3) Spending Too Much Time in an Area with Absolutely Zero Life in it
This particular one appears to be a no-brainer, but it occurs too frequently. Just because you are fishing around a widely recognized "hot spot" for instance , the Ledge, Race Point, Devil's Bridge or the Fingers, it does not mean that you are in a hot spot for this specific fishing trip. The entire area could very well be vacant of bait and bass.
Look around the very next time you are on the water. There's a huge amount of water out there to check out! I in no way place a tube within the water unless I see a minimum of one striped bass marked on my sonar screen. Finding only one bass, amidst all this often life-less water, is a huge deal. Possibilities are that particular bass beneath your transducer is one of a lot of bass contained in the immediate vicinity.
So when you head out, consider cruising using a tactical search pattern, not just hitting the local "hot spots." Cruise around until you begin marking striped bass or bait. Now put the tube and worm rigs within the water and troll around for 15 minutes. If hardly anything else shows on the sonar, continue searching around. Consuming a few additional gallons of fuel exploring around may well be worth it-have faith in me!
2) Experimenting with various tube colors 1st, rather then depth and tube length
There's possibly a boat load of those that will not agree with me about this (that is A-OK) however I don't see a reason to carry tube colors other than black, red along with perhaps orange. I think hot pink, green, purple, brown and other color tubes are created to reel in fishermen-and of course a few fish here and there. At one point I carried orange yet I do not today.
If it turns out you are not getting much action, but people near you are boating bass, it may be the depth you set your tubes at, or the tube length, instead of the tube's color, which is hindering your catch.
This happened to me not too long ago. The action was scorching, but without warning it strangely died. I actually first decided the bite had ended, but I saw that my fishing bud was still reeling them in. I first tried switching the number of colors I'd been trolling followed by changing the color of the tube. I went on hooking nothing at all. It proved quite frustrating.
It took a bit, but I then figured out that my fishing bud was trolling a tube of 18 inches, instead of the 24 inch red tubes I had been catching them on all day. Lamentably I only had 18 inch black tubes on the boat. However it did not matter much to the fish, and as soon as the stripers found that 18 inch black tube they began slamming it, and we commenced catching yet again.
I've also had a great number of situations where I happen to be hooking fish utilizing 3 1/2 colors all day or night. Then simply, for some unknown reason, we could no longer get a bite with 3 1/2 colors. The odd thing was we continued marking bass. Making a simple depth switch to 4 colors was all we needed and we began catching once more. I might in no way ever have an understanding of the effect a half of a color can make to the stripers-yet I will never ever underestimate the importance.
If I'm not hooking up, but I still am seeing fish on my sonar unit, I will in most cases:
1) First experiment with the number of colors (depth) 2) Experiment with the tube length 3) Make changes with the tube's color
3) Fishing only 2 tubes instead of 3
A few fishing seasons back I would to troll 4 rods from my 21 foot boat the Miss Loretta, but now when I take customers out on a fishing trip, I've noticed that using 3 tubes, each on lead core fishing line, will work a tad smoother.
Always having that 3rd tube and worm rig in the water is beneficial for a few good reasons.
1) That line has yet another hook in the water for stripers to hit, which instantly boosts your striper boating ability. All additional parameters held constant, the angler trolling 3 tube and worms will at all times land more bass than the boat fishing only 2.
2) It will allow you to play around a lot more with tube depth. It will also be easier to vary tube length and color. That way you'll be able to easily discover what the striped bass desire.
3) For some odd reason, most striped bass attack that line trolled down the center of the boat. I believe this has something to do with how striped bass hunt.
Usually once I find a successful color (depth) and a effective tube color and length, I will fish all three tubes in the same exact fashion. Put simply, all three tube and worms are set at the identical depth, and will also be the same exact color, and will be identical in length. Resulting from the positioning of rod holders on the Miss Loretta, the third line is positioned right down the center of the boat, and is positioned a bit more towards the back of the Miss Loretta than the other rods.
Doing this produces in the water a bit of a convenient "trolling spread." The 3 tube and worms are trolling the same depth, but the one tube that is being trolled off the 3 rd line (which is fished right down the center of the spread) is fished marginally behind the two other tube and worm rigs. This is due to the fact that middle rod holder is set nearer to the back of the boat than my other two rod holders.
The concept is the same principle that is incorporated into umbrella rigs and squid bars. The principle is that you always have one lure that trails at the rear of the school. With three tube and worms at the same time, an angler really is producing a "school of worms" squirming through the water column. Striped bass generally zone in on prey that falls behind its buddies. I suspect this is the reason my center tube normally catches more bass than my port and starboard rod holders.
