I'm 53 years old, been fishing since I was 5. This might be the best fishing video I've ever seen, it is certainly the best striper video I've ever seen. This man knows what he is talking about. Well done Mike, clear, concise, and accurate knowledge anyone can understand.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

MY MAN!! Thanks brother!! I really appreciate that!!👍👍

@jasonflowers5842

8 ай бұрын

I just logged on and watch the video and that's exactly what I was going to say and then I just saw your comment I mean it is a so thorough video makes too much sense

I've been fishing Boston harbor for 50 years. You have the best tips and technique I have ever seen. Dammit you're good, Mike Smedley. I really enjoyed seeing those young guys scoring. I always enjoy myself more when there are kids on board like you had here, (they did an outstanding job by the way with their fish.) I think it's because, when it comes to striper fishing - I'm a kid, too, even though I'm 55. Also, as a diehard dock chunk fisherman, I can confirm that FRESH bait is best. It really does make a difference! 20 minute rule is a wise policy. PS- I really enjoyed your sonar for dummies videos. I have a Raymarine Axiom 7 and I was not looking at what I was seeing correctly until I watched your videos. Thank you so much Captain. It is important to me to become a better fisherman every year and your advice is very solid.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the kind words brother. Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍😁😁. It means a lot coming from a salty vet like yourself.

Best videos by far for learning how to striper fish! Thanks for the videos. Liked and subbed!

Another great vid. I fish out of Jamaica bay and breezy point in NY and use a lot of what u show us and it works. Keep’em coming.👍🏽✊🏽👊🏽🤙🏽

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

LOVE HEARIN THAT BROTHER!! Thanks!

Thanks for the tips Mike! You're awesome.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

Great video Mike thank you for sharing learned a lot from it

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!!

Awesome vid with some great info! Very cool that you also had your son out there too sharing in some great memories 👍

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!!

Hi Mike micker flood hrer brother getting some nice fishing in love your videos pal 🎣🎣🎣🇮🇪😜

love the stealie shirt!

Skipper very nicely explained, shot and edited. Learned alot, thank you!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!!!

thank you awesome info .

Another awesome video I really appreciate what you do take care and be safe out there

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick!! Appreciate it brother!

Striper fishing> be ready for anything,,, I like that! Lots of good information here!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!!

Great video! Thanks!!

Great content as always. Thanks.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

thanks Mike for sharing your knowledge. you def, speak the truth. u never know what to expect out there more often than not its hard to find bait fish and you have to resort to other means (chunk, plugs & trolling etc.) (Gloucester area)

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!! The more flexible you are the better. I think that’s why I like Striper fishing so much. Dozens of ways to catch them. Appreciate the comment!! 👍

I'm spoiled by striper in this one spot in town. Yanked in a few yesterday on a little ugly-stick. I was going after the Mack's that the striper corner into the harbor, so you can imagine my surprise and joy when I hooked the first striper. Unfortunately they were too short.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

Good job guys. Love the electronics and your boat. Nice setup😃

You have very genuine attitude. Thank you!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Like the video a lot !!!!! Mostly in all your videos, you include great tips, instruction, discuss techniques, etc regarding bait rigging, rods, electronics etc…. This is what puts you apart from most of not all of the KZread video guys. Great videos .. keep up the good work!!!!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry!! I really appreciate your comment!! It pushes me to go further and further. 😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍

@larrylunak7244

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS You deserve the praise!!!!!

Thanks for the tips friend. Good fishing

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

Wonderful videos!!! Keep taking those kids fishing!!!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Will do!!😁😁

Great tips from the Striper master👍

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!! You’re too kind!

Bonus points for my man in the Dead tshirt. #jerryforever

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

👍👍

Great info.

Nice Mike...i did this a lot in the hudson river.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!! Love that area!!

thanks for your useful information and video! Congratulation kid for your first Striper!!! ^.^

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍😁😁😁

Mike thank you ! This was a great video!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it brother!! 😁

Thanks for the info I did some of this techniques today got me a 33" really appreciate it keep up the good work.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

YES! Thanks brother!!👍👍

@19211926

3 жыл бұрын

Thank You

Love seeing those bigger stripers

All the wicked tuna guys awesome

Awesome!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!!!!

Its crazy how awesome of a video this is, best how to Ive seen.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

6 ай бұрын

Thanks brother! 👍👍🙏

Great Video

It's a GOOD HURT lol ... wtg kid!! 😊👍👊

thanks guys good video

Old school invades rb!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

YES SIR!! 😁😁😁😁😁

Nice to sea the whole team Max too.....Old School at its best....

