First you have to be on the meat! Paying attention to all details and proper equipment right down to the knot you tie.Uquipment failure is not an option. Be diversified. I bet Joey has one tackle box for black fish one for fluke and so on.You can own all the bucktails in the world but you need the proper rod and you have to know how to use them.
Read the posts about striper fishing. Some guys catch most of the time and some fair and some hardly ever.Why is this. Experience, log book,proper equipment and a sixth sense. I learn something new every trip. I am in Florida now and i am learnig every trip from Mahi to black drum to trout and sheepsheaqd. Just because i have a 100 ton Masters Lic. means nothing. New ball game for. Same as some of you guys starting out striper fishing. A good mentor is priceless. I have always said that even if you own your own boat and are new to it pay for a charter. As in mentor
