nightime River Fishing for September Striped Bass
      • Tips for Striped Bass Fishing in Rivers
    • Chapter 11...Striped Bass Odds & Ends >
      • The Striped Bass
      • ​Tips to identify white bass, stripers and hybrid striped bass
      • World Record Striped Bass
      • Striped Bass Spawning Habits
      • Striper Myth Busting
      • Two of the Biggest Inland Stripers Ever Caught!
      • Stripers From Hook To Plate
    • Chapter 12...Striper Tackle & Equipment >
      • Refining Top-water Tackle Techniques for Big Stripers The Next Level
      • Choosing the Right Line: Mono Vs. Braid
      • How to Select a Fishing Line
      • Make Your Own Wooden Lures for Stripers
      • ​Six Tips for Choosing a Top-water Rod
      • Seven Tips for Selecting a Jigging Rod For Striper
      • Choosing the Right Rod For Light Tackle Stripers
      • Striper Fishing Boats
      • Striped Bass Boat Fishing Tackle
      • Selection of a Rod for Striper Fishing
      • What is the best fluorocarbon line? – Top 3 Guide
      • Circle Hooks
      • How to Choose Lures for Striped Bass
      • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
      • TopWater Lures for Stripers
    • Chapter 13...Striper Fishing With Planer Boards >
      • Flat Lines and Planer Boards 101
      • Planer Boards for Stripers
      • Carters Lake Planer-Board Winter Stripers
      • Planer boards can be adapted for wide variety of fishing applications
      • Planer boards adapt well for striped bass
      • Planer boards aren’t just for walleyes anymore
    • Chapter 14...Hybrid Striped Bass >
      • Heating it up with Hybrids
      • Something about Hybrids
      • The Hard Fighting Hybrid Striper
      • Hybrid Striped Bass Information
      • Night Stripes — Fishing tips for Lake St. John hybrid stripers
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​How to Choose Lures for Striped Bass
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If you've ever hung a big landlocked striped bass on an artificial lure, you know it's a jarring experience. There's nothing tentative about the way a striper hits a surface plug, crankbait or jig -- no slight peck, no mushy feeling, none of that maybe stuff. "How will you know when a fish strikes?" A striper doesn't strike a lure, it creams it, smashes it with a vengeance, blows it to kingdom come.

Most die-hard striper anglers rely on live bait 85% of the time. They may chunk topwaters or crankbaits at dawn and dusk, then snip them off and use bait for the remainder of the day.

Sure, live bait works great. But you can catch stripers all day long on artificials, too -- even on days when they're turning up their noses at shad or herring. We've classified various lure styles and gathered some inside tips on fishing 'em. Some of the lures we'll mention may be familiar to you, others not. Try 'em and see if they don't bring an exciting new dimension to your striper fishing. 

Topwater Fishing Lures 

Fish topwater lures anywhere you see stripers surfacing, which can include open water. Be sure to try them where these predators are most likely to intercept schools of bait -- across the ends of reservoir points, on shallow flats, in protected coves, against bluff banks, in river eddies, etc. 

As a rule of thumb, use the bigger, noisier topwater styles in low-light situations -- at dawn and dusk, after dark, on rainy days and when the water is choppy. As light levels intensify, switch to a progression of quieter, more realistic lures, saving your most subtle and lifelike offerings for mid-day. 

Prop Baits -- These are the first lures to use at daybreak and the last ones to cast before darkness falls. They're also good during the day if it's stormy or rough. These are big-fish lures; if the stripers in your local waters run in excess of 20 pounds, ignore bass-sized prop baits with wimpy hooks and hardware and use big, stout ones like Luhr-Jensen's Big Game Woodchopper. 

Inside tip: Stripers often strike these lures repeatedly without hooking up. If a fish blows up or rolls on the bait but misses it, twitch the lure gently, making the props barely sputter -- she'll come back and eat it.

Poppers -- Favored by saltwater striper anglers for schooling fish, these noisy lures will work well on landlocks, too. Use them in low-light or choppy conditions. You can cast big saltwater poppers a country mile; this makes them useful when a striper school is in hot pursuit of bait and moving quickly. 

Inside tip: for some reason, poppers work better than any other topwater style in churning tailwater boils -- even bank anglers catch monster fish on them.

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Surface Minnows 

Easily the most popular of all landlocked striper lures, with the Cordell Red Fin being the classic example. They can catch stripers in bright sunlight, but their best application is early and late in the day. Use a slow, swimming retrieve, keeping the rod tip high while reeling the lure just fast enough so it sashays back and forth across the surface, throwing a tell-tale wake behind it. 

