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  • Chapter 1 : Tactics & Techniques
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Techniques
    • Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing Basics
    • Battle technique, putting' on the brakes...and wild fights
    • Bank Fishing for Stripers
    • Striped Bass Deep Water Fishing Facts and Information
    • Tips on Locating and Catching Striped Bass
    • 5 Striped Bass Fishing Tips For Using Their Instincts To Your Advantage
    • Targeting Big Fish
    • Striper class 101
    • Striper Lakes
    • Striper Fishing Tips
    • Ready to catch more stripers?
    • Striper School Fishing Fundamentals
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Never Lose Another Striped Bass
    • How To Catch More and Bigger Stripers
    • Don't Lose Your Fish!
    • Bigger Fish in Striper Blitzes
    • Striper Stealth
    • Big Mean Fish and Silly Little Plastic Boats
    • Kill Your Fish Finder & Other Stealth Techniques for Trophy Stripers
    • Important Quick Tips!
    • Stripers Have Great Vision!
    • Bring Two Rods!
    • Persistance
  • Chapter 2: Fishing Live/Cut Bait
    • Fishing for Stripers with Cut Bait
    • Anchovy Rigging Techniques
    • 3 Deadly Bait Rigs For Stripers
    • Fishing with Cut Bait for Stripers
    • Live Baits for Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing
    • Bait Fishing
    • Using Cut Bait for Stripers
    • Downrod Fishing for Stripers
    • How to Rig Fishing Line Using Anchovies for Freshwater Striper
    • Chunk - Cut Bait Fishing
    • Trim the Fins on Your Live Bait
    • Bait and Bait Rigs For Stripers
    • How to Find Shad for Bait
    • Chicken Livers: Secret Striper Bait
  • Chapter 3: Fishing Artificials
    • Striped Bass Plugging
    • Favorite Lures of the Striper Guides
    • Jigging: Basics
    • 3 Tips to help you catch more topwater stripers
    • Swimmer Plugs
    • Buck the Trend For Striped Bass
    • Striper Lures That Really Work
    • Striped Bass Jigging
    • Vertical Jigging for Striped Bass
    • Striper Lures for Trolling
    • Striped Bass on Bucktails
    • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
    • Lures for Striped Bass
    • A Deadly Fluke Rig for Striper
    • Crankbaits For Stripers
    • Topwater Lures for Stripers
    • Traditional Poppers
    • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
    • How to Choose Lures for Striped Bass
    • Refining Top-water Techniques for Big Stripers The Next Level
    • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
    • How To Catch More and Bigger Freshwater Stripers
    • Striper Lures That Really Work
    • Striped Bass Detect Shades
    • How to Dead Stick Striped Bass and Hybrid Striper
    • Six Topwater Secrets
  • Chapter 4: Spring & Summer Fishing
    • 4 Live Fishing Bait Strategies for Summer Striped Bass
    • Spring tips for striped bass fishing
    • Early Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
    • Spawning-Run Stripers
    • Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
    • Tip- Bigger Fish in Summer Blitzes
    • How to Catch Summer Striped Bass
    • Night Time is Striper Time
    • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
  • Chapter 5: Fall & Winter Fishing
    • Catch Striped Bass All Winter Long
    • Fall Turnover
    • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
    • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
    • Winter Freshwater Striper tactics
    • Tactics for Wintertime Freshwater Stripers
    • Cold - Weather Striper Tactics
    • Time to try winter striped bass fishing
    • Going Deep For Stripers
    • Striped Bass Provide Great Cold Weather Angling Action
  • Chapter 6 : Fly Fishing for Stripers
    • Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing for Striped Bass: The Gear
    • Big Jerks
    • Sweetwater Stripers
    • Fly Fishing for Stripers is Fun in Freshwater
    • Spey Stripers
    • The Big-Lake Blitz
    • Versatility For Success!!