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! I appreciate that 😁😁😁👍👍👍

Thanks for the tip. I went to Lake Murray SC Friday and used this tactic, found the fish on the side of a hump, spot locked on them and had a 4 man limit in 69 minutes!

@drjaywhitlock

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite lake to fish for Stripers!

@anthony5reece

3 жыл бұрын

I live on Murray!

Nice boat, I’ve never caught a stripper, but will be after them soon!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!! 👍👍

You're a genius

@edkacic8666

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

Great video!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I too like to fish stripers and bluefish up here in Ma. I could remember when I was a kid we used to catch Squeteague aka Weakfish. Have you guys ever caught these fish? I haven't seen them around for ages and don't think there is to many of them around anymore. I just remember how beautiful looking there where! Thank you!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t remember the last time I saw one up north, but they are thick in NC and VA.

Let's get back out there and see if the Chesapeake style works! :-) Loved the video, hope all is well.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Im your Huckleberry. Say when. SO MUCH BUNKER THIS YEAR!!

Nice video, love the action on the rods used, what brand and model. Thx much.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!! Striper Stealth mH

Fantastic videos

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!!!!!

I'm in Maryland out on the Chesapeake Bay my whole life. Would love to come out with yall. New to the channel.. love it so far, very informative

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother I really appreciate that!! I don’t do charters anymore, but email me. Mikesmedley9@gmail.com

@midget12brw

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I went ahead and sent you a email let me know if you get it or not, I'm not sure if it went through

Tip...use the old baits and cut them up for chum. Good video.

Hey Mike, thanks for the video. I don't have sonar on my little Jon boat, but I will combine what you just demonstrated with the underwater topography with some NOAA maps showing depths and contours in my local rivers. Do you ever use blue crabs for bait? If so can you use hard crabs, or just soft ones?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Great question and great game plan, using charts. I have not personally used a whole Blue Claw crab for bait, but I absolutely would in the right situation. I would use them wherever I see commercial crab and lobster pots. Drifting a live crab or live lobster can be deadly in those areas because the Stripers get trained to eat the bycatch getting thrown back, short crabs and lobsters are easy pickings when dropped from the surface. Stripers learn to hang around those pots. We cleaned a few fish up in Massachusetts near some pots and the bellies were full of shellfish. The smaller fish had green crabs and the larger had several lobsters in their bellies. Of course we aren’t local to that area so we would have to buy legal live Lobster which can be expensive, but if you live by Good lobster water you can get a license to catch your own legally. Just check the regs in your area first. Don’t want to break the law.

Great video, I love seein' the kids fishin'!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!!

Like how the dog does the kiss and release 😁😂

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

👍👍

You need to come and try this in Northern AR. My dad and I have been fishing Beaver and Norfork for 20+ yrs and I've never seen anyone (or even a guide) use chunk bait fishing. It's either live gizzard shad or casting to visibly active fish via a jump or following the birds. We rarely even catch any trolling or casting lures, only top water but they can't really be that much different - can they???

I caught my first striper when I was 9 years old. 36.5 inches!

We got a 24 lb striper at a lake Norman North Carolina yesterday

Thats kids a good fisherman

There’s a ton of peanut bunker around. Do they make a smaller flutter spoon to match the size or what else could we use. Thanks Mike. I’m loving my new rods from Rich coulson. Thank you again

Mike, I am in the process of purchasing a 228. I like the splash guard/cover you have over the windshield. Where can you get that? I've been looking. I was hoping to block more wind from the center console leaning post for travel to make create a more comfortable/friendly discussion area. Blocked wind equals noise reduction which makes easier to talk and or hear music.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Sea Pro has them for every model 👍👍👍👍

I just subscribed. Great info. I'm buying a Grady and want to learn all I can. Question, when you find these spots will they be spots you can rely on in the future. Nothing is 100 percent but if u caught them there will they be a good spot in future. I'll be fishing block island and buzzards bay and Cape cod bay.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Good question. Usually, but there are lots of variables. I’m not really a spot hunter because of the variables (bait presence, water temp, tides), but they can be good starting points. You’ll find a handful of spots that usually work and others that never work again.

