Stripers Like Small Bait

[Johnson Guide Service]

Got a nice 30 pound fish yesterday on a 2 inch shad. We have a lot of bait and fish from Praire Creek to Monta A. We ran 8 bait rods with little shad, big shad and brood shiners. If you go out look for the birds in the air and bait on your graph. The fis are down 30 to 40 feet and feeding on smalll bait.Water temp in running about 43 so the bite is a little slow. Think with the warm forcast it wont be long till we start of the run up river.

[Johnson Guide Service]

Small bait and small spoons 30 to 40 feet deep.

[J-Doc]

Nice fish. I'd look a little happier if I had one like that. ;-)

[Dan the fisherman]

I've notice most striper I've caught in the last couple of weeks have come on smaller bait. I don't catch shad, but Ive been getting them on the smaller brooder

[Phil Lilley]

Nice fish. I'd look a little happier if I had one like that. ;-)

Betcha it was getting heavy!!!

[J-Doc]

Betcha it was getting heavy!!!

You got a good point there. That is a hefty stripped bass. Holding up this big ones can wear on ya.

[Terrierman]

Pretty sure I could still work up a big wide grin for one like that. Heck of a fish sir!