I'm probably one of the most hardcore striper fisherman alive. I've chased Striped bass from Cape Cod, Montauk and long island, to San Francisco Bay, Colorado river and every dam in the south for the last 55 years. I'm in the river or lake at 4am almost nightly, no boat, just me and $1200 daiwa saltiga dogfight, and $500 custom Lamiglas rod. (I have about 75 rods and reels) When I heard big stripers were biting in Central Tennessee, i moved me and the wife from Pennsylvania to Nashville for 10 years. Then to Florida for 15 years, now we just moved back to Tennessee again. Gotta move with the flow baby....I use giant mostly swimbaits now, castaics, huddlestons and AC plugs, top of the line hooks split rings, and swivels and gear. Stripers are my life. No excuses for oh the line snapped, or he straightened a hook.....Im under dams most of the time. I live where there are 50- 60 pounders taken constantly in Tennessee. Good choices on these lures. I'm after 50 pounders. I get my share, but I'm fanatical. Every fish is released alive. Never kept one. Big dark lures and swimbaits fished slow on 50lb braid under the dams when generating at night = success. Good video buddy
Dude thats badass i just started hunting these guys and catch em mostly on hard plastics but really want to know how to use paddletails and flukes at night. How is the retrieve on a paddletail? Let it hit bottom etc etc?
@@cavesuki8510 i mostly throw huge swim and glide baits, and im a shore line bank fisherman. That makes it 10X more difficult. I fish far away from people, mostly at 3-4 am in remote walk in places, usually under big dams in the south east.. Im not into crowds or people. I dress in muted colors and camo and stalk shallow water stripers. Its difficult, i don't get many, but all i get are 40+ pounders. Thats what im after. Where i live in E Tennessee there are monsters in these lakes and rivers. Thats why i moved here. My tackle is insane, super heavy and modified my back pack and contents are worth $$$$. I mostly only use top dollar tackle like saltiga, stella reels and Loomis, st croix and lamiglas rods. I try not to use any,chinese tackle. When possible. Not always easy tho. But thats how i roll. In the last 60 years, I've caught 5 stripers over 50 pounds, but none that big in the last 25 years, since i lived in Calif. That will change in 2024. Its what i love
@@stripervince1 Hell yeah i’m going out again tomorrow silverwood lake in CA, i get em mostly between 3am to 7am but since winter started i havent been able to find them as often as i did in the spring & summer. What is the best advice you have to recognize patterns of their movement around bodies of water? Cause most of my catches are by the dam & aquaduct spillway that dumps them into the lake but has been a hit & miss as of late so i dont think i am keeping up with their movement & feeding patterns. I’m a lot like you in the way you hunt minus the high end gear but thats cause most of my money goes to lures but i’m obsessed over these fish right now so i understand
@@cavesuki8510 wait till you get a 45 pounder! Think your hooked (pun) now? Lol. I used to fish Silverwood all the time, when i lived in Palmdale back in the 1980s and 90s, when the Striper fishing was exploding there. We used giant swimbaits like AC plugs. If youre a shore line fisherman, my recommendation would be something like this....now i havent been at silverwood in 30 years. But if there are still big ones in there, try this, get a good spinning reel like a $129 Daiwa BG 4500,(awesome reel for the price) dont need a $900 stella. It has good line capacity and great drag. put black color 40 pound braid, any brand, they are all fantastic today, and a pretty stout 7 or 8 ft rod. Try any kind of shad or rainbow trout pattern top water swimmer between 4 and 10 inches, jointed floating wiggler. There are tons of striper quality baits. Those are the only 2 patterns you should have in your bag for stripers. You can use 5 inch jig head bucktails and white twister tails to throw into the boils by the dam and spillways. Try to be there at day break and darkness. If its anything like it used to be, hang on tight. One summer night at Silverwood probably around 1988, me and 2 friends caught about 30 fish that all around 25-30 pounds each. And lake pyramid was even better fishing than silverwood was back then. Where do you live, wat city?
Very knowledgeable...if word? But I learned more from u than most about lures at night to use an I use most of same so good to see I'm on right track thanks bro great video keep up
Great advice! I've been fishing the Aqueducts here in Cali and I love going after work and hit the sunset bite. I'll have to give you a shout out on my next vid when I try all the baits you suggested.
