chefchris Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 The herring runs are loaded here in RI and MA, lots of hungry stripers cruising in 1’ of water, the main issue is there’s so much bait your baits get overlooked. last night was standing in 6” of water at the mouth of the river and burning the HH water version, imitating the herring as best as possible. Thing got smoked so many times, hooked and landed 4 Fish to 36” (which for NE is no big deal) probably missed/dropped a dozen more, due to having freshwater hooks still on the bait, but when they did hit it right they stayed pinned. will be back tonight and every night til the bite dies off, usually after the new moon or full moon in June daiwa sw 203, Phenix M1 1-5 rod, 50lb pp, 30lb mono leader for the set up Grizzn n bassin, SumoNinja, bassbass and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Weruso Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 That's so cool, nice work Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimeking Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Wake bait stripers are fun! Wish I was out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriperAddict Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Awesomeness Theres nothing better than striper on swimbaits Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzn n bassin Posted May 20, 2020 Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 thats a great night awesome man! im getting out there tomorrow night and trying some swimbaits. went out after work on the boat and landed a 34 3/4 on live herring. Run in strong up here in ny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted May 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 One I grabbed a pic of of one the new 9” white slammer, 4 more on it afterwards herring and 316 hh side by side El_Weruso and Samlep 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBayBassMan Posted May 20, 2020 Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 Nice! Haven’t seen too many guys chucking the hyper herring recently. Good to see it’s still in someone’s lineup! Nice going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahaecker Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 that's awesome man cant wait to hit some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreaster603 Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 DUDE that looks and sounds like a great night. Does it seem like the striper run is going to be stronger than last year? Great pics to btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted May 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/20/2020 at 3:01 PM, SDBayBassMan said: Nice! Haven’t seen too many guys chucking the hyper herring recently. Good to see it’s still in someone’s lineup! Nice going! Thanks man, been trying to get that bait for a few years now for this exact spot and spring herring run fed bass ponds, hopefully can stick a solid LMB on it soon too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted May 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 14 hours ago, Noreaster603 said: DUDE that looks and sounds like a great night. Does it seem like the striper run is going to be stronger than last year? Great pics to btw. Not sure man, this spot is always good thru the June New Moon, as long as the bay stays cool the herring will keep coming up the river and into this run, should be epic this weekend with the May New Moon, bites been odd though, i get like 4-6 fish a night within 30 minutes then nothing, fish are charged up though! This spots sick cause its a sand/gravel flat, so you can use light gear/drag and actually get to play the fish, plus they crush topwater and wakes here as youre mostly fishing in 4' or less Noreaster603 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreaster603 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 7 hours ago, chefchris said: Not sure man, this spot is always good thru the June New Moon, as long as the bay stays cool the herring will keep coming up the river and into this run, should be epic this weekend with the May New Moon, bites been odd though, i get like 4-6 fish a night within 30 minutes then nothing, fish are charged up though! This spots sick cause its a sand/gravel flat, so you can use light gear/drag and actually get to play the fish, plus they crush topwater and wakes here as youre mostly fishing in 4' or less Hell ya man that is awesome. Hope to see some more pics from your trip this weekend. I will live vicariously through you haha. Heading to Block Island in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queue Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 I would recommend going with braid all the way to your bait. I throw mono with a braid leader anymore because I got tired of losing baits when they gator roll and slice mono/fluoro off with their sharp opercular groove. I have not lost a bait yet after making the switch and catch as many as I ever did with "transparent" leader. I've even landed fish lassoed around their head (through the groove) that weren't even hooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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