Thank you for considering frustrated beginners. Truly a generous and loving soul. It's so different from other experts who just think - I don't really want to help anyone else because they haven't suffered enough.
Our recent attempt for striper fishing didn't go so well. Went to San Luis reservior (Oniel Forebay) 2 weeks ago. A Striper hot spot. Took us most of the day to find the stripers. They were all along the rock wall then the wind came up to strong to stay. Went back a week later and they were no where to be found. Real bummer. Will try this method. Wish us luck.
Informative video for novices like me. Also, l love the boat set up, notably the instrument panel. Looking forward to more of your videos in the near future..
Another awesome video !! Me and my wife retired and bough a house near lake ouachita Arkansas . I hav fished my whole life but never for stripers . We will b moved in by this fall . I cant wait to try out the techniques you show . I definitely feel more confident about catching some after watching your videos . Thanks for all your help!!!!
...As usual brother,,your video is bad ass and your explanations of the small details from boat position to handling the live bait is priceless....stay safe !!
I set up in a similar way here on Lake Norman. I like using bluegill heads and blueback herring when I can net them. Had no idea stripers like chicken liver. I thought it was just a catfish bait.
@@acolachi live blue gill work very well, if you have a boat they are good for drift fishing kinda hard from the bank cause casting them out beats em up but if you can drop ghem over a edge like a dock or something that would work from shore, I use them all the time if I can catch them, otherwise I use fileted sardines with some twine to keep my bait on works well
Sorry about that, I shot that part when I went live on RUclips on that day and forgot that I only had the footage from my phone, which was too low res. For whole baitfish I hook in the dorsal closer to the rail so it swims up off the bottom and change it out every 20 minutes. If it’s dead baitfish, I hook in the top of head so I can cast far without tearing it off. 👍
I don’t know if you know this trick or not but if you will put deck tape around the bottom of your cast net and close off some of the holes it will make it stay open a little longer and you can get the bait that is in deeper water
Thanks for the info last year I had a hard time bringing them in they were hitting like crazy on raw chicken but I could hook them tried different hooks tried hanging on to pole. Toward the end I finally got some in but it surprised me they couldn't get enough of raw chicken as soon as you would throw in they would hit!!
Can be extremely effective in the right places. Freshwater thumping works because the stock came from hatcheries where noisy feeding machines threw out the feed. They were trained to eat when hearing the noise. Pavlov dogs. I do this near Lobster pots especially. The big girls are lazy and love the Lobster shorts that get dropped over board along with any by-catch. 👍👍👍
Love watching your content thanks for all your illustrations and teachings your stripper knowledge is is legendary it’s golden will try to keep up I’ve mostly used bait like whole skimmer clams and chum or whole bunker or cut chunks as well as live eels and live lined porgies.and have bunkerspooned and parachuted montauk grounds trolling spoons on wire and getting the right rhythm and working the rod and tip like sweeping and getting the spoon down to the right depth just off the bottom requires practice but I would like to do more jigging and lure and spoons type drop fishing now that I know how to read my sounder and what I see and where the targets are under the boat and cone of sonar.tight lines master mike ................keep it coming
You’re too kind brother!! I love that you’re using so many methods. That’s the best way to truly enjoy Striper fishing. I actually posted quite a few jigging videos over the last few months. You might dig them. Thanks again!! 👍👍
Me and my cousins were fishing for carp And then we saw guys trolling and they pulled up a 20-30 pounds striper up lol We’re thinking about attempting bank striper fishing on this one point we fish from while camping We are able to cast to where they got them at
Great tips, I caught a lot of Big Blue cats on Lake of the Ozarks using cutbait shad. Love your channel, I have caught Hybrids on cut bait and live shad as well as spoons. Hoping to go to Beaver and try some Striper this fall. Where are they in the late summer / fall?
Ha. I JUST got back from the river. I used to guide there many years back and this was my first trip in easily 12 years. Lots of small fish in the river right now. Baits got to be on the bottom. Lots of water so good current. If you can get live bait, any type will work. We used Herring. I also cast a 1oz jig head with Large Fluke. Chartreuse is tough to beat.
Thanks brother!! You’re too kind! I used to fish Norman quite a bit back in the NSBA days. We did well there. Stumpy creek was our honey hole. Cut bait in that creek was pretty killer.
Is the rig u showed in the begging of the video good for live bait or that’s for cut bait. I’m a fresh water fisherman but the bay and a fishing pier is right in front of my house trying to get into salt water but have no idea what a good rig would be or what bait is good during different times
It’s good for both. Just use a larger hook for cut bait and a smaller one for live bait. In spring blood worms and clams will catch more numbers of fish, cut fresh Bunker will often produce larger fish. Live eels are great in fall, but you need a float rig if you’re casting from shore or they will go right under rocks.