    • Spring Flyfishing for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Fly Fishing for Hybrid Striped Bass in the Spring
    • Fly Fishing a Striper Boil/Blitz
  • Chapter 7: Bait Tanks & Keeping Bait
    • What Do Gizzard Shad Eat - Feeding Shad
    • Shad Keeper - Keep Shad Alive
    • Salt and Shad
    • Dissolved Oxygen and Shad
    • Mechanical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
    • Chemical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
    • Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
    • Bait Tank - Water and Conditioning
    • Water Aeration in Live Bait Tanks
    • Keeping Live Bait - Alive and Active
    • Bio-Wheel Filtration System for Live Bait Tanks
  • Chapter 8: Striped Bass Conservation
    • How to enhance your Striper catch and release efforts
    • Striped Bass Circle Hook Study
    • Thermal Niche Preference and Mortality of Striped Bass In Reservoirs
    • Striped Bass Hooking Mortality
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Live Wells for Stripers
  • Chapter 9: Trolling for Stripers
    • Trolling for Landlocked Striped Bass
    • How to Troll Live Bait
    • Using Planer boards when trolling live bait
    • Slow-Trolling for Stripers
    • Trolling For Striped Bass
    • How to troll spoons in fresh water for Striped Bass
    • A New Look at Light Tackle Trolling
    • Technique for Trolling Artificial Lures
    • Leadcore Trolling
    • Flatline Trolling for Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Trolling for Big Stripers
    • Trolling for Stripers
  • Chapter 10: River Fishing for Stripers
    • Spawning-Run Stripers
    • Striped Bass River Fishing Facts and Information
    • Spring River Striper Techniques
    • River Fishing Facts and Information
    • Nightime River Fishing for September Striped Bass
    • Tips for Striped Bass Fishing in Rivers
  • Chapter 11: Odds & Ends
    • The Striped Bass
    • Tips to identify white bass, stripers and hybrid striped bass
    • World Record Striped Bass
    • Striped Bass Spawning Habits
    • Striper Myth Busting
    • Two of the Biggest Inland Stripers Ever Caught!
    • Stripers From Hook To Plate
  • Chapter 12: Tackle & Equipment
    • Choosing the Right Line: Mono Vs. Braid
    • How to Select a Fishing Line
    • Make Your Own Wooden Lures for Stripers
    • Six Tips for Choosing a Top-water Rod
    • Seven Tips for Selecting a Jigging Rod For Striper
    • Choosing the Right Rod For Light Tackle Stripers
    • Striper Fishing Boats
    • Striped Bass Boat Fishing Tackle
    • Selection of a Rod for Striper Fishing
    • What is the best fluorocarbon line?
    • Circle Hooks
    • How to Choose Lures for Striper Bass
    • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
    • TopWater Lures for Stripers
  • Chapter 13: Fishing with Planer Boards
    • Flat Lines and Planer Boards 101
    • Planer Board for Stripers
    • Carters Lake Planer-Board Winter Stripers
    • Planer boards can be adapted for wide variety of fishing applications
    • Planer boards adapt well for striped bass
    • Planer boards aren’t just for walleyes anymore
  • Chapter 14: Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Heating it up with Hybrids
    • Something about Hybrids
    • The Hard Fighting Hybrid Striper
    • Hybrid Striped Bass Information
    • Night Stripes — Fishing tips for Lake St. John hybrid stripers
  • Chapter 15 :Virginia Striped Bass Fishing
    • Buggs Island Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Claytor Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Lake Anna Striper Fishing Opportunities
    • Leesville Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Opportunities
  • Contact
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Stripped Bass Jigging
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The conventional rod and reel combo we recommend for jigging striped bassfeatures a 7′ fast to extra-fast rod and a reel a fast retrieve that is capable of handling 30lb braid. This is a very versatile conventional outfit and is perfect for nearly all striper diamond jigging applications. The rod must be fast so that the anglers efforts lifting the rod are transmitted to the jig. The reel needs to have at least a 6:1 gear ratio and no levelwind. The fast retrieve allows the angler to impart additional action to the jig. Though a levelwind is convenient, it acts to reduce the sink-rate of the jig (undesirable).  Star drag reels are preferred because of the ease with which they can be put in and out of gear.

We recommend loading the reel with 30lb braid. Braided line is preferred over mono because the thin line diameter allows for the fastest sinking action and a more vertical presentation (critical). The lack of stretch ensures that the anglers efforts are transmitted directly to the jig.

The braided line is attached to 4ft length of 50-80lb fluorocarbon leader using a 75lb barrel swivel.  A 2inch dropper loopshould be tied in the middle of the leader. The dropper loop is passed through the eye of a 7/0 beak bait-holder style hook. A soft plastic bait should be threaded onto the hook until the hook eye was covered. The rig is topped off with either a 4oz or 6oz hammered chrome diamond jig.  The best jigs have the highest width to length ratios.  These “flatter” jigs have a much better fluttering action.

