Beaver Lake Striper tips and strategies: March 2010

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Knot of the month
courtesy of Mike Bailey

The Snell Fishing Knot
The Snell Knot provides a strong connection when fishing with bait and using a separate length of leader. You can only use a Snell Knot with a leader.

1. Insert one end of the leader through the hook's eye, extending 1 to 2 inches past the eye.

Insert the other end of the leader through the eye in the opposite direction pointing toward the barb of the hook.

Hold the hook and leader ends between your thumb and forefinger of left hand. Leader will hang below the hook in a large loop.

2. Take the part of the large lower loop that is closest to the eye and wrap it over the hook shank and both ends of the leader toward the hook's barb.

3. Continue to wrap for 7 or 8 turns and hold wraps with left hand. Grip the end of the leader that is through the eyelet with your right hand and pull it slowly and steadily. Hold the turns with your left hand or the knot will unravel.

When knot is almost tight, slide it up against the eye of the hook. Grip the short end lying along the shank of the hook with a pair of pliers. Pull this end and the standing line at the same time to completely tighten the knot.

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SEASONAL TACTIC'S

from Bailey's Beaver Lake Guide Service

Flatlines

Use flatlines or freelines to search for stripers holding near the surface or to pull active stripers from the depths. Flatlines consist of no weight or a single lead shot set about a foot above a single hook. Hook your biggest baits on flatlines to let the shad call stripers to them. Flatlines run within a few feet of the surface at 2 mph, but can be dropped to fish holding deeper by slowing the boat.

Tight Lines!
Mike Bailey

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FISHIN' REPORT

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Interesting Striper Facts

Striped bass tolerate both salt and fresh water.
Striped bass live in the ocean but spawn in fresh water rivers.
Atlantic Ocean stripers have been transplanted successfully to the Pacific Ocean.
Stripers accidentally landlocked thrive in deep fresh water impoundments.
Hybrid striped bass, resulting from crossing striped bass with white bass, now inhabit many fresh water lakes.
In the Chesapeake Bay area Striped Bass are called Rockfish.
In the Spring stripers migrate north from deep waters off the Virginia and North Carolina coast to New England waters. In the Fall they migrate back down to the south.
Stripers mainly stay in the vicinity of the coastline.
Stripers swim fast, but not the fastest, so they don't always chase down prey like blue fish. However, they have large tails and can maneuver well, and they can swim with control in fast moving turbulent waters. Stripers prefer to ambush prey, that are stirred up and disoriented, by turbulent water.
Striped bass have a preferred temperature range of from 55° F to 68° F.
In the spring the striper bite is slow until the temperature reaches 50° F.
In the fall they can still be caught until the temperature falls below 44° F.
Stripers are most active in the fall and early spring.
Striper peak feeding times are the hour before sunrise and at dusk.
Striped bass don't have eyelids. When the sun comes up they will retreat to deeper water to avoid the bright light.
Striper fishing is mainly a nighttime activity in the warmer months.
Stripers will eat almost anything, but favorites are thread fin and the larger gizzard shad.
Older, large female stripers are called "Cows". Younger, smaller stripers are called schoolies or shorts.
Female striped bass grow larger than the males. If you catch a striped bass over 15 pounds it is probably a female.

Technical Tip's

Treb verses Single

Many regulated trout streams across the U.S., as well as Canadian lakes, allow "single-hook artificial lures only." Too many fishermen read that as "fly-fishing only" or drastically reduce their spinning rod options. Fish in these waters almost never see minnow- or crawfish-imitating plugs, and that becomes wonderfully obvious when you do use one.

In fact, in certain situations it's more effective to use a single hook instead of a treble even if there aren't any special regulations. Using a single hook reduces snags when working timber or densely weeded areas, making it easier to rip your bait through cover. A single hook also makes it easier to unhook fish and quickly release them.

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