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The Secrets of Trolling for Striped Bass in the Dark
1. There are a number of significant differences between
trolling the tube and worm at night versus trolling the
tube and worm in the day.
2. Remember that listed below are just generalities-there are
usually quite a few exclusions to these "rules." Yet, having
an idea of how striped bass typically act during the night
can help you locate, and hook more and bigger stripers.
Trolling for striped bass through the night often
outproduces trolling for striped bass during day light.
3. Generally, I've noted that bass stay nearer to the ocean's
surface at nighttime. During the night I find myself trolling
three colors in locations where I often troll six colors in the
daytime. Even when the bass may not be feeding, they
seem to hold closer to the surface when it gets dark.
Noticing bass hanging at 10-20 ft . deep is much more
frequent during the nighttime than marking bass at 25-40
ft .-at least within the regions I typically target.
4. I've observed that the bulk of the striper population inside
a certain region proceeds inside the identical general
direction throughout the span of the night. During the
past year it wasn't unconventional for us to discover
several schools of bass in 25 ft of water prior to the sun
set. As it got darker, each one of these schools of striped
bass slowly trudged just offshore. By 11PM the majority of
the striped bass in the area could be uncovered holding in
60-70 ft . of water. These stripers would spend the
remainder of the evening residing in deep water in a
somewhat passive condition, and then gradually trudge
again in the direction of the beach when the sun rose.
Often times it was only possible to entice bites from the
bass when they were in transit to and from the deeper
water.
5. Naturally this pattern of tendencies can alter swiftly and
turn out to be very different than expected. If particular
weather conditions develop, the trend can be played in
reverse. One example is this past fall, when the breeze
blew strong off the ocean, the stripers would push up tight
to the beach front in just 10 ft of water as night
progressed-as opposed to heading to deep water. Then the
following evening, when the wind changed, the striped
bass would return back to their previous routines. More
often than not bass are easier to catch in 10 feet of water,
contrasted to 70 feet of water. We made it a priority to go
fishing whenever the wind blew onshore, so we could take
advantage of trolling for striped bass in less than 15 feet of
water.
6. How bass act inside the areas you fish may differ
appreciably compared to ways that stripers respond
where I fish. The critical idea to recognize is that it is often
feasible to map out a pattern of striper behavior in your
area that can assist you in finding and remaining with
massive schools of fish as the evening continues.
7. Fishing after dark is not for everyone, however if you are
up to fishing once the sun sets, trolling for striped bass in
the dark can help you catch more and bigger striped bass.