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I will likely write a more in depth atricle about this in the future but i have 15 minutes to kill till lunch and since i cant fish i might as well help the loyal proponents of SWE


that said there are certain things we all know about stripers but most never really know why. Surflines, rips, breachways, etc are all supposedly great striper spots due to the presence of current.

However, what most people dont realize, and this is something i have learned growing up fishing some of the most current riddled waters in the country, is that it is not so much the current....but the nearby abscence of current in an otherwise current riddled area that truely draws stripers and in particular large ones.

Its been said before but again, think of trout. The same holes, bends, eddies, and seams in our rivers are what a good surf angler looks for on the coast line. hell even a good boat angler is looking for the same thrings.

Learn to recognize these spots....even better learn to recognize where two or three of these characteristics coexist and you will have some prime spots to carry you through out the season.

learn to recognize how the situation changes during different times of tide, and different moon periods.

learn to understand how the wind will effect both the current and your cast with its proceeding presentation of tasty morsels.

perhaps most importantly this will allude to why, for aparently no reason, a guy only a few feet away will often clobber fish whilst you go without a touch. eventually this will allow you to find those magic rocks and magic casting angles that, when fishing areas with lots of current, will make the difference between great fishing and a skunking....

trust me it makes a massive difference....when i get a chance i will post a pic of my budy greg and a 42 lber he caught the other day because he stood where i told him and casted where i told....repreatedly...despite a near skunking for 10 guys on each side of him.