How To: Soft Bait Retrieves #140
Softbaits can be broken down into two categories: 1. Top Water: Top water softbaits are typically eel tail softbaits rigged with unweighted or lightly weighted Swimbait hooks and soft circle Hooks....
Striper Baits: Best Eel Imitations #124
The eel is perhaps the most iconic bait used when targeting stripers. Big soft plastics are the ultimate imitator of eels for big stripers and have been fooling trophy class fish for decades. Many...
Striper Baits: Best Baby Bluke Imitations #123
Baby fluke flounder are another commonly found baitfish in the belly of stripers. Hogy Top Imitator: The Hogy 3.5” and 5” Hogy Flounders are designed specifically for imitating baby flatfish. They...
Striper Baits: Best Butterfish Imitations #120
Schools of baby butterfish often ball up in the fall and provide another food source that fish like bass and albies feed on heavily. Butterfish have a unique broad, round profile that is hard to ...
Striper Baits: Best Mackerel Imitations #119
Like the juvenile herring, bass and albies get very aggressive when keyed in on small mackerel. They are fast moving schools, so be ready to be nimble. Obviously green is the top color for matching...
Striper Baits: Best Squid Imitations #118
Around inshore striper waters, you will often encounter large squid in the spring that have moved onto the shoals to spawn, followed by juvenile squid relatively soon after the spawning season is o...