The Striped Bass Manual
  • HOME
  • Chapter 1 : Tactics & Techniques
    • 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 Striped Bass Fishing Tips For Using Their Instincts To Your Advantage
    • Targeting Big Fish
    • Striper class 101
    • Striper Lakes
    • Striper Fishing Tips
    • Ready to catch more stripers?
    • Striper School Fishing Fundamentals
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Never Lose Another Striped Bass
    • How To Catch More and Bigger Stripers
    • Don't Lose Your Fish!
    • Bigger Fish in Striper Blitzes
    • Striper Stealth
    • Big Mean Fish and Silly Little Plastic Boats
    • Kill Your Fish Finder & Other Stealth Techniques for Trophy Stripers
    • Important Quick Tips!
    • Stripers Have Great Vision!
    • Bring Two Rods!
    • Persistance
  • Chapter 2: Fishing Live/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
    • Bait 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
  • Chapter 3: Fishing Artificials
    • 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
    • Striped 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
    • Striper Lures That Really Work
    • Striped Bass Detect Shades
    • How to Dead Stick Striped Bass and Hybrid Striper
    • Six Topwater Secrets
  • Chapter 4: Spring & Summer 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
    • The Big-Lake Blitz
    • Versatility For Success!!
    • Spring Flyfishing for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Fly Fishing for Hybrid Striped Bass in the Spring
    • Fly Fishing a Striper Boil/Blitz
  • Chapter 7: Bait Tanks & Keeping Bait
    • 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
    • How to enhance your Striper catch and release efforts
    • Striped Bass Circle Hook Study
    • Thermal Niche Preference and Mortality of Striped Bass In Reservoirs
    • Striped Bass Hooking Mortality
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Live Wells for 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 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: 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: Tackle & Equipment
    • 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?
    • Circle Hooks
    • How to Choose Lures for Striper Bass
    • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
    • TopWater Lures for Stripers
  • Chapter 13: Fishing with Planer Boards
    • Flat Lines and Planer Boards 101
    • Planer Board 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
  • Chapter 15 :Virginia Striped Bass Fishing
    • Buggs Island Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Claytor Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Lake Anna Striper Fishing Opportunities
    • Leesville Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Opportunities
  • VirginiaStripers.com
  • Contact
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Important Quick Tips!
by http://www.stripermike.com
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Tip # 1:

Re-tie all the terminal tackle before each outing and after each big fish. Terminal tackle is the set up from the end of the line to the end of the hook. The knots must be of approved strength. Email me for a personal palomar knot lesson.

Tip # 2:

Use a new hook on each outing and resharpen after each bite. There are good pocket sharpeners on the market now.

Tip # 3: 

Be wary of the soft bite of a huge fish. Trophy Striped Bass are expert feeders. These huge fish suck in and expel the food at an alarming speed. They will give you what I call "the soft bite." You should hold the rod at all times. Do not put it in the rod holder and expect the trophy linesider to swallow your hook. It does happen and those successes breed the laziness of the use of the rod holder. Waiting for the rod to bow, while in the rod holder, is one of the reasons why my numbers and size surpass the occasional shore anglers, where this practice is common place. Get your knots tight and hooks sharp and ask around for the Hot Spots.
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  • HOME
  • Chapter 1 : Tactics & Techniques
    • 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 Striped Bass Fishing Tips For Using Their Instincts To Your Advantage
    • Targeting Big Fish
    • Striper class 101
    • Striper Lakes
    • Striper Fishing Tips
    • Ready to catch more stripers?
    • Striper School Fishing Fundamentals
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Never Lose Another Striped Bass
    • How To Catch More and Bigger Stripers
    • Don't Lose Your Fish!
    • Bigger Fish in Striper Blitzes
    • Striper Stealth
    • Big Mean Fish and Silly Little Plastic Boats
    • Kill Your Fish Finder & Other Stealth Techniques for Trophy Stripers
    • Important Quick Tips!
    • Stripers Have Great Vision!
    • Bring Two Rods!
    • Persistance
  • Chapter 2: Fishing Live/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
    • Bait 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
  • Chapter 3: Fishing Artificials
    • 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
    • Striped 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
    • Striper Lures That Really Work
    • Striped Bass Detect Shades
    • How to Dead Stick Striped Bass and Hybrid Striper
    • Six Topwater Secrets
  • Chapter 4: Spring & Summer 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
    • The Big-Lake Blitz
    • Versatility For Success!!
    • Spring Flyfishing for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Fly Fishing for Hybrid Striped Bass in the Spring
    • Fly Fishing a Striper Boil/Blitz
  • Chapter 7: Bait Tanks & Keeping Bait
    • 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
    • How to enhance your Striper catch and release efforts
    • Striped Bass Circle Hook Study
    • Thermal Niche Preference and Mortality of Striped Bass In Reservoirs
    • Striped Bass Hooking Mortality
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Live Wells for 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 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: 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: Tackle & Equipment
    • 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?
    • Circle Hooks
    • How to Choose Lures for Striper Bass
    • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
    • TopWater Lures for Stripers
  • Chapter 13: Fishing with Planer Boards
    • Flat Lines and Planer Boards 101
    • Planer Board 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
  • Chapter 15 :Virginia Striped Bass Fishing
    • Buggs Island Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Claytor Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Lake Anna Striper Fishing Opportunities
    • Leesville Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Opportunities
  • VirginiaStripers.com
  • Contact