09-18-2014, 04:05 PM
[#0000FF]Members of the striper/white bass family are well known for enjoying a snack of flesh from fellow family members. Most Utah Lake anglers have experienced the propensity of white bass to smack a piece of white bass meat...or even whole small white bass being fished for larger species.
In Arizona I fished for yellow bass...a smaller cousin of the white bass. Again, the best bait to tip jigs was a slice of meat from other yellow bass. And the cats and other predator species all liked it too.
I suspect that adding a small strip of striper meat to a jig will become an effective way to catch more stripers. And running some of them through a grinder to make a striper chowder will provide some good stuff with which to attract a school nearer the boat. Cheaper than anchovies and probably just as effective. Plus, it stays on the hook better than soft chovies.
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In Arizona I fished for yellow bass...a smaller cousin of the white bass. Again, the best bait to tip jigs was a slice of meat from other yellow bass. And the cats and other predator species all liked it too.
I suspect that adding a small strip of striper meat to a jig will become an effective way to catch more stripers. And running some of them through a grinder to make a striper chowder will provide some good stuff with which to attract a school nearer the boat. Cheaper than anchovies and probably just as effective. Plus, it stays on the hook better than soft chovies.
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