How to catch striped bass utilizing the fifteen minute rule.
I utilize the fifteen minute rule frequently when stripers are shoaling, or distributed within a large expanse of water. Possibly I'm noticing striped bass that are hanging in deep water, or perhaps they are on the feed down a extensive length of beach front. In any event, when striped bass are disseminated throughout a large area, the fifteen min. Rule has verified itself as an efficient tool for producing a good trolling pattern.
After marking just one striped bass I will then put lines in the water. I will commence trolling in a particular direction, virtually always parallel to the seashore. That way I troll along the depth in which I marked that initial bass.
I'll next troll for 15 minutes, retaining a close eye on the fish finder the full time. If after 15 min's I haven't lured a bite, hooked a striped bass, or marked more striped bass on the fish finder, I restart my search parallel to the seashore along the same depth until finally I commence seeing fish again.
If I do hook a bass in the course of the first fifteen min's, attract a bite, or mark additional stripers on the sonar, then my fifteen min. countdown is reset to zero. Previously, a typical scenario I have come across is discovering a stretch of water, up to a one mile in length, which has held bass down the entire length. The areas to the east, west, north and south of this stretch of water frequently consist of no striped bass at all.
The fifteen min. rule can help me to recognize the productive stretch of water in the following way.
Let's say I have recently been hooking fish regularly on the troll for the previous 1/2 hr. For the duration of the past half hour I've trolled a reasonably straight course east through a half mile stretch of ocean. It's now been 15 min's since I have caught a striped bass, lured a bite, and marked anything on my fish finder-implying that I've arrived at the end of the striped bass-filled expanse of water.
The next step is going to be to reel the lines in, and motor west, returning to where I began marking, and reeling in striped bass. I'd keep a close eye on my fish-finder while driving, noticing any striped bass marks that may appear.
If I mark bass on my westward trek to where I first began marking stripers then wonderful, the stripers are still holding along the similar stretch of water. This is the perfect situation, specifically for anglers just learning how to catch striped bass.
Surely there will be those occasions when I don't locate striped bass during the trek westward. And after motoring more than a mile west of the first spot where I first started marking stripers, I will still fail to see any stripers on the fish finder. In situations like this I'd presume that the biomass of striped bass has moved either shallower or deeper. I would then transition into shallower or deeper water and begin a new search.
Unquestionably, the ability to uncover stripers with reliability is the very first stage to understanding how to catch striped bass.
I utilize the fifteen minute rule frequently when stripers are shoaling, or distributed within a large expanse of water. Possibly I'm noticing striped bass that are hanging in deep water, or perhaps they are on the feed down a extensive length of beach front. In any event, when striped bass are disseminated throughout a large area, the fifteen min. Rule has verified itself as an efficient tool for producing a good trolling pattern.
After marking just one striped bass I will then put lines in the water. I will commence trolling in a particular direction, virtually always parallel to the seashore. That way I troll along the depth in which I marked that initial bass.
I'll next troll for 15 minutes, retaining a close eye on the fish finder the full time. If after 15 min's I haven't lured a bite, hooked a striped bass, or marked more striped bass on the fish finder, I restart my search parallel to the seashore along the same depth until finally I commence seeing fish again.
If I do hook a bass in the course of the first fifteen min's, attract a bite, or mark additional stripers on the sonar, then my fifteen min. countdown is reset to zero. Previously, a typical scenario I have come across is discovering a stretch of water, up to a one mile in length, which has held bass down the entire length. The areas to the east, west, north and south of this stretch of water frequently consist of no striped bass at all.
The fifteen min. rule can help me to recognize the productive stretch of water in the following way.
Let's say I have recently been hooking fish regularly on the troll for the previous 1/2 hr. For the duration of the past half hour I've trolled a reasonably straight course east through a half mile stretch of ocean. It's now been 15 min's since I have caught a striped bass, lured a bite, and marked anything on my fish finder-implying that I've arrived at the end of the striped bass-filled expanse of water.
The next step is going to be to reel the lines in, and motor west, returning to where I began marking, and reeling in striped bass. I'd keep a close eye on my fish-finder while driving, noticing any striped bass marks that may appear.
If I mark bass on my westward trek to where I first began marking stripers then wonderful, the stripers are still holding along the similar stretch of water. This is the perfect situation, specifically for anglers just learning how to catch striped bass.
Surely there will be those occasions when I don't locate striped bass during the trek westward. And after motoring more than a mile west of the first spot where I first started marking stripers, I will still fail to see any stripers on the fish finder. In situations like this I'd presume that the biomass of striped bass has moved either shallower or deeper. I would then transition into shallower or deeper water and begin a new search.
Unquestionably, the ability to uncover stripers with reliability is the very first stage to understanding how to catch striped bass.
About the Author:
Captain Ryan Collins fishes for striped bass and Bluefin tuna off Cape Cod, MA. Visit his blog, myfishingcapecod.com for insider secrets onhow to catch striped bass.
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