Mike, how do you handle the current/tide. I’m pulling up on spots but in my area in the river the current can be moving pretty good. Add a weight and I think those fish know it’s being held down. I see you live lining bunkies but if I let em run I’d be out of line before I know!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Current is not really an issue if you are drifting. You don’t have current pulling against your bait because you are all moving at the same pace. You can still use no weight. I personally don’t let the fish run if I have a long line, there is so much stretch in a long line that the fish won’t feel you too soon. (braid stinks for live bait.). On a short line I will let the fish run, but only for a second or three.

Great info. I did have a few questions. 1. Near the beginning you mention shallow water with deep water near by. Could you define what you consider shallow water? So 0 feet to 15? 20? And what’s the least amount of water you’d consider deep? 2. Near the end you talk about changing bait chunks ever 20 min or so but let’s say you are using frozen bunker as I often do. ( I need to get a cast Net). Does that principle still apply all the same being that the bait was less then fresh to start ? Thank you sir

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

I have caught Stripers over 40lbs in 2 feet of water and regular drop my bow anchor in only 4ft. As far as deep, whatever the nearest channel has or close to it. Over 20ft deep. Same applies for frozen bait, but you definitely should consider netting fresh bait, or at least buying fresh Bunker. Frozen bait is MUCH less affective. Thanks brother

Big fat 40"+ rockfish are plentiful in the Chesapeake..and yum yumm!!!!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Over 38” gotta go back. New regs

👋🏽 nice! Wish I could catch fish like this 😂 I’m from Jersey, feels like theres no fish in the water here 😤 only sharks and and rays 😢

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

This was actually IN NJ.

@javiermolina411

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Smedley really?! 😯 could you take me out fishing with you? Love to learn from you 🙌🏽 swear Im doing something wrong because I always nail sharks and rays 😒

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

You’re probably just out there at the wrong time. The biomass of Stripers is there mainly form March to mid June. Of course there are resident fish that stay all summer, but those are very difficult to find. Email me if you need more details. Mikesmedley9@gmail.com

Thanks for the video Mike! Great as usual. We broke our landing net on a big blue catfish this past weekend. Do you have a net you recommend?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. That’s always a good problem 😁. The Frabil folding nets have really taken one heck of a beating! The only problem is those little push buttons always break off and need to be replaced.

@donbraboy8267

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Smedley thank you! I appreciate the reply.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@crockett3869

3 жыл бұрын

The best tip for not breaking a landing net is to not try and lift the fish like a spoon - horizontally. Too much pressure on the pole. Watch videos of how big fish are landed by pointing the handle up to the sky and lifting it vertically, all the pressure is on the webbing of the net, and you won't bend or break your net handle.

Do these salt water fish make it down to South Carolina coast? Fish Murray,Russell, and the Hill a ton. I want to feel a salt water one pull the ol string? Thanks for the awesome videos

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

The outer banks is about as far south that I know of. Thanks brother!

Use live caught scup bergalls as well as bunker cast net snag that sonar was lit 🔥 check out the Karen Ann guy Vinnie Calabro he floats the back canals and dock lines under the street lights at night to cast net perfect sized bunker before dawn before heading out to breezy,sometimes bass only want dead stiff bunker.you got Jeramy hooked for life and that’s what it’s about

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍thanks brother

When you talk about fishing the shallow water, and about that it has to be close to deep water, what do you mean by close to deep water? Like within 50ft of the channel,100ft?

Its funny I gave up looking for stipers and went to look for other species and find A whole bunch of stripers in less than A foot of water on A marsh island next to A deep chanel.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! 👍👍👍👍.

@hookdup1927

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS I scored bigtime again now I caught A 6 ft sandbar shark on the bunker schools.

What’s the water temp range that you would target striped bigger then schoolies ? I’m in the Chesapeake bay

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

2SaltyDicks Fishing The biggest fish seem to handle extreme cold better than the schoolies and the schoolies seem to handle the warmer weather better than the Big girls. But even that can be proven wrong sometimes. Most of the places we fish the big girls leave when temps reach 74-75. Schoolies May hang there all year long. Even when water hits 80’s.

