Wire Line Trolling For Stripers
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- Published: Monday, 04 January 2010 04:19
- Written by Capt. John A. Cafiero
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I must admit, catching stripers fishing with wire is one of my least
desirable ways to fish for them. It is tiring to haul them in and it's
frustrating to deal with the wire not getting kinked. It almost seems
like it is cheating in a way. That being said, I still use wire quite
often when targeting big stripers. The reason is simple. Wire line is
probably the most consistent way to come home with a few nice bass in
the cooler. On some days it is the only way that we are able to come
home with those tasty fillets.
My customers expect to come back
to the dock with fish in the box. It's my job to make sure that
happens. The best part of fishing is coming back to the dock with giant
bass and a crowd of people around asking, "How did you do?" Having a
few monster bass to put up on the dock is a great feeling.
Now some
people will say it is not very sporting to catch bass on wire, so they
don't even own wire rods. I will be the first to agree. I only bring
them for one reason and one reason only. They produce when nothing else
is working. So when there is no bird activity and you have run out of
lures to toss out there what do you do? When you have searched and
searched for bunker pods and they are nowhere in sight, I get out the
wire gear. When all else fails trolling is the best way to turn a bad
day into a productive one..