I've been fishing the last three evenings in an area where there are lots of sandeels along with some fish breaking. The breaking fish have attracted a lot of attention as lots of fishermen are trying, but very few are catching. I've had about the best success among the crowd because I am using a small, 6 inch skinny Hogy in a bone color. While this lure is larger than the small sandeels the fish are feeding on, it does have the correct movement and looks and that is why the fish are hitting it.
Others were using large poppers, big wild eye shads and large swimmers. Come on, man! Those guys had no chance, ZERO possibility of even getting a hit. Many inexperienced fishermen think that when stripers are feeding (jumping) they will hit any artificial. Not true. Matching the hatch is critical when fishing artificials. When sandeels are around, go small.....Hogys, small swimmers, fly teasers, etc. and not big plugs!
