Dock Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass

I ran into a buddy at the dock and he had figured out how to catch the huge striped bass that were hanging around it. One is 40 pounds and the other is 30 pounds. Enjoy. Congratulations Ray.

[@BlacktipH]

Looks like fun!

[@ajroth6212]

yo its blacktiph I'm a subscriber two both channels

[@sunrise_fishing2882]

Same

[@jakepetrangelo1484]

A J Roth it’s too not two

[@tiwinoah124]

i love you blacktipH

[@kylemolletfishing9123]

@@jakepetrangelo1484 it's to, not too. 😂

[@anglerspursuit1a2a]

These are the fish we should be making big tournaments about. Stripers are a great fish. Wish more people would view them as they do LMB and try to make something more of this species. Thanks for posting.

[@Flukemaster]

Anglers Pursuit The only problem is that they die so easily. I took the 30 pounder home because it didn't make it. It now resides in my freezer.

[@xRelyT1]

FalconerPhoto stripers get lockjawed in freshwater easily. Happens all the time in cali

[@nolanminor6761]

If I had stripers like that around here I would spend a significantly less amount of time targeting largemouth

[@monkey98981]

My wife would never see me at home 😆

[@j-me6317]

Amazing, and a testament to what a standard "bass" rod is able to do in capable hands.

[@geothunder1971]

People think of striper as an open water fish but they feed a lot at night into early morning in the shallows pushing baitfish in the spring. My biggest striper I've caught so far hit my topwater plug in a foot of water at first light and scared the crap out of me! I thought something was coming after me!

[@KBizzy]

That first fish was much more docile than the ocean stripers we catch here in the northeast. That big fella just rolled over and gave up when they had him at the dock.

[@saltystripesfishing2980]

Kay Bizzy oh yeah definitly lol i have a salt conventional set up thats more for schoolies and i hooked a big one in vinyard haven and he jolted under the steam ship dock and snapped my bass pro inshore redfish stick like a twig 😂

[@andrewwolf4963]

Kay Bizzy right? I get more fight from the 18inch ones here in Maryland lol

[@blindabinda1234]

That's definitely true! It's because the difference in the water.

[@Don-Michael]

Even a pinfish fights as hard as a 1lb largemouth. The ocean is a whole different ball game

[@JohnS916]

What memories I had fishing for stripers with my grandfather back in the 50s. Back when they were plentiful on the west coast of California. Look at the numbers charts over the years and it's pretty depressing news. Anyway, the most fun I ever had was catching them off of any kind of surface, sand, rocky shores, anyplace if you were lucky to be around during a anchovy run. One day we were on highway 1 early in the morning when my grandfather decided to pull into a place called Montara Beach. It was a place about 40 miles south of San Francisco and at that time I recall the conditions were calm, where usually Montara Beach surf always seemed to be rougher than other areas. He spotted gulls diving about 300 yards off shore and that was the cue he needed to pull into the parking lot and unload our gear. I was amazed how calm the surf was, aided by a low tide I actually could walk out a ways on the sand, but then I spotted something that got the heart pumping, no, not a Great White Shark, but hugh schools of anchovies swimming past me, no further than ten yards away. I yelled out to my grandfather as I ran back to where we were setting up and I still remember him saying to the effect the bass will be following them. We were lucky to be two of the very few people on the beach at the time, Montara Beach had nice sand, but again the surf was considered dangerous and myself and a friend found that out 4 or 5 years later, but that's another story. We waited for the tide to turn and once it did the birds started moving in with it following the schools of anchovies. It was a blast just watching hundreds of them doing their thing, by this time they were joined by other sea birds, I look back on that now and I wish I had my current camera gear with me to record the action. When the birds got to the surf line my grandfather casted out his three hook leader set up using fresh anchovies as bait, yes, finding fresh anchovies for bait was easy back in the 50s, everything now is frozen and you know how crappy frozen bait can be, you need three hooks because one or two of the baits would fly off if you're surf casting for distance. My grandfather was old school when it came to bait choices, at the time I don't ever recall him using an artificial lure, but I do remember seeing one in his tackle box. Most of the time when we would go fishing, which was every day for two solid weeks every summer for ten years, we would fish for surf perch, the best tasting fried fillets in the world! So fresh bait was the gold standard for them. This time the situation in the surf changed that and it was then I decided to try the good old Hopkins lure. We didn't use spin reels, we used big Penn bait casters and as most of you know, not the best choice for throwing lures as far as you could, but I learned after repeated backlashes and tangles how to long cast with them, it's all in the thumb and in that sense I liked the bait caster reels better. I was using one of his hand built custom bamboo poles, with eyelets secured by hand wrapped silk line, the stock was also hand carved by him, the set up was a work of art. I believe it was on my second cast I hooked my first striper, I can't tell you how excited I was on the inside and I remember my grandfather coming up and reaching out to assist, but I told him I had it, that I was OK. Prior to that first strike, any previous stripers from caught on other days were hooked and landed by him. Most were one off stragglers while we were fishing for surf perch and being just a kid, I would fish for a period of time and then find something else to do for a while. But my grandfather stayed focused on the fishing all day, it was his passion for sure and he worked the bait while I would let my pole just sit there. I still remember the combined strength of the outgoing surf and the big fish on the end of the line and watching the line cut through the water left and right, you could pick up the sound of the monofilament line as it was being stretched to the max, it was music to my ears! I quickly learned to relax as the waves went out then reel like mad when the waves came in, this was the method I used until the fish revealed himself on the sand and that is when my grandfather reached down and picked him up by the gills, walking him back with an ear to ear grin. Well, his ears were different, both were damaged when he was a professional wrestler during the 30s and early 40s. What a great person he was and all of us remember him the same way, the great Thanksgiving dinners at his house and most of all the freshly prepared Abalone he free dived for, something he did into his 70s. He introduced all of his grand kids to fishing and the memories of that will last forever.