I used to fish the aqueduct constantly wen I lived in Palmdale back in the 1980s. Fished most of the antelope Valley part for a decade. If your interested I'll give you some good tips. Just let me know....
Liked and subscribed, even though I am 2 years late to this video. Loved how you did this video. It looks like you're about to do an interview on 'Intervention' lol
Thanks for the tips! I'm trying to get better at night finding the Boston Harbor. It's been difficult knowing what they go after so this definitely helps!
Hi I m from Vegas and would like to focus more on stripped bass fishing with lures.What would be your suggestion for fishing on Lake Mead and Colorado river .I m fishing from the shore.What type of the tackle(lenght,action...)you suggesting.What kind of lures.
A lot of older fishermen swear by those. Ol Smokey or Chicken Scratch. Some guys even like to sand all the paint off except for the eyes leaving that dull white plastic color that stripers love.
I subscribed and hit the like button. No strippers where I fish but I like to fish for largemouth at night. Do you have suggestions or tips on what you throw at night for largemouth ? Thanks a lot
@@OutofWORKoutdoors Yes man, I have the magic swimmer but it seem like it won't last at all. Sometime I have fish split the lure into half. That is why I kind of hesitate to try the joined lure again. Love bomber because that is how I start with fishing with lure.
I'm probably one of the most hardcore striper fisherman alive. I've chased Striped bass from Cape Cod, Montauk and long island, to San Francisco Bay, Colorado river and every dam in the south for the last 55 years. I'm in the river or lake at 4am almost nightly, no boat, just me and $1200 daiwa saltiga dogfight, and $500 custom Lamiglas rod. (I have about 75 rods and reels) When I heard big stripers were biting in Central Tennessee, i moved me and the wife from Pennsylvania to Nashville for 10 years. Then to Florida for 15 years, now we just moved back to Tennessee again. Gotta move with the flow baby....I use giant mostly swimbaits now, castaics, huddlestons and AC plugs, top of the line hooks split rings, and swivels and gear. Stripers are my life. No excuses for oh the line snapped, or he straightened a hook.....Im under dams most of the time. I live where there are 50- 60 pounders taken constantly in Tennessee. Good choices on these lures. I'm after 50 pounders. I get my share, but I'm fanatical. Every fish is released alive. Never kept one. Big dark lures and swimbaits fished slow on 50lb braid under the dams when generating at night = success. Good video buddy
Dude thats badass i just started hunting these guys and catch em mostly on hard plastics but really want to know how to use paddletails and flukes at night. How is the retrieve on a paddletail? Let it hit bottom etc etc?
@@cavesuki8510 i mostly throw huge swim and glide baits, and im a shore line bank fisherman. That makes it 10X more difficult. I fish far away from people, mostly at 3-4 am in remote walk in places, usually under big dams in the south east.. Im not into crowds or people. I dress in muted colors and camo and stalk shallow water stripers. Its difficult, i don't get many, but all i get are 40+ pounders. Thats what im after. Where i live in E Tennessee there are monsters in these lakes and rivers. Thats why i moved here. My tackle is insane, super heavy and modified my back pack and contents are worth $$$$. I mostly only use top dollar tackle like saltiga, stella reels and Loomis, st croix and lamiglas rods. I try not to use any,chinese tackle. When possible. Not always easy tho. But thats how i roll. In the last 60 years, I've caught 5 stripers over 50 pounds, but none that big in the last 25 years, since i lived in Calif. That will change in 2024. Its what i love
@@stripervince1 Hell yeah i’m going out again tomorrow silverwood lake in CA, i get em mostly between 3am to 7am but since winter started i havent been able to find them as often as i did in the spring & summer. What is the best advice you have to recognize patterns of their movement around bodies of water? Cause most of my catches are by the dam & aquaduct spillway that dumps them into the lake but has been a hit & miss as of late so i dont think i am keeping up with their movement & feeding patterns. I’m a lot like you in the way you hunt minus the high end gear but thats cause most of my money goes to lures but i’m obsessed over these fish right now so i understand
@@cavesuki8510 wait till you get a 45 pounder! Think your hooked (pun) now? Lol. I used to fish Silverwood all the time, when i lived in Palmdale back in the 1980s and 90s, when the Striper fishing was exploding there. We used giant swimbaits like AC plugs. If youre a shore line fisherman, my recommendation would be something like this....now i havent been at silverwood in 30 years. But if there are still big ones in there, try this, get a good spinning reel like a $129 Daiwa BG 4500,(awesome reel for the price) dont need a $900 stella. It has good line capacity and great drag. put black color 40 pound braid, any brand, they are all fantastic today, and a pretty stout 7 or 8 ft rod. Try any kind of shad or rainbow trout pattern top water swimmer between 4 and 10 inches, jointed floating wiggler. There are tons of striper quality baits. Those are the only 2 patterns you should have in your bag for stripers. You can use 5 inch jig head bucktails and white twister tails to throw into the boils by the dam and spillways. Try to be there at day break and darkness. If its anything like it used to be, hang on tight. One summer night at Silverwood probably around 1988, me and 2 friends caught about 30 fish that all around 25-30 pounds each. And lake pyramid was even better fishing than silverwood was back then. Where do you live, wat city?
