I will be right next to ya! im not too proud to say i need some help!
conveniently the 1 thing that is most important when trying to catch stripers is the bait, so if you cant get priority 1 figured out, ya might as well take up another hobby! LOL.
i still laugh about that morning (and cry). stripers, big ones, busting the surface, boiling up and down the river and here we were like a couple of tools throwing a 8ft. dia. net so i opens up the size of a paper plate for several hours in the backs of some creeks increasingly get more and more annoyed, cause your wet, muddy, sore so none of that helps your focus so the harder you throw that mono death trap, the lesser its opening up! LOL....we eventually got it, for the most part.
im not horrible at it, but it could be alot better for sure.

Gizzard and trout through the nose skips in the back. My hook up ratio is much better. Remember they eat bait head first. A big striper can swallow a large skip in a sec. Through the back will also reduce the chance of a gut hook on a trophy fish. The adults skips are more hardier then the juveniles and will live longer. Plus I like big skips better anyways. If you can catch skips in cooler water they will be more healthy and live longer just like other bait. In the summer ice your tank water down. It will make a difference. When you first catch your skips do 2 to 3 water changes pretty quickly. It will make a difference. I have kept skips in my boat tank for up to 24 hrs and my home tank for 4 days. Fresh bait is always better of course. Trout are ok but I will take 4 skips that I worked 2 hrs to get over 20 store bought trout any day. The biggest key to keeping jacks alive is plenty of room to swim + lots of oxygen.

Dang...I just bought 2 cast nets; a 4' and a 8' radius. I had every intention of learning in the back yard so I could catch some live bait for striper but after reading this thread I think I'll just send them back to BP and get a refund LOL. With my blooper fishing trips, I can just see me going overboard during a throw.

here is a youtube video of a lake texoma striper guide and how he throws a 9 ft net..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1fGhRfqZOQ

If you want to learn how to throw a cast net I have three that I will bring to the gathering and a small tv and a tape on throwing a cast net. Just let me know before the gathering..................woody

I like to use circle hooks when live lining and I put it in the shad or Skipjack mouth and bring it up through one nostril and out. Don't jerk the rod to set the hook just reel in the line until you feel him on the line then pull back on the rod while cracking the fish in. If you use a float watch how the bait is swimming, if it swims in a circle around the float it will tangle you up. If the bait comes up on top of the water running get ready that striper is under it. If you live line without the float in deep water with open spool watch the line if it feeds out slowly it's just swimming around but if it's ripping through the eyes on the rod it's a good chance the striper is on...........woody

Just wanted to bring this thread to the top so some other people can see it. 😂😂👍🏼


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Just get yourself a 5 or 6 foot net, much easier to control. I use the method in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWi46m_pC4E

Keep your net untangled, that's the #1 key to success. #2 I find the net opens better if I keep my elbow straight on my throwing arm. #3 is see #1

Good Luck!