Top Striped Bass Lures of All-Time

Striped bass eat a variety of foods, including fish such as alewives, flounder, sea herring, menhaden, mummichogs, sand lance, silver hake, tomcod, smelt, silversides, and eels, as well as lobsters, crabs, soft clams, small mussels, annelids (sea worms), and squid. They feed most actively at dusk to dawn, although some feeding occurs throughout the day. During midsummer they tend to become more nocturnal. Stripers are particularly active with tidal and current flows and in the wash of breaking waves along the shore, where, fish, crabs, and clams become easy prey as they are tossed about in turbulent water.

Lure Type	Lure Name	Image	How to fish
Crankbait	Creek Chub - Pikie		Casting / trolling
Crankbait	Bomber Long - A		Slow Retrieve
Crankbait	Boone Needlefish		Slow, steady retrieve. Faster during daylight.
Surface	Gibbs Pencil Popper		Walk lure across surface. Change speeds from slow and steady to erratic if one style isn't working.
Crankbait	Cotton Cordell Red Fin		Medium Retrieve - stays close to surface. Use as a locator lure to find fish.
Jerk	Super Strike Super "N" Fish		Fish when sandeels and thin baits are present.
Soft Plastic	Tube Worm		Trolling or slow retrieve. 12 - 24 inch.
Casting	Super Strike Zig Zag		Use when there is a strong rip current
Surf plug	Reverse Atom (No longer sold)		Slow retrieve against current.
Swimming Plug	Danny Plug		Slow - Medium retrieve with occasional jerk.
Casting	Acme Kastmaster		Medium - Fast retrieve. Great for long distance casting. 1 - 4 oz.
Bottle Plug	Gibbs Casting Swimmer		Steady retrieve. Turbulent water and fast current
Crank	Daiwa Salt Pro Minnow		Fast, ripping style retrieve.
Darter	Northbar Bottle Darter		Match retrieve speed to conditions. Slow - calm to Medium - currents. Jerk occasionally.
Popper	Super Strike Little Neck Popper		Fish when sandeels and and thin baits are present.
Soft Plastic	Lunker City Slug-Go		Slow retrieve. Occasional jerk. Use with off-shank or weighted barb hook.