[@Mrweyldr]

Ray you are a lucky man to have caught those fish.....from a dock! Talk about being in the right place at the right time

[@Alexvnder_Wood]

I have a guy I work with who has been catching trophy striped and largemouth bass off his dock this whole year in North Tx. Classic yet hilarious! Nice one jefe.

[@TexanGuy]

That is unbelievable! Congrats guys!

[@dcline27]

LOL my son was watching this with me and he said that he thought this guys was catching tuna in fresh water....HA! Love it

[@Flukemaster]

Drew Cline That's funny Drew.

[@Vykk_Draygo]

Going after these monsters this weekend at Lake Whitney. So pumped, I can't wait!

[@calishot6505]

I love how boat guys laugh at bank fisherman but than get mad when they catch nothing and the bank fisherman’s killing it.

[@ReklessFFA]

damn surprised the rod didn't snap in half handling it like that

[@CaptChrisCanning]

I would love to hook up on one of those! Great video once again!

[@jimmyflex2580]

WOW! That is one big striper for a lake! Nice catch!

[@Alexvnder_Wood]

"Good Lordd" I love this video.

[@hemp8449]

This is on my bucket list I want to catch one of these so bad it's hard to sleep at night

[@JRFreedom1000]

That looked like a blast from the docs. Awesome video!!

[@joshinator609]

I would love to catch a 40lb striper. The fight would be awesome.

[@outdoorsextreme9742]

Snake Eyes My pb is 8 pounds I caught him with an ultra light pole

[@davidmincey6220]

My Pb is 20 and I caught on super light tackle.

[@chrisgalloway2682]

Hey @Flukemaster this is the very first video I watched that made me start watching your channel man!

[@Flukemaster]

Awesome man. Thanks

[@shanedaigle7751]

Holy crap... that thing is huge!!!!!

[@tnsteele95]

In Tennessee, its perfectly legal to use gamefish as bait as long as they meet one of two criteria. 1. You purchased them from a hatchery and have the receipt to prove it. 2. You caught them yourself and they meet all legal size limits. In both cases you can only have your daily creel limit per person available as bait. Rainbow trout are considered "striper candy" and they are used often for big stripes. Saw a 50lber caught on a 19" brown trout one time.

[@fedslor5698]

Dam...look at that rod magnificent catch...

[@VenganzaCayey]

they love squid clams and eals and garantee u a great catch

[@mikewashere77]

I live in Augusta and fish Clarks Hill almost every weekend. Would love to just see one of these near me. Had a striper hit my herring last weekend and take off. Ran my drag out completely even with it tightened down and then broke the 12lb leader right off. Might have been my trophy fish.

[@SFLow41514]

I caught my only 40 pounder last year in November at the sloughs I know the feeling it's amazing! Right before him I caught a nice 30lber we released both they were too big to take home they're breeders

[@Overwatch118]

Striped bass in inland lakes do not breed. They seldom have a spawning run.

[@snakeeyes9246]

Overwatch118 still a smart idea to release bass that size. I release 100% of the sport fish I catch for two reasons: so they can breed, and so I can possibly catch them again when they get bigger.

[@Overwatch118]

They normally have torn aortas and bleed out slowly. They are found a few days later dead on the surface.

[@BlackStallionxxx]

Had to subscribe after seeing this video.

[@northgaoutdoors8516]

Great fish man I love shore fishing for big striped bass! Need to come to Hartwell Ga. And fish on Hartwell lake for some amazing fishing! Go dawgs

[@zp5941]

Fricken beautiful stripers! Nice video Gene!

