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A large topwater creates a lot of commotion, attracting fish from further away

Avoid using a hose, as the pressure can push salt and dirt into the fishing reel

Stay tuned to learn all you need to know about the 11 artificial lures for freshwater and saltwater stripers: Best Bait for striped bass: Baitfish (shad, minnows, etc.), bloodworms/sandworms, crabs, eels, squid, bunker, mackerel Best lures for striped bass: Kastmaster spoon lure, soft jerk shad, soft paddle shad, swimming mullet, hard mullet swimbait, floating minnow, bucktail jig, slashbait, flutter spoon, lipless crankbait, topwater pencil popper Striped bass are an iconic (and tasty) anadromous fish

These types of reels perform very differently from spinning setups

Winding and yo-yoing a Red Eye Shad proved to be the winning ticket