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS I would be fishing off a pier in the bay fur striper ik giants been caught there just dk what size live bait is good and rigs for targeting any size stripper or what bait is the best
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS okay thank you for your help, I could use the rig u used in the video? Because should the head be floating or do stripers feed at the bottom
Mike, brother I need some help if you can. I live in Florida near the st John's and we have hybrid striped bass that move up from the springs every year. My gramps would come down from Ohio to Target them in March. That tradition died with my gramps and I want to bring it back for my family. Can I use these same techniques for them? And when you say bass minnow is that a shiner or.... I know it's an old video but hope you get this keep up the good work thanks in advance.
Absolutely! It will work. Yep, they are basically the same. Some places have Shiners, some Minnows. Shiners would be a little better since they get bigger.
You watch my striper video and said, "if this idiot is catching them I need to make a video about it"......LOL!! Good video....what is your closest lake?
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS This what they said "Charges for undersize and over the limit violations were written, which carry a penalty of $100 per fish/per violation, adding up to a potential of $12,800 in penalties for each angler."
Thank you for considering frustrated beginners. Truly a generous and loving soul. It's so different from other experts who just think - I don't really want to help anyone else because they haven't suffered enough.
I really appreciate that brother!! Very kind of you. 👍👍👍
Brah!!! all that glass on your console is awesome!!! thanks for taking the time to post this up and help the rest of us.
Glad you like it brother!!! Thanks!
Thank you Mike for your help . We have been catching some stripers on accident and have got the fever , your videos really help.
Thanks Josh!!! Appreciate that brother!
fished stripers alot at kerr when i lived on flemingtown road in middleburg nc.........lots of huge fish around there.
👍👍👍
You do a great job Mike. From tackle to bait and fishing locations.
Thank you for all you do for us.
Thanks brother!! I’m glad you appreciate it! 😁😁😁🙏
Very cool man. Was awesome being able to see the cast net on the Simrad
M & K Outdoors Thanks Brother!!
Our recent attempt for striper fishing didn't go so well. Went to San Luis reservior (Oniel Forebay) 2 weeks ago. A Striper hot spot. Took us most of the day to find the stripers. They were all along the rock wall then the wind came up to strong to stay. Went back a week later and they were no where to be found. Real bummer. Will try this method. Wish us luck.
Excellent Mike! Thank you.
Brian Hast Thanks Brian!!
Thank you for the striped bass tips now i know what to do
Glad you like it brother!!
Informative video for novices like me. Also, l love the boat set up, notably the instrument panel.
Looking forward to more of your videos in the near future..
Thanks brother!! I appreciate that!👍👍
Another awesome video !! Me and my wife retired and bough a house near lake ouachita Arkansas . I hav fished my whole life but never for stripers . We will b moved in by this fall . I cant wait to try out the techniques you show . I definitely feel more confident about catching some after watching your videos . Thanks for all your help!!!!
Thanks! That’s awesome brother!! Great Lake!! You’re gonna have a blast!!
Thanks for sharing. I'm working on my first striper on Kerr myself.
...As usual brother,,your video is bad ass and your explanations of the small details from boat position to handling the live bait is priceless....stay safe !!
Thanks brother!! Glad you like it!
Good looks broski, this weekend for father's day is going to happen.
Caught my first striper and I’ve been addicted, need more
Nice!!! Congratulations buddy!!!
I set up in a similar way here on Lake Norman. I like using bluegill heads and blueback herring when I can net them.
Had no idea stripers like chicken liver. I thought it was just a catfish bait.
9929kingfish Herring is definitely my first choice, but I have used it all 😛. Chicken livers work surprisingly well.
Do live bluegill work?
@@acolachi live blue gill work very well, if you have a boat they are good for drift fishing kinda hard from the bank cause casting them out beats em up but if you can drop ghem over a edge like a dock or something that would work from shore, I use them all the time if I can catch them, otherwise I use fileted sardines with some twine to keep my bait on works well
Thanks. I'm sure this method is going to work well on the lake we fish here in Kentucky!
If you're fishing Barren river resovoure or Cumberland lake,,this method will put fish in your boat...
How about this time of year on Dale Hollow?
You make great videos Mike. I really appreciate your detailed explanations.
Thanks brother!! 👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁
Mike can you show how you hooked the bait next time? That’s the final piece for us beginners. Thanks.
Sorry about that, I shot that part when I went live on RUclips on that day and forgot that I only had the footage from my phone, which was too low res. For whole baitfish I hook in the dorsal closer to the rail so it swims up off the bottom and change it out every 20 minutes. If it’s dead baitfish, I hook in the top of head so I can cast far without tearing it off. 👍
Great video! Awesome information! Thanks for sharing Mike!