That's what it's about. Take a kid fishing!!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kris! 👍👍

Have you ever tried snelling your hooks?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Owens oh yeah, have done it all brother. A Palomar knot and straight eye circle hooks like the Owner MUTU and MUSTAD Demon Circle have brought my hook-up ratio through the roof.👍👍

Hey mike big fan of yours. Was wondering when you chunk and the striker takes off with the bait how long do you wait before you set the hook. Same question goes for live bunker? Thank you and keep on showing us your fans these great videos.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!! I really appreciate that!! I personally rarely let a fish run with the bait. We use soft rod tips and mono that stretches so the fish can turn the bait into its throat without feeling the rod and spitting it out. This is plenty of time with a locked up reel. Lock em up!! 👍

@amazingone1984

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Smedley thanks for the quick response. Getting ready for the fall run here in Jamaica Bay. Good luck to all. Would love to join you guys one day.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Shoot me an email mikesmedley9@gmail.com

We fish the northern chesapeake a lot around pooles Island and tolchester trying to master this whole thing. Have any advice for being this far up?

@danb4115

4 жыл бұрын

Youre right in the deep channel carved by the Susquehanna right there. Chunking, Trolling, all of it will land fish at that spot. It looks like a parking lot on weekends so you know it's good. Most of the 25s and up have migrated back north to cooler water but there are still plenty of keepers left.

Great Video,Fishing N Stuff Send Me Here,I love Stripers.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!!! Love Fish N Stuff!!!

Good job Jeremy....hope you get hooked on fishing.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

👍👍

Does this apply to fresh water?

Do these tactics work on say , large lakes also?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely! I used to fish lakes for Stripers more than the salt. The parallels are always there. 👍👍

What kind of fish is the bait your using? Will they bite a sabiki?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

It’s Menhaden. They won’t hit a sabiki. They are filter feeders.

Hey I have question please i live at south Jersey and I go pretty much hunt for stripers every other day and I don’t catch stripers at all usually I fish at lake but now I fish at saltwater And I use shrimp to catch stripers they work 💯 and bait fish sometimes But I be hearing people saying that all the striper are at the north side why they go at the north is that why I am not catching stripers beside shark and blues Also I do bank fishing thanks 🙏

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Right now the migratory fish are out of NJ. They are up north in Gloucester, Montauk area. They leave when the water gets warm. There are always some resident fish around but are mostly smaller and hard to find. The big groups of fish will be back in October

I’m sure you’ve answered this 1000 times but what kind of reels are those? Thanks mike

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

amzn.to/2XTvZZK Accurate Valiant 400.

Do you take people out in the Chesapeake Bay?

Another great video, thanks! There is a steep channel edge relatively near my dock that I frequent. It's a nice steep ledge that goes from 55ft deep up to 15 feet with a nice rip-rap pile and buoy on the shallow side. 99% of the time I'm there there is a thick school of big stripers hanging deep around 50ft. The fish are almost always there, down deep, year round. If I hit that spot early morning on a good moving tide, I'll sometimes find the fish shallow around the rip rap and have a nice run of catching, but most of the time I don't mark any fish shallow and they're all down deep with lock-jaw. I just can't get those deep fish to bite, they won't take jigs, live bait, cut bait, deep trolling, nothing. It's a thick school too. Am I barking up the wrong tree trying to target them deep? Should I set up on the shallow side and try to chum them up, even though I don't mark any fish in the shallow?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and yes. You got it figured bro. That’s what I would do. I leave deep fish deep most times. If they don’t bite right away I set up shallow nearby. 👍👍

@jmk01581fe

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it. Follow up question: If you're fishing on a limited time schedule, say you have to pack it up in 2-3 hrs, would you set up shallow next to that big school holding down deep in hopes that they'll be enticed up to feed, or keep searching and try to find another school of more active fish at the risk of burning up more time?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the ultimate question. It would depend on time of day. If it’s a few hours before dark I would set up shallow close by. Especially if I can find a hump or sharp ledge. If it’s middle of the day or any time after 10am I would probably leave if I only had a few hours.

Hey Mike, do you change your hooks on those Spoon lures? Just bought two.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

No. They come with great hooks. I do add another split ring and swivel between the hook and spoon. If you don’t do that you will lose a few fish. The length of the spoon can work as a lever across the fishes head when it turns just right and the hook pops out. The swivel allows the spoon to turn. 👍👍👍👍

@kfshorts1991

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS Thanks !!!

15 lb would be nice eating we get 35 to 50 in Long Island sound and there to big to eat take up to much room with one kind of fish

Mike, what hooks do you use for chunking??? Love the videos

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

My first choice is Owner MUTU light wire circle 9/0 but they can be hard to find. Daiichi Super Chunk 9/0 or 10/0 is my next choice.

Mike how is it that you are able to run your boat in dead of winter without your motor freezing up?