Inside tip: Remove the hooks from a big surface minnow and scrape the paint off the lure body. This usually reveals bone white plastic underneath -- this color is deadly on stripers! Replace the front hook, but substitute the rear hook for one a size larger. This sinks the tail slightly, allowing you to retrieve the lure faster while maintaining the right wake-throwing action -- a real asset in clear water. 

Stick Baits -- Exceptionally good in moderate light. You'll love 'em when morning fog begins to break up on reservoirs and tailwaters. The erratic "walk the dog" retrieve is hard to beat; use a short (under 6 foot) rod, point the rod tip to the water's surface and snap the slack out of the line with a single downward stroke at the same time you turn the reel handle.

Inside tip: on bright days, bass-sized stick baits like Heddon's Zara Spook are often more deadly than larger saltwater styles. To help keep big stripers from pulling the hooks out of these baits, remove the screws holding the hook hangers, dip in epoxy cement and replace.

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Soft Plastic Lures 

Jerkbaits -- Incredibly realistic lures that will catch stripers from daybreak 'til dark. Especially deadly in shallow, gin-clear water where stripers may turn away from other artificials. Our favorites are Bass Pro Shops Stick-O worm or Lunker City's 10-inch Fin-S Fish and 9-inch Slug-Go; they perfectly capture the look and action of big forage fish upon which megastripers dine. Bass anglers fish soft jerk baits slowly; for clearwater stripers, try fishing 'em fast, darting, twitching and skipping 'em on or just under the surface. Inside tip : when rigging soft jerk baits, use the big worm hook that comes with the lure, but add a treble stinger. Stick the worm hook through the lure's head, bring it out the bottom and simply run it through the eye of a big treble hook before reinserting it into the lure, so the treble hook dangles freely. This rigging will stick even those fish that slap at the lure without eating it. 

Leadhead Trailers -- Big twist-tail grubs like Kalin's Mogambo top this list. Fish them on either bucktail (hair) jigs or plain leadheads. Try bucktails up shallow in early spring -- they're deadly in coves and long points when heavy rains have stained the water in a normally clear reservoir or river. Eel and shadtail trailers may be substituted for twisters; work these with a bottom-bumping or fast-twitch retrieve. 

Inside tip: in rivers and tailraces, stripers often use submerged trees as ambush points. Swim twisters through the ends of the branches; use heavy line for added abrasion resistance. 

Tube Baits -- The biggest examples of these lifelike lures are deadly for stripers. Consider them finesse lures -- they don't have the noise or frantic action of many other artificials and are best used when the bite is slow. Try rigging a big tube on a Carolina rig with a heavy sinker; fish this around reservoir points and river ledges to the 35-foot level. They can also be rigged on a saltwater leadhead and bumped along the bottom. 

Inside tip: Fill a big tube with styrofoam peanuts so it'll float, then fish it on a stout hook. ​​

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Spoons & Blade Lures 

Jigging Spoons -- For stripers, use 3/4 to 3 oz. spoons, depending on depth, current, wind conditions, etc. These spoons are best used in water 15 feet or deeper. Watch your bass pro jigging spoongraph for "hooks" indicating suspending fish, position your boat over the target and lower a spoon to just above its depth level, then jig repeatedly (make sure your reel's drag isn't too tight!). Adjust the depth level until you contact fish. We like the like the Bass Pro Shops XPS Tungsten Jiggin Spoon.

Inside tip: if small stripers are schooling on top, go for a bigger fish with a spoon. Cast beyond the surface activity, hold the rod high and reel quickly so the bait tumbles across the surface.

Trolling Spoons -- Lightweight aluminum downrigger spoons like the Northport Nailer are commonly used by Great Lakes anglers for trout and salmon; stripers will eat 'em too. They are intended solely for downrigger use and will run at the exact depth of the cannonball, enabling precise presentations for suspending stripers. They'll catch bass, trout and walleye as well. 

Inside tip: during mid-day, stripers often move offshore and suspend, feeding on deep baitfish schools. A good place to find them is between two main-lake points. Graph the area, locate suspending bait/stripers, note their depth level and troll a spoon just above them. Avoid trolling with a constant speed; stripers often respond immediately when you speed up or slow down your presentation. 

Blade Baits -- Fish these either with a fast, steady retrieve like a crankbait, or vertically like a spoon. Often considered clear-water lures, their intense vibration draws strikes in murky water as well. 

