Saltwater Fishing

By Brandon White
So far in this series we’ve covered a high level overview of light tackle fishing for striped bass, in Parts 2 and 3 we went into detail about light tackle spinning and bait-casting rods, in part 4 and 5 we covered spinning and bait-casting reels. We’re almost ready to get out on the water and talk about where we look to find striped bass, but before we do that we need to cover knots and then once we know how to attach lures to the line ...

By Brandon White
So far in this series we’ve covered a high level overview of light tackle fishing for striped bass, in Parts 2 and 3 we went into detail about light tackle spinning and bait-casting rods, and in the last two articles covered spinning and bait-casting reels. In Part 5 we’ll cover fishing line.

There are essentially two types of fishing line you can use to spool your reel, monofilament (or mono as its often referred to by fishermen) and braid. The key with light tackle fishing for stripers is that we’re using relatively small reels in the 2000-4000 size range. These smaller reels only have so much capacity; the challenge is getting ...

By Brandon White In part three of this series we covered details about light tackle spinning reels you have to choose from when light tackle fishing for striped bass. In this article we’ll cover light tackle bait-casting reels.

Bait casting reels are not as popular as spinning reels for light tackle striper fishing arguably because they are more difficult to cast. If you make a mistake casting and get a backlash you can have a real mess on your hands and find yourself untangling yards and yards of line while your friends are casting and catching away. However, with a little practice you can get good at casting these reels and once you do I suggest you’ll be reaching for them more often. In fact, bait-casting reels are ...