Last chance for a keeper striper this weekend

[YakCapn]

Tomorrow is likely my last chance to get a keeper striper this season. Looking for suggestions/help to make my trip successful. I'm thinking of either heading out of Carrs wharf on the rhode River and fish the mouth of that river or maybe go out of Sandy Point State Park and head south a little ways. I'll be trolling using my motor mount on my kayak. I'm going to try to stay slow around 2mph. Thinking of using a 12 inch jelly worm on one rod and a 5 inch saltwater bass assassin on a 3/8 oz jig head 3/0 hook on the other. I'll have an extra rod for jigging a 1.5 ounce spro buck tail if I decide to stop trolling at any point. Any thoughts on this set up? Should I use the jelly worm and if so, should I use any weight with it? Sandy Point or Rhode River? It looks like an overcast rainy day tomorrow, how will that affect the striper action? Thanks for your thoughts...

[Cowpokey]

Better think about getting your lures deeper. That 3/8 oz head with a 5" tail will only run about 4 feet deep trolling. We were catching fish on 2oz heads with 6" tails last weekend near the bottom in 22-25 feet of water while trolling.

I'm going to "pass" on fishing tomorrow, sadly, the wind is supposed to blow 10-20mph with rain likely. Then Sunday the wind is predicted at 20-40mph. This weekend looks like a loss. Fingers crossed for next weekend.

[YakCapn]

I'll get the 1 3/4 ounce in line trolling sinkers out. That should get them down.

[alabamaangler]

the heavy rain isnt supposed to come till around noon, i dont think tomorrow is a lost cause...

[Yak Fish]

I'll get the 1 3/4 ounce in line trolling sinkers out. That should get them down.

If you add another 10 oz or so, that'll get them down. You really need to be on the bottom right now. They were in 30' yesterday.

[daolai]

If you add another 10 oz or so, that'll get them down. You really need to be on the bottom right now. They were in 30' yesterday.

Alan - what speed are you trolling at in the winter?

[Yak Fish]

Alan - what speed are you trolling at in the winter?

Same as any other time of year. People don't believe me when I say that I've caught lots of stripers in the dead of winter reeling as fast as I can. They're not like largemouth that get super sluggish in cold water.

[Longtrav]

Same as any other time of year. People don't believe me when I say that I've caught lots of stripers in the dead of winter reeling as fast as I can. They're not like largemouth that get super sluggish in cold water.

also try to stall for 3 sec's and let the lures float down to the bottom. And then restart paddling. This is really good when you mark fish on the finder. Many larger stripers are looking for scraps (fish) that smaller stripers have injuried and are floating down to the bottom. If you see fish you can always try fast/slow whatever works.

Also if you are on top of fish you really can't go wrong with jigging and stingsilver on top of them in 30' this time of year.