Striped Bass Fishing in Fresh Water Lakes, Reservoirs and Rivers
is the Fastest growing segment in sports Fishing.
Striped Bass fishing is freshwater fishing at its absolute best, a
completely unique experience.
Striped Bass
Spawning has always taken place in the fresh water river system.
The early
history of Striped Bass in the United States started with the pilgrams
on the east coast.
Inland lake and river Striped Bass fishing had its start in the
Santee-Cooper system in 1941 when the dam on the 170,000 acre Santee-Cooper
Reservoir was closed. Striped Bass from the Atlantic were trapped on a
Spawning run up the Cooper river. Biologists were aware that striped bass
were on a spawning run they just assumed that the stripers would die.
However, it was discovered by line breaking tail spacking action after the
war that the striped bass were flourishing and reproducing in the huge lake.
Forward thinking Fisheries Biologist transported Striped Bass to
the inland lakes and reservoirs across the nation usually for gizzard shad
control thru-out the 50's, 60's and 70s starting a new chapter in the
amazing history of the striped bass that is still being written today.
The most exciting topwater action you will ever have in the world of
freshwater Striped Bass fishing is when you get into a school of surface
feeding tail spacking striped bass. Your adrenalin will go into overload as
you cast into the splashing boiling surface action of the feeding striped
bass, HOLD ON they will take a rod away from you.
The most common Striped Bass fishing technique used in fresh water is
anchor or drift fishing with live shad. You find stripers around the flats
close to deep water, humps and points. Your typical rig is going to be a 7'
heavy rod with a casting or spinning reel spooled with 20-30 lb. test line.
Trolling
for Striped Bass is another accepted fishing method using weight or no
weights swivel, and a 5-6 foot leader with 5″ - 9″ shad.
Since you can not buy shad the trick to
live bait fishing with shad is first catching the shad and then keeping
them alive For this you need a good
circular bait tank
with the proper areation and filtration and water conditions.
Striper angler at Lake Ouachita (a known trophy striper lake) in which he
said he was trolling C-10 redfins
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