Inside tip: you can cast a big blade bait extremely long distances, so try them on windy days. Jarring strikes are commonplace with these lures; keep the drag loose. ​​

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Crankbaits 

Best used in spring and fall, when stripers are shallow but not surfacing. Noisy, rattling styles are good night lures. Ideal on points and humps in reservoirs and around submerged wood in rivers. 

Lipless Rattlers -- Bill Lewis' Rat-L-Trap and similar noisemakers, in the larger sizes, are ideal for active stripers in shallow water. Reel them in quickly just beneath the surface through baitfish schools. Best colors: blue back chrome, black back chrome, bone white. 

Inside tip: bass fishermen use a high-speed reel when fishing lipless rattlers, but it's a poor idea for stripers. The higher gear ratio gives you very little winching power to control a big fish. Instead, use a wide-spoon reel with standard retrieve. 

Medium-Divers -- Long, slender baitfish-imitating divers like Bomber's Long A run to a depth of 15 feet and are ideal for probing points, humps and standing timber. Best colors: shad, bone, chartreuse, rainbow trout. 

Inside tip: try fishing these lures at night. Stripers often move up to feed on shallow bars and flats after dark and will nail a big crankbait without hesitation. 

Deep-Divers -- These can reach depths of 20 to 30 feet when trolled on a long line, which is their best application for stripers. Recommended models include Rebel's Spoonbill, Mann's Stretch 25+ and Heddon's Hellbender. They're ideal for probing deep points and humps as well as trolling for fish suspending in open water. Best colors: shad, rainbow trout, white, fire tiger. 

Inside tip: attach a short length of stout line to the trailing hook of a deep-diving crankbait and tie a 1/4 oz. leadhead jig with a white or chartreuse twist-tail to the end. When trolled through a school of stripers, you'll often hook two fish at once.

