Rough, White Water Turns on the Striper Fishing

The shore fishing was very good
yesterday in some roughed up 
water. This slot fish has a bucktail jig 
in its mouth.  The jig was fished
off a wooden egg float.

 I got out yesterday from shore and had a banner day. Conditions were a perfect 10 if you were a surf guy.  It was overcast, the surf was roughed up from a front that passed through the day before and the water was white and moving. And, while the fishing had been mediocre for the last week, it lit up in the right conditions yesterday.

My lure of choice was an egg float with a half ounce bucktail attached.  I threaded on a three inch , white, Bass Pro triple ripple grub tail onto the jig.  That is so important when dealing with fussy fish and gives your jig that extra appeal.

Nearly all the fish I caught were in the white water in front of me.  I landed very good numbers of hefty schoolies and a couple of slots. So, while we think there are no fish around, they do seem to come around in the right conditions whether its July or October.