This particular one appears to be a no-brainer, but it occurs too frequently. Just because you are fishing around a widely recognized "hot spot" for instance , the Ledge, Race Point, Devil's Bridge or the Fingers, it does not mean that you are in a hot spot for this specific fishing trip. The entire area could very well be vacant of bait and bass.
Look around the very next time you are on the water. There's a huge amount of water out there to check out! I in no way place a tube within the water unless I see a minimum of one striped bass marked on my sonar screen. Finding only one bass, amidst all this often life-less water, is a huge deal. Possibilities are that particular bass beneath your transducer is one of a lot of bass contained in the immediate vicinity.
So when you head out, consider cruising using a tactical search pattern, not just hitting the local "hot spots." Cruise around until you begin marking striped bass or bait. Now put the tube and worm rigs within the water and troll around for 15 minutes. If hardly anything else shows on the sonar, continue searching around. Consuming a few additional gallons of fuel exploring around may well be worth it-have faith in me!
2) Experimenting with various tube colors 1st, rather then depth and tube length
There's possibly a boat load of those that will not agree with me about this (that is A-OK) however I don't see a reason to carry tube colors other than black, red along with perhaps orange. I think hot pink, green, purple, brown and other color tubes are created to reel in fishermen-and of course a few fish here and there. At one point I carried orange yet I do not today.
If it turns out you are not getting much action, but people near you are boating bass, it may be the depth you set your tubes at, or the tube length, instead of the tube's color, which is hindering your catch.
This happened to me not too long ago. The action was scorching, but without warning it strangely died. I actually first decided the bite had ended, but I saw that my fishing bud was still reeling them in. I first tried switching the number of colors I'd been trolling followed by changing the color of the tube. I went on hooking nothing at all. It proved quite frustrating.
It took a bit, but I then figured out that my fishing bud was trolling a tube of 18 inches, instead of the 24 inch red tubes I had been catching them on all day. Lamentably I only had 18 inch black tubes on the boat. However it did not matter much to the fish, and as soon as the stripers found that 18 inch black tube they began slamming it, and we commenced catching yet again.
I've also had a great number of situations where I happen to be hooking fish utilizing 3 1/2 colors all day or night. Then simply, for some unknown reason, we could no longer get a bite with 3 1/2 colors. The odd thing was we continued marking bass. Making a simple depth switch to 4 colors was all we needed and we began catching once more. I might in no way ever have an understanding of the effect a half of a color can make to the stripers-yet I will never ever underestimate the importance.
If I'm not hooking up, but I still am seeing fish on my sonar unit, I will in most cases:
1) First experiment with the number of colors (depth) 2) Experiment with the tube length 3) Make changes with the tube's color
3) Fishing only 2 tubes instead of 3
A few fishing seasons back I would to troll 4 rods from my 21 foot boat the Miss Loretta, but now when I take customers out on a fishing trip, I've noticed that using 3 tubes, each on lead core fishing line, will work a tad smoother.
Always having that 3rd tube and worm rig in the water is beneficial for a few good reasons.
1) That line has yet another hook in the water for stripers to hit, which instantly boosts your striper boating ability. All additional parameters held constant, the angler trolling 3 tube and worms will at all times land more bass than the boat fishing only 2.
2) It will allow you to play around a lot more with tube depth. It will also be easier to vary tube length and color. That way you'll be able to easily discover what the striped bass desire.
3) For some odd reason, most striped bass attack that line trolled down the center of the boat. I believe this has something to do with how striped bass hunt.
Usually once I find a successful color (depth) and a effective tube color and length, I will fish all three tubes in the same exact fashion. Put simply, all three tube and worms are set at the identical depth, and will also be the same exact color, and will be identical in length. Resulting from the positioning of rod holders on the Miss Loretta, the third line is positioned right down the center of the boat, and is positioned a bit more towards the back of the Miss Loretta than the other rods.
Doing this produces in the water a bit of a convenient "trolling spread." The 3 tube and worms are trolling the same depth, but the one tube that is being trolled off the 3 rd line (which is fished right down the center of the spread) is fished marginally behind the two other tube and worm rigs. This is due to the fact that middle rod holder is set nearer to the back of the boat than my other two rod holders.
The concept is the same principle that is incorporated into umbrella rigs and squid bars. The principle is that you always have one lure that trails at the rear of the school. With three tube and worms at the same time, an angler really is producing a "school of worms" squirming through the water column. Striped bass generally zone in on prey that falls behind its buddies. I suspect this is the reason my center tube normally catches more bass than my port and starboard rod holders.
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