New World Record Striper Caught-Can Anyone Confirm

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Originally Posted by AJFISH13

Why do you have so much hatred towards live bunker fishing. They don't go wild every day, there are some days it completely dies and it's not predictable. It might not require a ton of skill, but most days it requires more work. The captain has to find bait and then find FEEDING fish which could be on the pods or offshore or on a piece of structure. The angler has to successfully execute a hookup using a 3/4 to even 2 lb. bait that the bass often play with/drop. And if you couldn't tell, I usually end up going out on the slow days .

I have no hatred towards livelining. I spent many seasons netting bunker off the sea bright bridge at night, putting them in my live well system I had rigged in my jeep cherokee, driving to jetties at dawn, running out to the jetties with a bucket of water and a bunker and most times I would catch a bass. what goes on now requires no skill aj beyond basic seamanship. It requires batteries in your cell phone a solid network of phone buddies and a full tank of gas in your boat. Now...if you want to talk about livelining on a piece of structure, drifting rips at night etc...then let's talk. do not get me wrong...it is fun as hell and it is great for the charter and party boats so that makes me happy as I have friends who book a lot of charters for june bass.