Hey guys this year I going to be fishing a lake were it's stocked with Hybrids.  I know this is a popular fish there.  I just don't know the approch for them.  Would I use the same tackle as surf fishing like cut or live bait or will my cranks, plastics, and jigs do?  What kind of structure should I look for?  Will they be drawn to the same structure Largemouth and smallies are?  What set ups do people use? Do you have to go heavy?

Nice title. I would think a wallet full of singles would be the appropriate bait. ;D

o I missed spelled it lol  So do anything bout stripers

I prefer purebred strippers.

Live bait is the ticket: gizzard shad, threadfin or skipjack in this region.

8-)

I have seen people in this area catching them on chicken liver.  This in a lake not rivers.  I have caught them on large topwater baits below the navigation dams in the Ohio River up to 14lbs.

I don't like my stippers to smell that fishy.  LOL  And I agree, the dollar bill is the best bait, soak it in champagne for full the effect.

John,

I fish quite a bit for stripers. I have caught them on chicken live, crankbaits, topwaters, and jerkbaits. The two best ways I catch them are either a) chasing shad schools around and when they start busting throw a topwater in the school or wade the flats at 1-3am and fish until light using plugs. If you have any ambition to go for them I would take you to Beltzville during springtime at night. The way I catch them is not the most popular way, but it works when I want to get them.  

John,

I fish quite a bit for stripers. I have caught them on chicken live, crankbaits, topwaters, and jerkbaits. The two best ways I catch them are either a) chasing shad schools around and when they start busting throw a topwater in the school or wade the flats at 1-3am and fish until light using plugs. If you have any ambition to go for them I would take you to Beltzville during springtime at night. The way I catch them is not the most popular way, but it works when I want to get them.

Hey bro thanx alot I would like to try it and see what the hype is about.  Is it better then smallie fishing?  It must be fun if your wading till 3am lol TTYS

I think that they are one of the hardest fighting fish, but have never caught a smallie.  I usually catch them on Rat-l-Traps, any topwater plug, or Roadrunner crappie jigs.  When I am using the Rat-l-Traps we troll around humps and flats while looking for schooling baitfish on top, when we find them getting busted on top, start throwing the plug or jig.

One of the great things about fishing for wipers is that they are a schooling fish and once you get into them, it is some fast and furious catching.

Really bro sounds awsome can't wait to go.

I catch a lot of them and the best tactics vary greatly with the time of the year. The best way to catch them is to graph a large school and throw large inline spinners. There is a local guide that makes some that are the best I have seen. they will outfish anything else. If you are interested, let me know I will give you the number for them to ship you a few....well worth it!

When they are on top, it doesn't matter, they will hit anything. I use a chrome blue spook or a clear spook.

Here is a lot of info on Hybrids. There are several pages.

http://www.arkansasstripers.com/hybrid-striped-bass-fishing.htm

I catch a lot of them and the best tactics vary greatly with the time of the year. The best way to catch them is to graph a large school and throw large inline spinners. There is a local guide that makes some that are the best I have seen. they will outfish anything else. If you are interested, let me know I will give you the number for them to ship you a few....well worth it!

When they are on top, it doesn't matter, they will hit anything. I use a chrome blue spook or a clear spook.

Here is a lot of info on Hybrids. There are several pages.

http://www.arkansasstripers.com/hybrid-striped-bass-fishing.htm

Yea bro that would be great if you could give me that info on the baits

Thanx

There's nothing like Wiper fishing as far as I'm concerned. The hardest fighitng fish here in my stomping grounds. (Kansas/Missouri) if you ask me. And like some others have mentioned, once you find one, you're likely to find a bunch.

In the spring when they are coming in.

I get out the waders & I usually use Maribou bucktail jigs or platic shad imitations. Fishing into the wind off of points or the dam because wherever the waves push the shad in, the wipers follow.

The lighter the tackle, the more fun you'll have!

Hoe you find some because they will hook you for life.

Haven't fished for them in some time, but, back in the day, a good rig to use trolling was a hellbender with the back hook taken out.  Here, attach a 2-4 ft. leader line with a white bucktail jig.  We used to pull lots out of Lake Livingston when I was a kid using this rig.  Also, when finding schooling sand bass (whites), throw a heavy jig/spoon across the feeding school and let it sink below.  Often, the bigger fish stay below the school waiting for an injured shad to float down to them.

You are in for a treat, for they can pull like a horse.