[@richardchhom4251]

Still one of my favorite videos! Try to do some more dock videos if you can. 👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@Lakelanierstripersnipers]

Launched from that boat dock today, 😂 could not find no stripers like that, but did catch a 7lb largemouth on a 15 inch gizzard Shad

[@allynsmith5026]

If you use live bass for bait in GA, don't get caught. Tell mr. game warden you caught the bass and the striper ate it. They are more sneaky than the cops. Our boat was boarded on Allatoona when a guy a couple hundred yards up asked what bait we were using and we told him the one that was just caught came off a rainbow trout. You can buy them from the bait store but still have to go by the rules as to how many you can have on you. Turns out he was the game warden. He counted each and every one of the trout. Be careful what bait you have.

[@Flukemaster]

Go back and read the regs. I did before I posted this video. I wouldn't have posted it had he broken the law.

[@allynsmith5026]

+Flukemaster I'll be damned. That same day the gw said it was unlawful. I just read it. I retract my previous post. thx

[@Flukemaster]

+Allyn Smith That may apply to trout. I don't know

[@tomdiem1]

+slimmdogg420 page 14. Good to know. Thanks

[@theeasywayoutcampers6550]

+Allyn Smith Loose lips confiscate ships! Dont talk to strangers.... Im in NY and our encon is like the CIA

[@jeepernj99]

Thanks for posting this! Very cool!

[@mattposlusny917]

I love this! Makes my day.

[@legokid-nf5de]

wow that's some huge striped bass!!!

[@justinpickett5150]

Pure awesome. Great catches!

[@Phillyhurts]

Lol a striper guides dream is to use a 2lb bass as bait lmfao, no jugdement from me tho, fishing is fishing!

[@francisd2386]

Wow the moaning when he lifts the first one tells it all lol! There's a moratorium on stripped bass around here, we're trying to make them come back, wish I'll hook something like this in my lifetime!

[@Somewheredownintexas]

Come to lake Texoma.. Call striper express guide service, you can check out their youtube and website

[@francisd2386]

jtpopetx Not being from the region at all, I'll still keep it in mind, thanks.

[@RacerEckss]

The best eating fish from freshwater imo. I love trout, walleye and catfish but.....Ill poke eyes out for striped bass cheeks.

[@seaside4208]

Cool video me and my uncle were trolling wire with clips and lures and bait we go 4 fish altogether 150 lbs trolling wire was fun and productive

[@letun3481]

Wow!!! What a striped beauty!

[@humloya]

Awesome Hybrid Striped bass!!!!!

[@ZeroGorDIE]

what kind of line was this? ive hard some line issues of late looking for something new!

[@MRFLIP]

Steve Dom try pline cxx I have some videos of fighting some good fish on 12lb to 20lb pline cxx good line for sure

[@richardbryant9960]

DildoSwaggins id go with 60lbs braided spider wire

[@bryanluperose1688]

What a monster on a bass rod way to go.

[@calebparks386]

Digging the ringtone. Go Tigers

[@BadLifeCho1ces]

Holy crap the first one was big

[@JLeeChron]

Bigger than around here fo sure dude

[@andrewmaning9522]

that's bank acess .man I get em on flukes in the south canadian

[@skylarthayer8006]

mouth of Merrimack is pretty productive, I fish there regularly, I have found though if you really want the big boys (40lbs and up) jig for live macs or use rigged eels after dark in the Annisquam or Manchester harbor. Good times. 😉

[@nottofriendlyfishing1623]

wow looks like a whole lotta fun

[@aj06bolt12r]

Was he using Largemouth bass as bait? Makes sense

[@gwagb27]

Yes

[@Alfa_BJJ7]

Awesome catch!

[@UltraBrickStudios]

that's one big bass fish right there!

[@eddieetheridge3601]

Nice Monster Stripers!!!

[@seanmagee1559]

Killer catch!

[@billytrenary4114]

One awsome fish.!!!!

[@skylarthayer8006]

Honestly though, I've caught some huge slobs right off the rocks at Halibut point. great spot if you don't have access to a boat.

[@fishnmaster421]

Those are some nice salties. Surprised your rod and reel held up to that.

[@andrewdestin]

Striped bass beautiful!

[@NoticiasTiempoFinal]

were is tht as i type im here stony point N Y fishing but thre is alot of ice in the water no luck today

[@fishingsurfing]

I wish it was always that easy

[@bigh9905]

know that looks like fun !!!

[@jeffreysmall5259]

Nice ,Very nice 👍 👌 👏

[@timothydo1565]

and may i ask where do you go fishing most of the time

[@nightcrawler4990]

I understood Striper really dont like or eat bass or bluegill or anything with spiney fins, so your bait is somewhat surprising. Surveys done in TN and they found very few predator fish in Striper and mostly shad/bait fish. How was your LMB rigged and/or where/how did you hook the LMB?

