Can You Catch Stripers From Shore

[duckydoty]

Great information bfishn and Scott. Thanks for sharing.

[Justin Spencer]

can you do it anywhere on norfork? people keep sayin that stripers pile in tecumpseh and dawt but i have yet to see more than a couple a year come outta there

Do you fish these places at night, I think that is the key to the stripers in this skinny water.

[Feathers and Fins]

Justin if they are in skinny water, wade fishing and a Fly is deadly, I cant wait for it every spring Duane missed it by 1 week last year on Beaver. I actually take my boat in to 8'' of water by poling or very low on the electric and park the boat and start casting. The only thing you have to do Day/Night is wait about 20 minutes for things to settle down, its like Squirrel hunting! Make noise getting in then let the forest quiet down.

[Justin Spencer]

Justin if they are in skinny water, wade fishing and a Fly is deadly, I cant wait for it every spring Duane missed it by 1 week last year on Beaver. I actually take my boat in to 8'' of water by poling or very low on the electric and park the boat and start casting. The only thing you have to do Day/Night is wait about 20 minutes for things to settle down, its like Squirrel hunting! Make noise getting in then let the forest quiet down.

Great advice last year when they were in the river we could catch one, but then the commotion made them disappear, probably were to impatient to get that second one.

[parsonsles87]

does anyone have info on when they come up into norfork river/creek?

[Justin Spencer]

does anyone have info on when they come up into norfork river/creek?

when I hear about them being there I'll post, water levels are good, just need a warm up.

[parsonsles87]

thank you! me and im sure a few other die hards would appreciate that more than you know.

[littlemiamijeff]

Here's one way to do it from shore, just below the turbine house at Markland Dam on the Ohio river.

The video above is using a "launcher" bobber and a lead jig (1/4oz) w/white grub tail. The launcher helps you get it OUT THERE and keeps it up close to surface while you cause a top water commotion. Spits and draws attention to your jig tail.

This method below a dam is at the flood gates, if you can't get to the gate from a deck like this, use a surf rod to get your lead head out and into the flow, I'm using 2oz egg weight, set up carolina style, with a leader and another 1/2 oz lead jig w/fluke tail. Let enough slack in line when you first cast into "seam" in current, for lead to drop to bottom, then take up the slack and let it bounce along the bottom. You'll snag and lose set ups, but this is where the fish are hanging in the hydraulic eddies underwater, waiting for dinner to flow by.

This is of course fishing from shore below dams, so much different from lake fishing from the shore.

LMJ