Very knowledgeable...if word? But I learned more from u than most about lures at night to use an I use most of same so good to see I'm on right track thanks bro great video keep up
Great advice! I've been fishing the Aqueducts here in Cali and I love going after work and hit the sunset bite. I'll have to give you a shout out on my next vid when I try all the baits you suggested.
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I used to fish the aqueduct constantly wen I lived in Palmdale back in the 1980s. Fished most of the antelope Valley part for a decade. If your interested I'll give you some good tips. Just let me know....
Liked and subscribed, even though I am 2 years late to this video. Loved how you did this video. It looks like you're about to do an interview on 'Intervention' lol
Thanks for the tips! I'm trying to get better at night finding the Boston Harbor. It's been difficult knowing what they go after so this definitely helps!
Good luck!
New subscribers here .. love your video very educational.. my favorite video is the one you talk about not having favorite spot or lures
Yes sir, welcome aboard the OOW train.
Thanks 🙏 this was very informative
Glad it was helpful!
Hey man what color is that basstrix 6 inch swim bait.Thats a nice color I fish here on Long Island and that would do well
Thanks a lot brother, new subscriber here. Definitely gonna put some to use for the stripers here in Massachusetts at night!
Thanks for the sub! it will work. good luck
I was waiting for thr baits 🤔🤔🤔🤔
what is a good budget surf rod for fishing the dam, what do they use there below keystone dam
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East Coasters would say Mojo
Whats a good size and color POPPER u prefer for hybrid ??? Thanks....
Can,t go wrong with a 5inch bone color top water lure for hybrids.
Hi I m from Vegas and would like to focus more on stripped bass fishing with lures.What would be your suggestion for fishing on Lake Mead and Colorado river .I m fishing from the shore.What type of the tackle(lenght,action...)you suggesting.What kind of lures.
this can be pretty wide spread for tackle. we will have to do a video on this
No mention of the Cotton Cordell Redfin? You're missing out on some viscous topwater action! ... 😁👍
Yesss!
A lot of older fishermen swear by those. Ol Smokey or Chicken Scratch. Some guys even like to sand all the paint off except for the eyes leaving that dull white plastic color that stripers love.
thanks
Welcome
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I subscribed and hit the like button. No strippers where I fish but I like to fish for largemouth at night. Do you have suggestions or tips on what you throw at night for largemouth ?
Thanks a lot
Stripers lol
large mouths are good with any ting that makes big vibrations and sound. Chatterbaits and top waters.
Thanks man really like your vids
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how strong is it the jointed bomber?
depends on how big of a fish and what kind of line you are using. It's not as strong as the non-jointed but some times you need to get the bite first.
@@OutofWORKoutdoors Yes man, I have the magic swimmer but it seem like it won't last at all. Sometime I have fish split the lure into half. That is why I kind of hesitate to try the joined lure again. Love bomber because that is how I start with fishing with lure.
Forgot the bucktail again
Lol same reason.
They can't jig :)
@@bornlucky9564 lol we are not lucky to get to fish the canal like some people :) snag free.
@@OutofWORKoutdoors , your tfo so soft for canal.
I dunno, the swimbait works best for me
Swimbaits works great
Wrong Yo-Zuris. Believe you me.
I hate that the bomber has 3 hooks.
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You target small fish bro.