Striper Fishing

 Today I want to focus on striper fishing. This is still bass fishing, but the techniques are a little different.

 During the springtime, an obvious place to fish for striper is near spawning areas for shad. A shad looks like the swimbait that I showed a few blogs ago. In this season, the shad will be spawning as well. It's smart to look in areas where the wind might blow the shad against banks. Also, if you see heron birds hanging out around certain areas you should try to fish there as well. Heron birds are better than professional fisherman. In a sense, they are the professionals.

 When I fish for striper in streams during the springtime I like to throw a chartreuse rooster tail. I have had a lot of success with this bait. It's good to throw something different looking at times. The fish get suspicious and are drawn to it.

  Another lure that is super simple to use is a spoon. No not a spoon you eat with. You lower this lure to the bottom of the lake and gently raise it up and down. A few years ago, a friend and I were fishing with his grandpa on lake douglas and I caught white bass in one night with this lure. It's simple and fun.

1) Shad

2) Herron

3) Spoon

The fish that bit Danielle