[shealy]

Short of getting out a shotgun and shooting them, how in the heck do I catch a striper at night under my halogen dock light.

It is so frustrating to see big stripers swimming in the light and not taking whatever I throw at them. I have used a bucktail with a worm, bucktail with a worm and squid, plugs, every Yo-Zuri lure in my box, large clams with a single hook laying on the bottom...etc.

What do I do to get one of these guys to bite?

 

[MakeMeNuts]

try a bloodworm on a float

 

[WETDREAM]

I'd live line a small perch or spot. That should kick em into striking

 

[JusGetOnDaHook]

yellow bomber... you'd be surprised..

 

[shealy]

Okay - that's 3 I haven't tried. Keep them coming b/c I will buy everything I need and then by you all a beer if they work!

 

[finally]

speargun, bowfishing

 

[mako]

5-6 inch piece of bloodline from a tuna fish on a fishfinder rig.

Absolutely positively will kill the "dock" stripers. I guarantee it!

 

[Bob ECT]

small black bomber.

 

[Montcopo]

A whole squid

 

[Lew'n aint easy]

Are you fishing from the same dock with the light? If you are, the bass can see you and will spook. Try casting at the light from a remote location like a boat, kayak, or adjacent dock. Work the edge of the light. bass are atracted to the bait around the lights not the lights themselves. I fish dock lights a lot and catch many fish but never have I caught the bass that I saw cruising the lights where I was standing.

 

[barrell]

flyrod
barrell

 

[Brian E. Mullaney]

like barrel said - flyrod

 

[capt.snagalot]

live peanuts(when they come back)

 

[Flynn-S.]

Like I said last year, invite me over.
I usually get one or two then the bite shuts down.
Tell the family I say hi.

-FP

 

[anthony cal]

Invite me over one night and we can work on it.

 

[BIGGESTJACK]

clam bellies straight or floated.

 

[MakeMeNuts]

I tried swimming a live peanut and it didn't work (on a few occasions!)...bloodworm was the ticket

 

[loosedrag]

Throw a PINKIE gets em every time!!!! When you cast throw above the fish and reel it in as slow as possible!

 

[Bass Media]

Try this.

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