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    • Buggs Island Lake
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    • Lake Gaston
    • Lake Prince
    • Leesville Lake
    • Little Creek Reservoir
    • Smith Mountain Lake
    • Western Branch Reservoir
  • Striper Fishing Virginia's Waters
    • Buggs Island Lake Striper Fishing >
      • Hit Kerr for Winter Stripers
      • Buggs Island Winter Stripers
      • Kerr Lake Striper Anglers Are Now Targeting Big Blue Cats
      • Buggs Island Lake - Striper Hotspot
      • Finding Buggs Island Stripers
      • Cold Weather, Hot Stripers
      • Great Striper bite at Kerr/Buggs isn't slowing down
      • Buggs Island Fall Striped Bass Fishing
      • Striped bass fishing looking up at Kerr Lake
      • Striper fishing on Kerr Lake
      • Buggs Island Lake: Top Area Striper Water
    • Claytor Lake Striper Fishing >
      • Claytor Lake striper looking well
      • Claytor Lake sees largest fish kill in years
      • Natural Phenomenon killing Claytor Lake Striped Bass
      • 14.5 lb. Striped Bass (striper) caught
      • Warm, dry weather killing fish at Claytor Lake
      • Claytor Lake will bounce back from fish kill
      • New state record Hybrid Striped Bass recognized
    • Lake Anna Striper Fishing >
      • Lake Anna: Striper Hotspot
      • Lake Anna - Umbrella Rigs for Stripers
      • Lake Anna Reborn With Striped Bass
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Lake Anna Gains a New Species
      • Striper fishing heats up on Lake Anna as temps hit 90;s
      • Catch Lake Anna Stripers Now!
      • Umbrella Rig Stripers at Lake Anna
      • Lake Anna Seasonal Striper Patterns
      • Destination File: Lake Anna
    • Lake Gaston Striper Fishing >
      • Lake Gaston: Striper Hotspot
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Head up the lake for Gaston's striped bass
      • Hit Lake Gaston for Winter Stripers
      • Find warmer water in creeks for best Lake Gaston striper action
      • Gaston: Southside Striper Hotspot
    • Leesville Lake Striper Fishing >
      • Trolling for freshwater stripers at Leesville Reservoir
    • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Fishing >
      • New competition to limit SML summer striper harvest
      • Fishermen need to change habits to save striped bass population on Smith Mountain Lake
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Smith Mountain Lake: Top Area Striper Water
      • Big stripers reach 20-year high at Smith Mountain Lake
      • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Tips
      • Live Bait Fishing for SML Stripers
      • Two tactics for freshwater stripers
      • A-rigs catching stripers at Smith Mountain Lake. Here's how
      • Stripers starting a come back at Smith Mountain Lake
      • Earn Your Stripers
      • Seasonal Movements of Smith Mountain Lake Striped Bass
      • 5 Tips For Fishing Striped Bass In Smith Mountain Lake
      • Smith Mountain Lake striped bass fishery in decline
      • Smith Mountain Lake Is Striped Bass Heaven
      • Winter Time Jigging 101
      • Vertical Jigging for SML Striped Bass
      • Stripers Getting Bigger at Smith Mountain Lake
      • Smith Mountain Stripers — Making A Comeback
      • Smith Mountain Lake Seasonal Striper Patterns
      • Stripers By The Month
      • Parasites remain in Smith Mountain Lake Stripers
      • Different Fishing Seasons for Striped Bass
      • Smith Mountain Lake Seasonal Fishing Tactics
      • The Best Time to catch a Smith Mountain Lake Monster Striper
      • State Record Striped Bass / Hybrid Striped Bass
  • Virginia Striper Odds & Ends
    • Virginia's Baitfish for Stripers
    • Striped Bass Age - Length - Weight Chart
    • Virginia Striped Bass Creel Limits
    • Virginia Stripers News & Views >
      • Virginia Fish Consumption Advisories
      • 2018 SMSC Perch Jerk Tournament
      • Stripers on the Staunton River
      • Catch 2 & Quit
      • July 2018....Proposed State Regulation Changes for Virginia's Striped Bass
      • Stripers Life Begins in Small Hatchery
      • Lake Gaston anglers change face of winter striper fishing in Chesapeake Bay
      • Tis the season for freshwater stripers
      • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
      • How to Measure a Fish
  • Professional Striper Guides
  • Virginia Saltwater Striper Fishing
    • Bigger Stripers on The Chunk
    • On these cool days, a stripers hot spot is Virginia Beach
    • Sheffield reaches striped bass goal and then some
    • Striped Bass in Virginia
    • Catch Virginia’s Trophy Saltwater Stripers!
    • Ocean Trolling for Stripers
  • The Striped Bass Manual
    • Chapter 1...Striper Fishing Tactics & Techniques >
      • 10 Tips For Catching Freshwater Striped Bass
      • Freshwater Striper Fishing Techniques
      • Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing Basics
      • Battle technique, putting' on the brakes...and wild fights
      • Bank Fishing for Stripers
      • Striped Bass Deep Water Fishing Facts and Information
      • Tips on Locating and Catching Striped Bass
      • 5 Striper Tips For Using Their Instincts To Your Advantage
      • Targeting Big Fish
      • Striper class 101
      • Striper Fishing Tips
      • Ready to catch more stripers?
      • Stripr School Fishing Fundamentals
      • ​Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
      • Never Lose Another Striped Bass
    • Chapter 2...Striper Fishing With Live Bait & Cut Bait >
      • Fishing for Stripers with Cut Bait
      • Anchovy Rigging Techniques
      • 3 Deadly Bait Rigs For Stripers
      • ​Fishing with Cut Bait for Stripers
      • Live Baits for Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing
      • Using Cut Bait for Stripers
      • Downrod Fishing for Stripers
      • How to Rig Fishing Line Using Anchovies for Freshwater Striper
      • Chunk - Cut Bait Fishing
      • Trim the Fins on Your Live Bait
      • Bait and Bait Rigs For Stripers
      • How to Find Shad for Bait
      • Chicken Livers: Secret Striper Bait
      • Using Chicken Liver for Striped Bass
    • Chapter 3...Striper Fishing with Artificial Lures >
      • Striped Bass Plugging