Thanks Dave!! Glad you like it brother!
I don’t know if you know this trick or not but if you will put deck tape around the bottom of your cast net and close off some of the holes it will make it stay open a little longer and you can get the bait that is in deeper water
Yes sir. Taped nets stay open way long, unfortunately they fall too slow
Great video as usual Mike! Many thanks!
yoho212 appreciate it brother!!
Thanks for the info last year I had a hard time bringing them in they were hitting like crazy on raw chicken but I could hook them tried different hooks tried hanging on to pole. Toward the end I finally got some in but it surprised me they couldn't get enough of raw chicken as soon as you would throw in they would hit!!
Wow! Awesome!
Always great stuff. What is your opinion on the thumping or splashers
Can be extremely effective in the right places. Freshwater thumping works because the stock came from hatcheries where noisy feeding machines threw out the feed. They were trained to eat when hearing the noise. Pavlov dogs. I do this near Lobster pots especially. The big girls are lazy and love the Lobster shorts that get dropped over board along with any by-catch. 👍👍👍
Well done Mike, as usual!
Appreciate that brother!
Thanks man, very much. Starting to Kayak fish in so. Cal, San Bernardino area.
Great video
rene hernandez Thanks Rene!
Thanks for the video.... we appreciate it....
Glad you like it brother!! 👍👍
Love watching your content thanks for all your illustrations and teachings your stripper knowledge is is legendary it’s golden will try to keep up I’ve mostly used bait like whole skimmer clams and chum or whole bunker or cut chunks as well as live eels and live lined porgies.and have bunkerspooned and parachuted montauk grounds trolling spoons on wire and getting the right rhythm and working the rod and tip like sweeping and getting the spoon down to the right depth just off the bottom requires practice but I would like to do more jigging and lure and spoons type drop fishing now that I know how to read my sounder and what I see and where the targets are under the boat and cone of sonar.tight lines master mike ................keep it coming
You’re too kind brother!! I love that you’re using so many methods. That’s the best way to truly enjoy Striper fishing. I actually posted quite a few jigging videos over the last few months. You might dig them. Thanks again!! 👍👍
Me and my cousins were fishing for carp
And then we saw guys trolling and they pulled up a 20-30 pounds striper up lol
We’re thinking about attempting bank striper fishing on this one point we fish from while camping
We are able to cast to where they got them at
Nice!! Go for it. Fresh cut Shad or Herring will do it.
Great video mike! I’m heading to Kerr this weekend and trying to get some fish in my sea pro!
AAAAAAHHHHHH YEAH!!!!👍👍👍
Mike what do you think about using cut bait at the end of summer and fall for striper ?
hey mike nice video just wondering if you can use this technique with live bait or should it be cut bait thanks
Good question. If the bait is less than 8” in freshwater I use it alive on the bottom hooked in the tail. I change it out every 20 minutes.
Thanks for the tip. What kind of rod holders are on your boat?
Great tips, I caught a lot of Big Blue cats on Lake of the Ozarks using cutbait shad. Love your channel, I have caught Hybrids on cut bait and live shad as well as spoons. Hoping to go to Beaver and try some Striper this fall. Where are they in the late summer / fall?
Thanks brother!! I would fish points and humps on the main lake in summer and into fall. Later in fall fish the upper end. 👍👍👍
Gonna go to Roanoke river for striped bass tomorrow. Any suggestions on what to use or just normal lures. I usually will use frogs for bass
I’m at lake Gaston nc
Ha. I JUST got back from the river. I used to guide there many years back and this was my first trip in easily 12 years. Lots of small fish in the river right now. Baits got to be on the bottom. Lots of water so good current. If you can get live bait, any type will work. We used Herring. I also cast a 1oz jig head with Large Fluke. Chartreuse is tough to beat.
Net bait on Gaston under the bridge lights.
Great video but I didn't see how to rig the shad on the hook or cast
Would I be jigging with this Carolina rig or just letting it sit ?
Never tried chicken liver - does it stay on the hook? They are pretty soft.
Yep. Use bait holder hooks. You can also put several on and wrap rigging floss around them to cast further.
Nice setup on your boat
Thanks brother!!
For the drop offs should you cast out onto the deeper water or the shallow or just on the ledge?
I like to position so I can cast into the deep channel, on the drop off and in the shallows.
Okay thanks!
Do they seem to have a preference for Gizzard or threadfin?
Cool channel, nice boat to.
Thanks brah!!
Please come down to Lake Norman and do some fishin I would love to see you come down here man you’re my idol
Thanks brother!! You’re too kind!
