by dahlberg » Thu May 15, 2014 10:38 am
sounds to me like you have it covered! Let us know how you do.
I've had some interesting experiences with stripers regarding color and whiggley while fishing in tennesee.
we'd be on active fish early, among lots of boats and they'd respond to live bait and every color whiggley we used quite well. plus were "on the move", but parking for short periods in key spots.
An hour or two after daylight, they'd really slow down. At that time the thing we could get them to chase was whiggley, but the only consistent BITES were on whiggleys that were almost EXACTLY the same as the herring. We switched places several time in the boat, we traded lures, and removed as many variables as can be removed and it was just remarkable how much more effective the one color proved to be in that instance.
Andrew Cummings, the angler I fished with out of chatham had an interesting experience with whigs and stripers as well. When guiding fly anglers he casts hookless lures to tease fish to the boat. He had big fish in sight, but they would chase nothing, and believe me, he has practically every lure in the world! then he remembered the light orange colored whiggley i'd left in his boat. He tied it on, pitched it out and the fish that would chase nothing came unglued and charged whigs like a pack of dogs! He hollered for his angler to cast as he snatched whiggley out of the water and what is now the current igfa world record fly rod striper (not sure of line class) ate his fly!
I have a feeling you might get rolled in an alley by the locals when they see what happens when you start burning whiggley around their stripers!
I'd bring some dust along and play with fine tuning color if you have time.
good luck,
L
Larry Dahlberg
The Hunt For Big Fish