Mike, we have massive pogie schools up north. They go for miles and miles and while there are some fish under them, mostly unbothered. Any suggestions?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Be near that bait as the sun starts to go down, if you can set up chunks under them or drift live Pogies thru them. We rarely see the bait get bothered but we catch fish under it constantly. It takes a lot of energy to chase an adult Pogie, they are fast as lightning. The big girls sit and wait for an opportunity very near the bait, like a fresh chunk, a live injured Pogie (hooked bait). If you have miles of bait I wouldn’t go very far from it. 👍👍

@redsoxwinagain2007

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Smedley Thanks and noted! Saw a solid 50 inch fish come up for my pogie yesterday but she saw the boat and was game over. I sometimes see voids and look for the arches hoping stripers are clearing spots out. Works like 1 out of 20x. Frustrating to fish in the big schools though,

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

If you can find shallow areas with bait schools that’s where I would fish. A Striper can’t run down a healthy adult Bunker in 50ft of water without burning more energy than it would receive, but it’s another story in 5ft if water. Every try netting Pogies in 50ft? It’s very tricky, (impossible for the untrained) but in 5 ft it’s cake. Think like a Striper 😁 This probably wasn’t too far from you. Where do you fish?

@redsoxwinagain2007

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Smedley Northern MA and Southern NH coast. Used to be that the scene boats would decimate the schools and for years and maybe over a decade we never saw a pogie. The last 3-4 years though, there is more pogie flesh than water within several thousand feet from most shorelines. Fished pogie schools in 4-8 fow but only found schoolies. They love the tinker macks and better chance for a legit keeper (28-34”). I do hope that the reason the fishing is so bad is due to the over abundance of bait. We have dolphins, humpbacks, orcas, and bluefin coming within 1/2 mile from shore now feeding in these pogie buffets.

I go too a spot in my it produces 95 % of the time in md

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Maryland on the Chesapeake is one of favorite places to be brother!!

Where are guys fishing? This looks a lot like north florida

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

Actually NY.

Great vids, Mike! Hope to see yah up off Sandy Hook!

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

I’ve always did the best using heads when I’ve ran out of live baits.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. 👍👍

@rbartolini1

4 жыл бұрын

Heads take the bigger fish

@letsgetit2962

4 жыл бұрын

Big bass like to hang at bottom under bait pods picking off heads & scraps of bunker that blues rip apart higher in the water column. Most my Giant bass have been on head chunks on bottom...

MIKEHOW CAN WE GET THOSE multidirectional rod holder, send a link. kids need to learn how to troll

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

Жыл бұрын

Hey brother!! Those are rails I designed to be popped in or out whenever you want. I attached Smith rod holders to the rails. I had a welder making them for anyone that wants them, unfortunately I’m not comfortable recommending that welder anymore. The rails are 18”x18”. 1-1/4” aluminum pipe welded at a 30degree angle. You can give these numbers to any welder and they can make them for you. 👍👍👍👍

Where are you guys fishing?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

This was the Raritan Bay in spring.

Also if it's not a slot fish what do you do? Seal food??

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 ай бұрын

Mortality rates are actually extremely low for Striped Bass released in saltwater water when hooked in the mouth. The Mortality rates are however extremely high when released into the cooler.

Do you eat what you catch?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

Not much anymore unless the fish is gut hooked. When reproduction stock numbers rise again we will keep a few. 👍

Good video ...Thanks. The "clickers" on the reel while fighting the fish is kind of annoying.

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Need a one way clicker.

@jlooney2

3 жыл бұрын

Disagree, sounds like "success"....

Enjoy the videos but lord turn the clickers off lol

Did the guy with the beard used to be on a tv show?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

No, but he should 😁😁👍

@gabrielpichardo1492

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS ok. I thought i may have seen him on wicked tuna or one of them fishing shows on Netflix

Reel name?

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

4 жыл бұрын

Accurate Valiant 400.

Followed your recommendation bought couple accurate fury reels but cant find striper stealth rods in stock. What is another option? Love the channel btw

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!! Unfortunately there is a huge price jump to the next rod that works like the SS. ($350) Did you check recently? They just got more stock.

@haroldbuckles1321

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS They had extra heavy, I got a couple of those. Thanks again for all the tips! Keep up the great info channel!

Where’s the location nearly San Jose for fishing strippers! Please give me the address Thanks

@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know the area. Sorry brother.