roboman1314
Member
Hello!
I'm looking for some advice. I've been getting into striper fishing as of late but haven't had a whole lot of luck. I'm looking for some advice on what would be more of a help when it comes to striper fishing on Allatoona. What I'm running into right now is that good bait is hard to catch and harder to keep. Most of the shad that I do catch is small (2-4") and dies before I can get to a decent fishing spot which leads me to use different bait like small bluegill caught on a hook and line or sometimes I can get lucky and catch a couple spot tail minnows and use those as they both seem to be hardier baits but I know that shad are the preferred forage of the striped bass.
Now my other problem has to do with boat positioning, I have a 18' G3 Aluminum hull bass boat with a minn kota edge trolling motor, cable steer. This makes staying on fish fairly difficult especially if I'm fishing an offshore hump or drop off and there is any kind of wind or boat traffic. I've been eyeing a new Minn-Kota Ultrex with iPilot link as it can link up with my sonar unit and keep me where I want to be without me being tethered to the front of the boat the whole time.
So basically my question is what would be a bigger improvement when it comes to catching bass? Being able to keep my boat right on top of the fish and not drifting off all the time and having to constantly correct myself to stay on fish, or not being able to stay precisely where I want to be, but having lively shad in some decent numbers? I'm trying to decide whether to buy a bait tank, or save that money and put it towards a new trolling motor.
Any advice is appreciated!!
I'm looking for some advice. I've been getting into striper fishing as of late but haven't had a whole lot of luck. I'm looking for some advice on what would be more of a help when it comes to striper fishing on Allatoona. What I'm running into right now is that good bait is hard to catch and harder to keep. Most of the shad that I do catch is small (2-4") and dies before I can get to a decent fishing spot which leads me to use different bait like small bluegill caught on a hook and line or sometimes I can get lucky and catch a couple spot tail minnows and use those as they both seem to be hardier baits but I know that shad are the preferred forage of the striped bass.
Now my other problem has to do with boat positioning, I have a 18' G3 Aluminum hull bass boat with a minn kota edge trolling motor, cable steer. This makes staying on fish fairly difficult especially if I'm fishing an offshore hump or drop off and there is any kind of wind or boat traffic. I've been eyeing a new Minn-Kota Ultrex with iPilot link as it can link up with my sonar unit and keep me where I want to be without me being tethered to the front of the boat the whole time.
So basically my question is what would be a bigger improvement when it comes to catching bass? Being able to keep my boat right on top of the fish and not drifting off all the time and having to constantly correct myself to stay on fish, or not being able to stay precisely where I want to be, but having lively shad in some decent numbers? I'm trying to decide whether to buy a bait tank, or save that money and put it towards a new trolling motor.
Any advice is appreciated!!