Spring Striper advice

[Scott Thomas]

Originally Posted by Detour66

I will be fishing from my 2002 Sea Hunt 202 Triton C.C.

Nichols Flutter Spoons - I like the 8" and 9". I don't have a preference on color, they have all worked for me.

Slow Pitch Jigs - For when they want a smaller bait. I prefer my own that I had made, because I obviously want to make some money on them, but I use the shorter fatter profile.

Swimmers - I'll generally use a smaller surface swimmer, or a deeper diver. My favorite is a CCW JJ2

Topwater - Mag Poppers or the Bone lil Doc. Lil doc has been a raritan bay staple for years on the flats for many people.

Jerkbaits - Mag Darters (my personal favorite) Hydro Minnows, Bombers, SP's, Coltsnipers, etc the list goes on and on.

Soft Plastics - Sometimes I'll use swim shads, but 90% of the time I'm using 9" I'm a huge fan of the new S&S bucktails savage shad. It's holding up a lot better then the megashads which i used to use. 1/2 oz jighead for casting, 2 oz for jigging or trolling.

Gliders - Scabellys is hands down the most popular, but there are plenty of others. RG, Fatty, LsS69, RM Smith for other wood, The yo zuri twitchbait and Nomad madscad are both popular plastic ones.

99% of the time, I'm throwing bone.

That's pretty much my entire springtime arsenal from the kayak.