Light Tackle Surf Striper on the SP Minnow!

I went out looking for my first keeper Striper of the year, and was rewarded with a solid 25 inch fish. To make things even better the Striper came in on my super light perch rod and fought like it was a 20 pounder. I highly recommend fishing with as light as rod as you can get away with, it really brings the fight out of these smaller fish.
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Okuma Rockaway SP 8'6" ML bit.ly/3rlg7ZX
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[@mikeblitzen]

this is how my fishing for stripers usually goes, minus the catching part.

[@Abuhummus]

LMFAO same here

[@weekendfisherman8072]

I caught a 19” striper on a 8’6” ML rod - it was fun battling with the fish in the surf.

[@salcalderon2125]

Perfect eating size Everett! Small flatties in that area last week. Gonna be a good season! Great vid! 🤙🏼🎣

[@Ivan-ve5qd]

Nice catch Everet! Good practice before Jun's tournament. good luck if you go.

[@danielg6589]

You’re back again! And so are the Stripers! I was just fishing Santa Cruz a couple weeks ago but only got small perch

[@rublizz]

Whats up Daniel, do you think there are any stripers in socal?

[@danielg6589]

@@rublizz I’m not too familiar with SoCal fishing so I’m not sure if they’re there also unfortunately

[@rublizz]

@@danielg6589 cool deal ty for replying

[@brendanhurley8149]

Striper rarely get further south than big sur

[@burningheart86402]

@@rublizz there is a population of striper in SoCal and have overall been kept a somewhat secret to preserve the fishery 🤫🤫

[@jimbo4612]

Nice striper Everet and good warm up for the 2021 MTF tournament on June 12th.

[@ronmodafferi8202]

Surf Caster it's great to see you back again in action with videos. You always fish dim light ..daybreak and/or sunset. Your probability of catching fish increases greatly then. WHY? Fish like avoiding avian predators. Your low surf and wave frequency where you catch fish is unparalleled, anywhere! Is there any other place that produces with such calm waters and fish? If so, WHERE? Glad you're back in the surf. Looking forward to your next success story. Do you still bike to the fishing grounds? ris

[@manseraoutdoors]

Dang always in Game mode in your videos keep up the good work brothA!

[@cobramanphil]

Were those the stock hooks on the lure(one was bent by the striper)?

[@Norcal808]

Nice fish bro dat looked like a good fight 👍🏽 I’m too chicken to go lighter than 30lb. braid but you made me a believer haha 😁🤙🏽

[@rickpetersen41]

Sixty three been hooking strippers for a while tech has changed in a big way within my time! ended up sticking with 17 mono! That’s just my opinion. It’s been on my real for 56 years it works pretty good..

[@dogsense3773]

@@rickpetersen41 I'm 65, been bass fishing in s.f bay and ocean for 55 years,17 pound test on ocean and 12 pound in bay I plug only thanks

[@RyJitsoup]

Looks like the SP Rockaway. Fun rod for Stripers. 👌🎣

[@FishDonkey626]

One of my favorite all around. State with me everywhere

[@pwayne3580]

Yes!

[@jasenalapati665]

Greetings . Do you like the Sp better than the SST ?

[@1stardragon]

Roll up and cast 🤘🤘🤘

[@SeasideRoots]

always killin it!

[@rwc408]

I’ve been looking into this rod. How well does the medium light handle the sp minnow? That would be the heaviest lure I throw on it but wasn’t sure if the medium would be better.

[@Exploremorefishing]

Don't think I've ever seen a striper with both vertical lines and horizontal lines

[@sfunderground1548]

nice work bro

[@augustharper3121]

Nice video as always. How cold is the water up there? Looks like you were shaking pretty good while bending back the hook on the Lucky Craft!

[@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231]

Too cold

[@SovereignLivingNYC]

Love the vid! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@fishingtimeletsgo598]

Nice one👍🎣

[@Eric-qw4wv]

great footage! are the stripers schooling this time of year in santa cruz?

[@RadBadBoys]

Great catch! how far are you able to cast out off the beach?

[@DieHardFishing]

Nice fish man!

[@frs.franco]

Hey bro where did you buy your rod from cant find it anywhere

[@jaychino1621]

Nice Catch! Incoming or outgoing tide?

[@ShawnLor]

Give us a pros/cons about the rod.

[@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231]

I have a video on it

[@christianchilee]

Do you use straight braid when fishing with LC and for drop shot?

[@mikesletsgofishingchannel8600]

Yeah kick him back...🤣🤣🤣

[@Tonymoss44]

Nice video. Was that incoming tide?

[@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231]

right at high tide

[@pasolesoup7430]

High tide?

[@813sharky]

Where was this at santa cruz i fish the whole area and never seem to catch any

[@zombi3907]

I grew up there and won't post directly where this is but it is very obvious from the video if you pay attention

[@TestBot4231]

Google maps sattelite know exactly where this is. Great white hotspot

[@elijahf111]

Bro when was this lol

[@nickluengo3066]

Any tips on how to cast the lucky craft farther? I feel like I’m not getting out far enough

[@Ivan-ve5qd]

I would first question what rod you're using, then go from there.

[@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231]

what he said

[@toeknee1808]

And light line!

[@JR-bw3tr]

Thanks for sharing 🤝 And that does look like fun with a light rig though. What size reel , and how heavy was your line thanks..

[@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231]

4000 size with 15 pound braid

[@JR-bw3tr]

@@thesantacruzsurfcaster6231 thanks Im lookn for a reel for striper and perch from the surf 🤝

[@FishDonkey626]

@@JR-bw3trspend your money on a quality reel and rod. Worth it