How Stripers React Under Water And How To Adjust

Meng Xyong
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Published 2016-09-22
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In this video, I took the Water Wolf out to two lakes: Millerton Lake and O'Neill Forebay. At Millerton Lake I noticed the small mouth bass were chasing my AJ Lures swimbait. They were aggressive but not inhaling the bait. After watching the footage from my Water Wolf, I went over to O'Neill Forebay for some striper fishing.

I stuck to my AJ Lures swimbait and caught a few fish. I did notice that i was getting a lot of hits from these stripers so I switch out the AJ lures swimbait for a SpeedLures 130 jerkbait. I figured they must be doing the same thing the bass were doing at Millerton Lake. Anything that would hit the lure would surely get hooked. Sure enough, after putting on the SpeedLures 130 jerkbait, my hookup ratio increased.

Sometimes seeing what happens underwater can improve your hook ups quite a bit.

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All Comments (21)
  • @hybrid902000
    Wow! This is awesome! I just started Striper fishing with lures and this video helped a whole lot! Thanks for sharing. You got yourself a subscriber!
  • @majorleaguesurfcasting3620
    This is a great video, its nice to see focus on the science of fishing, rather than "this lure is green and seems to work".
  • @danmo43
    I appreciate this video. Thank you for it. I am most impressed that the fish were not spooked by that size of a camera right at them. That tells me some things about the fish. I like going to Bass Pro Shops and watching the bass in the tank. If they are hugging the back wall and structure, they are doing the same thing in the lakes. Every time.
  • @gonefishing1939
    Great video, Strippers are another world of Bass fishing, You really shared some great info here, thank you, id love to see more.
  • @rmsamonte
    Great video! Gives us a better understanding of how they behave and what's going on when we feel those small hits.
  • @denoc817
    Awesome video Meng. Your video showed exactly how I hook a 21 inch striper at O'NEIL Forebay, hooked it on the body. Basically it got caught on the triple hook, fowled hook it as it try to injure the lure 😆
  • @MOBBINOutdoors
    Impressed!!!! I just started out fishing in the area and came across your channel. Subscribed!!!
  • @benyaminyisrael4634
    excellent video...one of the best and most informative I have seen. Thank You for sharing
  • @yueyang8564
    This is a very good video. I notice bass have a similar behavior as stripe bass. I’ve had bass strike super hard on a whopper plopper and missing it. But I’ll slow it down and make it seem like it’s injured and they’ll come back and demolish it!
  • @LizardKing513
    This is an amazing video! What a great observation.
  • @junbug7272
    great video Meng. i appreciate all the info from your videos to the FA Facebook group.
  • @johnthomas9565
    Very informative and explained great footage thanks for sharing 👌🏽
  • @fromtheedge2theledge
    Great video! I always wondered what a strike underwater looked like. This will help me next time I go fishing.He's right those are spotted bass not smallmouth bass.