The crew from Z-Man Fishing launched a video this week showcasing the striper chew in Chesapeake Bay, the watershed that produces an estimated 80% of the Atlantic striped bass inhabitants. Take a look at the video for some entertaining motion and suggestions for higher catch-and-release fishing on single-hook soft-plastic baits.
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You’re trying on the birthplace for over eighty % of the striped bass swimming alongside the complete Atlantic Coast,” declares Captain Stephen Griffin, an eminent fishing information who plies his craft on the waterway he calls floor zero for anadromous striped bass.
For that matter, think about it the only largest aquatic nursery in America—a sprawling, shallow water playground that’s fueled by 51 billion gallons of freshwater from 100,000 creeks and rivers each day. Its large watershed encompasses over five-hundred miles of actual property stretching 500 miles from New York to Virginia.
However for Captain Griffin, his cohort Captain Drew Grahame and 1000’s of likeminded anglers, the bay’s generosity begins and ends with the illustrious “rockfish.” And lately, the necessity to harvest Chesapeake Bay striped bass correctly and selectively has impressed the Maryland primarily based information service to cater to catch-and-release oriented anglers who favor epic angling experiences over a pile of fillets.
“We’ve caught 100-plus fish on a single ElaZtech bait,” asserts Griffin, whose boat each day attracts a digital fleet of followers hoping to share within the motion. “We use single hook lures with Z-Man delicate plastics for our catch-and-release fishing as a result of they appeal to aggressive eats, final eternally, and yield the best striper survival charges attainable.”
Griffin, who caters to catch-and-release oriented anglers concentrating on a bucket record bass, channels the late, nice Lee Wulff . . . “These large stripers can simply exceed 30 years of age, which interprets to over 20 years of spawning seasons . . . To me, massive fish are at all times extra worthwhile again within the water.”