A fish flipper Release Tool should be used to ensure that all the fish were returned quickly and safely to the water. This tool allows the angler to release any lip hooked fish with ever touching it. It eliminates the chance that the angler will be hooked and minimizes wear and tear on the fish.

Striped Bass Jigging Checklist
  • 7′ fast-extra fast conventional rod rated for 30lb braid
  • Conventional star drag reel capable of handling 30lb braid
  • 30lb braided line
  • 50-80lb fluorocarbon leader
  • 75lb barrel swivel
  • 4oz-6oz hammered diamond jigs
  • Soft baits
  • Fish flipping/release tool

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  • HOME
  • VirginiaStripers.com
  • Chapter 1 : Tactics & Techniques
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Techniques
    • Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing Basics
    • Battle technique, putting' on the brakes...and wild fights
    • Bank Fishing for Stripers
    • Striped Bass Deep Water Fishing Facts and Information
    • Tips on Locating and Catching Striped Bass
    • 5 Striped Bass Fishing Tips For Using Their Instincts To Your Advantage
    • Targeting Big Fish
    • Striper class 101
    • Striper Lakes
    • Striper Fishing Tips
    • Ready to catch more stripers?
    • Striper School Fishing Fundamentals
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Never Lose Another Striped Bass
    • How To Catch More and Bigger Stripers
    • Don't Lose Your Fish!
    • Bigger Fish in Striper Blitzes
    • Striper Stealth
    • Big Mean Fish and Silly Little Plastic Boats
    • Kill Your Fish Finder & Other Stealth Techniques for Trophy Stripers
    • Important Quick Tips!
    • Stripers Have Great Vision!
    • Bring Two Rods!
    • Persistance
  • Chapter 2: Fishing Live/Cut Bait
    • Fishing for Stripers with Cut Bait
    • Anchovy Rigging Techniques
    • 3 Deadly Bait Rigs For Stripers
    • Fishing with Cut Bait for Stripers
    • Live Baits for Freshwater Striped Bass Fishing
    • Bait Fishing
    • Using Cut Bait for Stripers
    • Downrod Fishing for Stripers
    • How to Rig Fishing Line Using Anchovies for Freshwater Striper
    • Chunk - Cut Bait Fishing
    • Trim the Fins on Your Live Bait
    • Bait and Bait Rigs For Stripers
    • How to Find Shad for Bait
    • Chicken Livers: Secret Striper Bait
  • Chapter 3: Fishing Artificials
    • Striped Bass Plugging
    • Favorite Lures of the Striper Guides
    • Jigging: Basics
    • 3 Tips to help you catch more topwater stripers
    • Swimmer Plugs
    • Buck the Trend For Striped Bass
    • Striper Lures That Really Work
    • Striped Bass Jigging
    • Vertical Jigging for Striped Bass
    • Striper Lures for Trolling
    • Striped Bass on Bucktails
    • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
    • Lures for Striped Bass
    • A Deadly Fluke Rig for Striper
    • Crankbaits For Stripers
    • Topwater Lures for Stripers
    • Traditional Poppers
    • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
    • How to Choose Lures for Striped Bass
    • Refining Top-water Techniques for Big Stripers The Next Level
    • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
    • How To Catch More and Bigger Freshwater Stripers
    • Striper Lures That Really Work
    • Striped Bass Detect Shades
    • How to Dead Stick Striped Bass and Hybrid Striper
    • Six Topwater Secrets
  • Chapter 4: Spring & Summer Fishing
    • 4 Live Fishing Bait Strategies for Summer Striped Bass
    • Spring tips for striped bass fishing
    • Early Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
    • Spawning-Run Stripers
    • Spring Striper Fishing Tactics
    • Tip- Bigger Fish in Summer Blitzes
    • How to Catch Summer Striped Bass
    • Night Time is Striper Time
    • Early Springtime Reservoir Stripers on Artificials
  • Chapter 5: Fall & Winter Fishing
    • Catch Striped Bass All Winter Long
    • Fall Turnover
    • Fall Striped Bass: Soft Plastic Jerk Bait
    • Guide Tactics for Winter Striper
    • Winter Freshwater Striper tactics
    • Tactics for Wintertime Freshwater Stripers
    • Cold - Weather Striper Tactics
    • Time to try winter striped bass fishing
    • Going Deep For Stripers
    • Striped Bass Provide Great Cold Weather Angling Action
  • Chapter 6 : Fly Fishing for Stripers
    • Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing for Striped Bass: The Gear
    • Big Jerks
    • Sweetwater Stripers
    • Fly Fishing for Stripers is Fun in Freshwater
    • Spey Stripers
    • The Big-Lake Blitz
    • Versatility For Success!!
