Lots of stripers

[midcoastmaine420]

I went fishing today in the Medomak River and I saw a bunch of stripers mostly schoolies.They were feeding on shad but i couldnt get one to hit any thing i could toss at it.Is this normal??

[jkfirefighter]

yes it's normal, they didn't like the bait you gave them....it's the same way as freshwater bass fishing, you can throw plugs all day long and not get a bite when you do finally find something they like then they'll demolish it. You just have to try to immitate whatever it is they're feeding on.

[jimi4290]

yup..what jk said..its very normal..thats why its so rewarding when you hook into a big one... you gotta work for em.

[midcoastmaine420]

Well I tried 3 differant types of rubber shads,5 differant poppers and a couple cranks(tried differant sizes but they all looked like mackeral...

[jkfirefighter]

The bigger fish are primarily feeding on the blueback herring and alewives right now.

[zimno1]

are you using a teaser/ if you take a chicken scratch bomber/teaser combination it may draw strikes as it has the appearance of a small bass chasing something (at least in overcast days when yellow is more noticeable)