Fishermen these days really do need to develop a strong, smart strategy and game plan. They need to be monitoring things like tidal phases and building up connections in places they like to fish as local experience and knowledge are priceless.
To grasp the new course, they need to know how to adapt for favorable outcomes and to do regular summaries of stock dynamics, complexities and the current state of the striper. Recent research is discovering that although over fishing is having an impact on the striper it is really environmental conditions that seem to be the primary culprit.
Another important element is timing and every fisherman has his own thoughts on the subject. If you are going to make a catch then you need to make yourself familiar with storm fronts, high and low tides, dusk, water temperatures and lucidity, and also barometric pressure.
Fishermen also need to learn how to read structure which is the physical form of the bottom of the ocean along the shore line. Stripers simply love structure, food and flowing water and all three of these things can be discovered close to the shoreline. Things like sand bars, holes, sloughs, points, cuts, washes, pockets, rips and the drop off are all structures. Since these elements are all underwater you can’t see them from your line of vision. Stripers and their food supply have the inclination to stick to particular sorts of structures at particular times of the day and year, so you can see how valuable it is for a fisherman to grasp the facts on reading structure.
The biggest waterway on the striper coast which is Chesapeake Bay, where most striped bass spawning takes place, generates about 80 percent of the coastal stock. Nice cold winters and solid wet springs is what produces the best and plentiful food for the striper and the young-of-the-year survival banks on it.
With the right preparation, it is reasonable to say that you could catch a 50 pounder or more. You can’t just go out and catch fish anymore like the good old days but if you prepare, and go out on days with the best conditions, network and move fast when you know it’s time then you can have success.