I used to fish Norman quite a bit back in the NSBA days. We did well there. Stumpy creek was our honey hole. Cut bait in that creek was pretty killer.
What kind of map is that that you use in the beginning so I can go get one thanks for posting this good info
You can get them on Amazon. Walmart sometimes has them.
Does this work for all season in the south, sir?
Is the rig u showed in the begging of the video good for live bait or that’s for cut bait. I’m a fresh water fisherman but the bay and a fishing pier is right in front of my house trying to get into salt water but have no idea what a good rig would be or what bait is good during different times
It’s good for both. Just use a larger hook for cut bait and a smaller one for live bait. In spring blood worms and clams will catch more numbers of fish, cut fresh Bunker will often produce larger fish. Live eels are great in fall, but you need a float rig if you’re casting from shore or they will go right under rocks.
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS I would be fishing off a pier in the bay fur striper ik giants been caught there just dk what size live bait is good and rigs for targeting any size stripper or what bait is the best
Use Bunker heads FRESH. YOU CAN CAST THE HEADS VERY FAR
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS okay thank you for your help, I could use the rig u used in the video? Because should the head be floating or do stripers feed at the bottom
The head will sink without a weight, but you will need an oz or 2 of lead to cast out there. Just add an egg sinker above the swivel 👍
Mike, at what water temperature would you suggest starting to try cut baiting in kerr?
I have caught fish on cut bait all year long but late winter to spring is best.
Is this technique good for the hot summer days?
Definitely. Especially when you find them near the end of points. They will still creep up more shallow as the sun drops.
Will this same tactic (fishing on points, same bait, etc ) work in late summer / early fall??
Yes, but much deeper on the points or fish early or later in the day. They will stay deep mid day.
Mike, brother I need some help if you can. I live in Florida near the st John's and we have hybrid striped bass that move up from the springs every year. My gramps would come down from Ohio to Target them in March. That tradition died with my gramps and I want to bring it back for my family. Can I use these same techniques for them? And when you say bass minnow is that a shiner or.... I know it's an old video but hope you get this keep up the good work thanks in advance.
Absolutely! It will work. Yep, they are basically the same. Some places have Shiners, some Minnows. Shiners would be a little better since they get bigger.
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS right on thanks man
You watch my striper video and said, "if this idiot is catching them I need to make a video about it"......LOL!! Good video....what is your closest lake?
Dieter Melhorn Fishing 😂😂😂. I thought the same thing about your video after I went live last week. 😂. Great minds!
Kerr is my closet.
Dieter, I do think it’s interesting how we both use the same techniques for the same fish while each is hoping the OTHER fish comes up 😊😊😊😊
Mike Smedley I’m digging your Simrad gear. Nice imaging. We will fish together one day!!
Absolutely. 👍👍
what size is your casting net?
I had no idea cut bait would work on impoundments
yoho212 oh yeah!! 👍👍
Do you remember the date? At least the month. That would help me a lot. I don't have a fish/depth finder.
May.
Thank you so much bro!!!
Glad you like it brother!!👍👍
Can you do a guide for saltwater
Mr. Meme I don’t run charters anymore, but sometimes take guests. Shoot me an email mikesmedley9@gmail.com
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS o dude I meant a beginners guide to saltwater stripers
The video is really here more aimed at freshwater
Ahhhhh!! Great idea. 👍👍
Mike, do you have a Facebook or a page where I could send you some of the fish we’ve been catching out on Clark’s hill doing this technique
Nathan Enfinger I don’t have a FB page anymore. Email them to me or tag me on Instagram.
@mikesmedleyoldschoolfishing
Mikesmedley9@gmail.com
When using these techniques do you cast out and let your line just sit or reel it in slowly?
I let it sit for up to 20 minutes and then Change the baits out.
I had fish sticks for lunch today 🍤🍤🍤
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13:50 not ideal way to land a fish lol the struggle is real
I dont have a boat
I like how essentially the first step is: #1, Buy a $30,000 boat...
I'll just never striper fish I guess
$30,000?
Thats ridiculous. Thats absurd
It’s WAY more than $30,000 brother.
Did you see the news where someone stole 66 undersize Striped bass in NJ?
Sirlee Outdoorsmen I didn’t see that, that’s just great. What was the fine?
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS This what they said "Charges for undersize and over the limit violations were written, which carry a penalty of $100 per fish/per violation, adding up to a potential of $12,800 in penalties for each angler."
BANG! I hope that sticks.
@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS True. Killing it for the next generation..
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Your only dumb if you don’t try to learn as much as possible 😂 awesome video bro
Well said!!! Thank you sir!!
Omg take that clicker off when reeling in .
I know right? OMG
Great video.