What's your current Striper setup? Right now I'm using a Lews Super Duty Wide on a Ugly Stik Lite 7' MH rod. I have PP 40lb braid running to a mono leader. The Stripers are starting to run on the Montezuma Slough in Suisun Bay.

Well, usually about half an inch of 5 dollar bills is enough for several strippers ....

36 minutes ago, Raul said:

Well, usually about half an inch of 5 dollar bills is enough for several strippers ....

$5 bills? You are more generous than me ;).  

19 hours ago, FrankN209 said:

What's your current Striper setup? Right now I'm using a Lews Super Duty Wide on a Ugly Stik Lite 7' MH rod. I have PP 40lb braid running to a mono leader. The Stripers are starting to run on the Montezuma Slough in Suisun Bay.

For smaller fish, where they can't wrap you around pilling or take you down into rocks, that setup will work fine. If you are casting really large lures, or are on bigger fish, you may want to step it up some. Use at least 30 Lb mono leader, they're not line shy.

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On the Chesapeake Bay where stripers are one of the most sought after fish species,  light tackle jiggers (LTG) start with 6' 6" MF rods and 20# braid with a leader.   Nothing to pull fish out of except water so,  it's all about drag and skill.

I have two setups:

 

Shimano Exsence DC reel on an 8' Shimano Crucial swimbait rod (green blank w/ cork, fast, 1-3oz) with 40# Smackdown for lighter tackle- super spooks, daiwa SPs, ima big stiks, sub 2oz ronz jigs etc.  

 

I also have a cheapo abu Brutus combo at 9' and 1-5oz that I have 50# braid on that I use for chunking and big 7-9" Docs.  

6 hours ago, reason said:

For smaller fish, where they can't wrap you around pilling or take you down into rocks, that setup will work fine. If you are casting really large lures, or are on bigger fish, you may want to step it up some. Use at least 30 Lb mono leader, they're not line shy.

Yes, I'm using 30lb big game for a leader. 

6 hours ago, dave said:

On the Chesapeake Bay where stripers are one of the most sought after fish species,  light tackle jiggers (LTG) start with 6' 6" MF rods and 20# braid with a leader.   Nothing to pull fish out of except water so,  it's all about drag and skill.

Striped bass and skill in the same sentence?...I blame Princess Leia...

 

 

 

 

Obviously not light tackle recreational fishing...

Fish the Chesapeake.

 

Stradics and MF rods. Braid / leader.

 

I fish the Jersey Shore and depending on the type of fishing I'm doing, I have a few different set ups:

 

Light Tackle (Light Jigs/Plastic, Topwater)

- 2500-4000 Stradic, 7' Med-MH rod, 15-20lb braid, 20-30lb leader

 

Surf Set Up (SPs, Bucktails, Pencils)

- 5000 Saragosa, 9'6" Airwave Elite 3/4-3oz, 30lb braid, 30-40lb leader

 

Conventional Bait/Trolling Kayak (Eels, Bunker, Trolling)

-Daiwa Saltist 20/Seigler SGN, 6'0"-7'0 Heavy Rod 1-6oz, 40-50lb braid, 40-50lb leader

 

I haven't done much fishing for stripers on the surf since I bought my kayak. I reach for, and prefer, my light tackle setups unless I'm fishing heavy cover or chunking weight and bait. In that case, I'll reach for my heavier set ups.