I employ the fifteen min. rule frequently when bass are shoaling, or disseminated within a big expanse of water. Perhaps I'm noticing striped bass which might be suspended in deep water, or perhaps they are on the feed alongside a extensive expanse of beach front. Either way, when stripers are spread out within a significant area, the fifteen min. Rule has established itself as an useful strategy for establishing a good trolling pattern.
After marking even just 1 striped bass I will then put lines in the water. I'll commence trolling in a chosen direction, virtually always parallel to the shore. By doing this I troll along the depth that I marked that original bass.
I'll then troll for fifteen minutes, retaining a close eye on the sonar the entire time. If after fifteen minutes I haven't lured a bite, captured a striper, or seen any more stripers on the fish finder, I resume my search parallel to the seashore along the same depth till I start seeing stripers once more.
If I do hook a bass during the first fifteen minutes, lure a strike, or mark additional striped bass on the sonar, then my fifteen min. time is reset. Previously, a regular scenario I've stumbled upon is discovering an expanse of water, approximately a 1 mile in total, that's had striped bass down the whole length. The areas to the east, west, north and south of this stretch of water frequently consist of no life at all.
The fifteen minute rule helps me to differentiate the fish-filled expanse of ocean in the following manner.
Let's say I've recently been catching bass consistently on the troll for the previous 1/2 hr. Throughout the past half hour I've trolled a fairly straight direction east through a half mile expanse of ocean. It's now been 15 min's since I have enticed a striped bass, enticed a bite, and marked anything at all on my fish finder-implying that I have come to the conclusion of the fishy stretch of water.
The following step will be to reel the lines in, and motor west, back to where I started out marking, and landing stripers. I would retain a close eye on my sonar while driving, noticing any striper marks that may show up.
If I mark bass on my westward journey to where I originally began marking bass then fantastic, the fish are still swimming along the same stretch of water. This is the best situation, particularly for fishermen just learning how to catch striped bass.
Surely there will be those occasions when I do not mark stripers during the journey westward. And after cruising up to a mile west of the first location where I first began seeing striped bass, I'll still fail to observe any life on the sonar. In circumstances like this I'd presume that the biomass of bass has transitioned either shallower or deeper. I'd then cruise into shallower or deeper water and commence a new search.
Without a doubt, the ability to uncover stripers with reliability is the first phase to understanding how to catch striped bass.
After marking even just 1 striped bass I will then put lines in the water. I'll commence trolling in a chosen direction, virtually always parallel to the shore. By doing this I troll along the depth that I marked that original bass.
I'll then troll for fifteen minutes, retaining a close eye on the sonar the entire time. If after fifteen minutes I haven't lured a bite, captured a striper, or seen any more stripers on the fish finder, I resume my search parallel to the seashore along the same depth till I start seeing stripers once more.
If I do hook a bass during the first fifteen minutes, lure a strike, or mark additional striped bass on the sonar, then my fifteen min. time is reset. Previously, a regular scenario I've stumbled upon is discovering an expanse of water, approximately a 1 mile in total, that's had striped bass down the whole length. The areas to the east, west, north and south of this stretch of water frequently consist of no life at all.
The fifteen minute rule helps me to differentiate the fish-filled expanse of ocean in the following manner.
Let's say I've recently been catching bass consistently on the troll for the previous 1/2 hr. Throughout the past half hour I've trolled a fairly straight direction east through a half mile expanse of ocean. It's now been 15 min's since I have enticed a striped bass, enticed a bite, and marked anything at all on my fish finder-implying that I have come to the conclusion of the fishy stretch of water.
The following step will be to reel the lines in, and motor west, back to where I started out marking, and landing stripers. I would retain a close eye on my sonar while driving, noticing any striper marks that may show up.
If I mark bass on my westward journey to where I originally began marking bass then fantastic, the fish are still swimming along the same stretch of water. This is the best situation, particularly for fishermen just learning how to catch striped bass.
Surely there will be those occasions when I do not mark stripers during the journey westward. And after cruising up to a mile west of the first location where I first began seeing striped bass, I'll still fail to observe any life on the sonar. In circumstances like this I'd presume that the biomass of bass has transitioned either shallower or deeper. I'd then cruise into shallower or deeper water and commence a new search.
Without a doubt, the ability to uncover stripers with reliability is the first phase to understanding how to catch striped bass.
About the Author:
Captain Ryan Collins fishes for striped bass and Bluefin tuna off Cape Cod, MA. Visit his blog, myfishingcapecod.com for insider striped bass fishing techniques.
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