    • Spring Flyfishing for White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Fly Fishing for Hybrid Striped Bass in the Spring
    • Fly Fishing a Striper Boil/Blitz
  • Chapter 7: Bait Tanks & Keeping Bait
    • What Do Gizzard Shad Eat - Feeding Shad
    • Shad Keeper - Keep Shad Alive
    • Salt and Shad
    • Dissolved Oxygen and Shad
    • Mechanical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
    • Chemical Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
    • Live Bait Tank Water Filtration
    • Bait Tank - Water and Conditioning
    • Water Aeration in Live Bait Tanks
    • Keeping Live Bait - Alive and Active
    • Bio-Wheel Filtration System for Live Bait Tanks
  • Chapter 8: Striped Bass Conservation
    • How to enhance your Striper catch and release efforts
    • Striped Bass Circle Hook Study
    • Thermal Niche Preference and Mortality of Striped Bass In Reservoirs
    • Striped Bass Hooking Mortality
    • Freshwater Striper Fishing Booms
    • Live Wells for Stripers
  • Chapter 9: Trolling for Stripers
    • Trolling for Landlocked Striped Bass
    • How to Troll Live Bait
    • Using Planer boards when trolling live bait
    • Slow-Trolling for Stripers
    • Trolling For Striped Bass
    • How to troll spoons in fresh water for Striped Bass
    • A New Look at Light Tackle Trolling
    • Technique for Trolling Artificial Lures
    • Leadcore Trolling
    • Flatline Trolling for Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Trolling for Big Stripers
    • Trolling for Stripers
  • Chapter 10: River Fishing for Stripers
    • Spawning-Run Stripers
    • Striped Bass River Fishing Facts and Information
    • Spring River Striper Techniques
    • River Fishing Facts and Information
    • Nightime River Fishing for September Striped Bass
    • Tips for Striped Bass Fishing in Rivers
  • Chapter 11: Odds & Ends
    • The Striped Bass
    • Tips to identify white bass, stripers and hybrid striped bass
    • World Record Striped Bass
    • Striped Bass Spawning Habits
    • Striper Myth Busting
    • Two of the Biggest Inland Stripers Ever Caught!
    • Stripers From Hook To Plate
  • Chapter 12: Tackle & Equipment
    • Choosing the Right Line: Mono Vs. Braid
    • How to Select a Fishing Line
    • Make Your Own Wooden Lures for Stripers
    • Six Tips for Choosing a Top-water Rod
    • Seven Tips for Selecting a Jigging Rod For Striper
    • Choosing the Right Rod For Light Tackle Stripers
    • Striper Fishing Boats
    • Striped Bass Boat Fishing Tackle
    • Selection of a Rod for Striper Fishing
    • What is the best fluorocarbon line?
    • Circle Hooks
    • How to Choose Lures for Striper Bass
    • Striped Bass Fishing Lures
    • TopWater Lures for Stripers
  • Chapter 13: Fishing with Planer Boards
    • Flat Lines and Planer Boards 101
    • Planer Board for Stripers
    • Carters Lake Planer-Board Winter Stripers
    • Planer boards can be adapted for wide variety of fishing applications
    • Planer boards adapt well for striped bass
    • Planer boards aren’t just for walleyes anymore
  • Chapter 14: Hybrid Striped Bass
    • Heating it up with Hybrids
    • Something about Hybrids
    • The Hard Fighting Hybrid Striper
    • Hybrid Striped Bass Information
    • Night Stripes — Fishing tips for Lake St. John hybrid stripers
  • Chapter 15 :Virginia Striped Bass Fishing
    • Buggs Island Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Claytor Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Lake Anna Striper Fishing Opportunities
    • Leesville Lake Striper Opportunities
    • Smith Mountain Lake Striper Opportunities
  • Contact
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