[@casperaudi7476]

Awesome job I caught a Fluke just last week fishing boat 9pounds

[@thisislargemouth5566]

I see folks using Magnum sized bluegills as bait on the California delta for big striper. I prefer using artificial, but you can't argue with results I suppose

[@209UNKNOWN]

Daymm... We don't have these monsters anymore in Cali, rarely if ever, you'll see one now a days that big. Been out fished and taken home years ago, no more giants. To pull just one from Cali's view would be amazing, but two? Would have loved to had held that reel while he's on the other end of the line. Btw, what kind of lines and # was he using?

[@Flukemaster]

Kraft T. I have no clue what he was using.

[@turkey2003]

They are out there still, not as easy to catch as they were 10 yrs ago. Put in the time and you'll be rewarded with a few 20-40 lbs a year. But yeah I agree catch n release the big girls and eat the smaller males. They taste better anyways!

[@slooperwatermelon]

Geez! I wish i had your lake instead of lake Lewisville!

[@milsimoutdoors4036]

Nice fish. Kinda different catching em off a dock like that.

[@GatorPlakats]

Nices catch. Don't matter wat he use to catch. Be nice and show him some respect. Cali delta has some bigger one. I have caught some pass yes

[@rossmcclure5618]

Monster fish. Sure he will eat a largemouth if given the chance, but 99% of his diet is probably shad, skipjack, and smaller carp

[@ktee5998]

Very nice fishes :D ... I never caught anything bigger than 5lb in Georgia's Lakes :(

[@moestocking221]

That is a massive fish

[@jazzy-loverivera6331]

what did you guys use to fish that my dad would love to know

[@evoshift4g]

I was wondering, how do you hook the largemouth to use for bait? And how do you keep them from swimming all over the place

[@Flukemaster]

Bama Trapper I think he hooked it in the back.

[@seaside4208]

Just like commercial salmon trolling but on electric downriggets sometimes 2 fish would make the motor hiccup on down rigger, all in all great way to troll lakes with wire

[@sjbtigger19]

where is this again? Where is Wildwood Park? And what did you use for bait?

[@devintran3350]

Nice fish man i wish i had stripers where i live

[@AvieMare]

Is this Wildwood Park? We launch our waverunners from there 3-4x per week!

[@Flukemaster]

Yep

[@outdoorboys3329]

@@Flukemaster hey man, theres many wildwood parks in the US! What state is this in?

[@devintran3350]

What kind of line and what pound test line?

[@BigBoys_s]

I didn't think it was legal to use LM for bait. I live in Georgia and the game warden warned me about it after I had already caught several big LM with 1 pounders.

[@zachbartlett2829]

You have too catch them i think

[@jayc283]

according to the record books you broke the lake record...

[@Flukemaster]

Nowhere close. The Lake record is in the 50's or 60's for Georgia.

[@lake2seafishing197]

this question may have ben ask and answer before but I dint find it on the comments. can you tell us what size rod that is and what kind of line? thank you.

[@XleperXmessiahX]

What strength pole and line do you have to have to catch a monster like that?

[@K8Nicole]

Nice fish

[@danieltumlin9716]

I knew this had to be Clark hill lake by the gentleman's Thomson accent. There is no mistaking a Thomson GA accent.

[@Flukemaster]

Very True

[@TheOutdoorCatch]

those fish are huge!

[@meck2310]

Did y'all keep the fish? What a beauty of a fish!

[@Flukemaster]

+Berto Torres One of them died so we took it home and cleaned it. The other was released.

[@SDOTMUZIC]

What kind of live bait did ya use ..this video is awsome

[@Flukemaster]

SEVEN HUNNID MUZIC largemouth bass

[@DavidFlores-nm9ru]

Flukemaster what bait were you using/ can you also tell me any lures for hybrid stripers?

[@jjvitiello3317]

Good shit boys I catch em this size in the Long Island sound!

[@Overwatch118]

Difference in salt water and inland lakes. duh.

[@jjvitiello3317]

+Overwatch118 obviously, that's why I was impressed by the size of these considering they came out of a lake. Duh

[@a.k.t388]

Hopefully at least one of those was released. Pretty impressive though.

[@shilizheng9514]

Any idea where is this place at? I am visiting nc next week and want to give it a try. Thanks

[@masonplaysgames7208]

I'm on one of the fishing teams that helps at the weigh ins. I was letting one back and a striper went right by my hand. I was so scared.

[@ZMondoHype]

what did you guys use to catch em and what time of year was this?

[@alajreid257]

+Zack 2lb bass

[@brandonchretien5995]

I love stripped bass!

[@lovins_3136]

Looks like boat ramp at Big Hart campground on Clark's hill right outside Thomson ga

[@chadlambert2283]

Wildwood

[@WarEagleTheBest]

What those guys did use for bait? Herring?

[@bullnwv4u]

That is awesome!