[quote name='mino_401' post='10908' date='Apr 26 2008, 01:10 PM']i know this is a little off the topic, but what do you guys do after the spring squid season run? i just started blue crab harvesting last year, summer scup, fall skip jacks and tautogs... i would like to get more into stripers and flounder, but don't know the fishing techniques or spots to fish for them.[/quote]
A few things to add to what Tatonka said: I would get some Kastmasters AND some storm shads, not one or the other because spoons like k.m. and Krocodiles (another great spoon) tend to ride high in the water column so are good when the fish are near the top or in shallow water but unless you're vertical jigging them like from a boat you're going to have a hard time fishing very deep with them unless you fish them reeeeeaaaally slow and then they get hung up pretty easy with their treble hooks.
On the other hand, lures like Storm Shads or lead heads (including bucktails) with a soft plastic, pork rind, squid strip etc. on the hook, are great for fishing not just the upper water column (If you use light ones at a fairly fast retreive) but are great for fishing down near the bottom where most of the BIG stripeys hang out. These lures also get hung up a lot less because of their single up-pointing hook and cost less to replace than most good spoons.
As far as location, s. bass move around a lot but mostly they'll be where the feeding is easiest and food most plentiful.
Other than that I would say; the best teacher is spending a lot of time on the water and trying different times, tides, spots etc. Good luck.
p.s. The Storm Shads and jigs are also great for Fluke (summer flounder).
A few things to add to what Tatonka said: I would get some Kastmasters AND some storm shads, not one or the other because spoons like k.m. and Krocodiles (another great spoon) tend to ride high in the water column so are good when the fish are near the top or in shallow water but unless you're vertical jigging them like from a boat you're going to have a hard time fishing very deep with them unless you fish them reeeeeaaaally slow and then they get hung up pretty easy with their treble hooks.
On the other hand, lures like Storm Shads or lead heads (including bucktails) with a soft plastic, pork rind, squid strip etc. on the hook, are great for fishing not just the upper water column (If you use light ones at a fairly fast retreive) but are great for fishing down near the bottom where most of the BIG stripeys hang out. These lures also get hung up a lot less because of their single up-pointing hook and cost less to replace than most good spoons.
As far as location, s. bass move around a lot but mostly they'll be where the feeding is easiest and food most plentiful.
Other than that I would say; the best teacher is spending a lot of time on the water and trying different times, tides, spots etc. Good luck.
p.s. The Storm Shads and jigs are also great for Fluke (summer flounder).