Want to catch more striped bass in the surf? These three surf fishing rigs, and rigging tips, will help you beach your biggest bass yet.

Dennis Shinger of Vernon and friends clammed at Romer Shoal for limits of stripers up to a 23-pounder. Joe Masi trolled a 27 1/2-pound bass on a shad rig near the #19 can in the Reach.

CAPE CHARLES The twin 250s screamed through an early-morning fog as they powered at nearly 45 miles an hour – slicing into a slight Chesapeake Bay chop like a razor butchering a block of Jell… ...

Flip Putthoff/NWA Democrat-Gazette Bruce Darr isn’t a fishing guide, but he caught this dandy striped bass on a fly rod in ...

Live bait is best for catching striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends using brood minnows or shad. The south half of the lake is best for wintertime stripers. Locate shad schools ...

Fish the Horseshoe Bend area for striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said that area is holding lots of shad and stripers are following the shad. Troll with shad or brood minnows. Stripers ...

When I first entered the game, worms were a key bait for stripers, but the methods consisted of trolling or fishing them on the bottom when cast from shore with a surf rig.