      • Favorite Lures of the Striper Guides
      • ​Jigging: Basics
      • 3 Tips to help you catch more topwater stripers
      • Swimmer Plugs
      • Buck the Trend For Striped Bass
      • Striper Lures That Really Work
      • Stripped Bass Jigging
      • Vertical Jigging for Striped Bass
      • Striper Lures for Trolling
      • Striped Bass on Bucktails
      • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
      • Lures for Striped Bass
      • ​A Deadly Fluke Rig for Striper
      • Crankbaits For Stripers
      • Topwater Lures for Stripers
      • Traditional Poppers
      • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
      • ​How to Choose Lures for Striped Bass
      • Refining Top-water Techniques for Big Stripers The Next Level
      • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
      • How To Catch More and Bigger Freshwater Stripers
      • Striped Bass Detect Shades
      • How to Dead Stick Striped Bass and Hybrid Striper
      • ​Six Topwater Secrets
    • Chapter 4...Spring & Summer Striper Fishing >
      • 4 Live Fishing Bait Strategies for Summer Striped Bass
      • Spring tips for striped bass fishing
      • Early Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
      • Spawning-Run Stripers
      • Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
      • Tip - Bigger Fish in Summer Blitzes
      • ​How to Catch Summer Striped Bass
      • Night Time is Striper Time
      • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
    • Chapter 5...Fall & Winter Fishing >
      • Catch Striped Bass All Winter Long
      • Fall Turnover
      • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
      • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
      • Winter Freshwater Striper tactics
      • Tactics for Wintertime Freshwater Stripers
      • Cold Weather Striper Tactics
      • Time to try winter striped bass fishing
      • ​Going Deep For Stripers
      • Striped Bass Provide Great Cold Weather Angling Action
    • Chapter 6...Fly Fishing For Stripers >
      • Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing for Striped Bass: The Gear
      • Big Jerks
      • Sweetwater Stripers
      • Fly Fishing for Stripers is Fun in Freshwater
      • Spey Stripers
      • Versatility For Success!!
      • Spring Flyfishing for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
      • Fly Fishing a Striper Boil/Blitz
    • Chapter 7...Bait Tanks & Keeping Bair >
      • What Do Gizzard Shad Eat - Feeding Shad
      • Shad Keeper - Keep Shad Alive
      • Salt and Shad
      • Dissolved Oxygen and Shad
      • Mechanical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
      • Chemical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
      • Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
      • Bait Tank - Water and Conditioning
      • ​Water Aeration in Live Bait Tanks
      • Keeping Live Bait - Alive and Active
      • Bio-Wheel Filtration System for Live Bait Tanks
    • Chapter 8...Striped Bass Conservation >
      • Hooking mortality and physiological responses
      • Striped Bass Catch and Release Guide
      • Live Wells For Stripers
      • Technique Leads to Circle Hook Success
      • Parasitic Copepod Affect Striped Bass in Virginia Lakes
      • Suggestions to Boost Survival Rates of Released Striped Bass
      • Some guidelines for catch-and-release angling
      • Lactic Acid Build up in Striped Bass
      • Striped Bass Release Survivability Increase
      • The Circle Hook
      • Circle Hooks
      • Handling & Releasing Stripers
    • Chapter 9....Trolling for Stripers >
      • Trolling for Landlocked Striped Bass
      • How to Troll Live Bait
      • Using Planer boards when trolling live bait
      • Slow-Trolling for Stripers
      • Trolling For Striped Bass
      • How to troll spoons in fresh water for Striped Bass
      • A New Look at Light Tackle Trolling
      • Technique for Trolling Artificial Lures
      • Leadcore Line Trolling
      • Flatline Trolling for Hybrid Striped Bass
      • Trolling for Big Stripers
      • Trolling for Stripers
    • Chapter 10...River Fishing for Stripers >
      • Spawning-Run Stripers
      • Striped Bass River Fishing Facts and Information
      • Spring River Striper Techniques
      • River Fishing Facts and Information
      • Nightime River Fishing for September Striped Bass
      • Tips for Striped Bass Fishing in Rivers
    • Chapter 11...Striped Bass Odds & Ends >
      • The Striped Bass
      • ​Tips to identify white bass, stripers and hybrid striped bass
      • World Record Striped Bass
      • Striped Bass Spawning Habits
      • Striper Myth Busting
      • Two of the Biggest Inland Stripers Ever Caught!
      • Stripers From Hook To Plate
    • Chapter 12...Striper Tackle & Equipment >
      • Refining Top-water Tackle Techniques for Big Stripers The Next Level
      • Choosing the Right Line: Mono Vs. Braid
      • How to Select a Fishing Line
      • Make Your Own Wooden Lures for Stripers
      • ​Six Tips for Choosing a Top-water Rod
      • Seven Tips for Selecting a Jigging Rod For Striper
      • Choosing the Right Rod For Light Tackle Stripers
      • Striper Fishing Boats
      • Striped Bass Boat Fishing Tackle
      • Selection of a Rod for Striper Fishing
      • What is the best fluorocarbon line? – Top 3 Guide
      • Circle Hooks
      • How to Choose Lures for Striped Bass
      • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
      • TopWater Lures for Stripers
    • Chapter 13...Striper Fishing With Planer Boards >
      • Flat Lines and Planer Boards 101
      • Planer Boards for Stripers
      • Carters Lake Planer-Board Winter Stripers
      • Planer boards can be adapted for wide variety of fishing applications
      • Planer boards adapt well for striped bass
      • Planer boards aren’t just for walleyes anymore
    • Chapter 14...Hybrid Striped Bass >
      • Heating it up with Hybrids
      • Something about Hybrids
      • The Hard Fighting Hybrid Striper
      • Hybrid Striped Bass Information
      • Night Stripes — Fishing tips for Lake St. John hybrid stripers
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