Stripers?

[Merle31483]

With all the adult bunkers around and in the river where the heck are the bass on them the past few times I fished the river had no luck hooking anything except bunkers to the point where you cant even make a cast without hitting them every crank of your reel but no bass very frustrating

[Gerry Zagorski]

That's pretty typical this time of year... The first part of the season when the water is still cold the Stripers tend to ignore the Bunker. They will however go after softer baits like sand or blood worms and clams. As the season wears on they'll go after Bunker chunks and a little later live bunker.

Most boats are trolling right now and X-raps and Mann Stretches are what most are catching on...

[Liv2Fish]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

That's pretty typical this time of year... The first part of the season when the water is still cold the Stripers tend to ignore the Bunker. They will however go after softer baits like sand or blood worms and clams. As the season wears on they'll go after Bunker chunks and a little later live bunker.

Most boats are trolling right now and X-raps and Mann Stretches are what most are catching on...

I used to fish this way traditionally in the back-bay/river. The last few years, I start off slow reeling 5-6" shads (casting) then as fish spread out, I go right to Mojos, no need for Stretches (and all those treble hooks :-)

The Mojo bite was insane last week. One on every 5 - 10 mins. Bunker chunks are starting to work as well.