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Striper — Night Lure Systems
Bridge shadow lines + dark surf · both off the same FG.
MORONE SAXATILIS
DUSK DAWN EBB AFTER DARK = PRIME NIGHT LURES: NO CIRCLE RULE
A · SURF PLUG (SP MINNOW)
FG NSL 20 lb braid › FG 30" of 40 lb fluoro rock + barnacle armor NSL loop (p7) — full wobble at dead-slow; TA clip acceptable SP Minnow blk/purple silhouette from below
B · BRIDGE JIG (SEA SHAD)
FG DL 14" NSL 20 lb braid › FG 3/0 teaser on 3" dropper 14" above the jig 30-36" of 40 lb 3/8-1/2 oz jighead + 5" Sea Shad, dark, threaded straight (p11)
THE SHADOW-LINE SWING
Stand DOWN-current of the lit bridge. Cast up-current into the light. Let the current swing the jig across the light/shadow edge while you barely crawl the reel. The hit comes AT the line, from a fish holding in the dark. Slow. Slower than that. Weight rule: 3/8 oz neaps, 1/2 oz springs — a slow tick on the swing, not an anchor. Bucktail + Gulp = drop-in substitute, same swing, same speed.
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Striper Night Systems — How-To
SALT / R1
SPEC
LEADER
40 lb fluoro, 30-36" — both systems
PLUG
SP Minnow sinking: blk/purple night, bone dusk
JIG
3/8-1/2 oz + 5" Sea Shad (dark)
TEASER
3/0 bucktail, 3" dropper, 14" up
WHERE
Cedar Bonnet bridges · dark surf
WHEN
Ebb after dark = prime; flood fishes
RIGGING SEQUENCE
1FG braid to 40 lb leader (nightly re-tie).
2Plug: NSL direct. Jig: DL teaser first, then NSL to the jighead.
3Thread the Sea Shad arrow-straight (p11).
4Swap plug-to-jig by re-tying only the NSL.
1 2 3 4
FISHING IT
1Plug: cast up and across, retrieve at half the speed that feels right, then slower. Pauses draw the hit.
2Jig: the shadow-line swing (facing page).
3Bright moon: fish the darkest edges hardest.
BRIDGE LIGHT SHADOW SHADOW LINE CURRENT YOU SWING
KEYS
40 lb is for the fight, not the fish: pull hard, land fast, release strong in warm water — and it survives barnacle pilings. Check the leader for nicks every 5 casts near rock. Landing: walk fish down-current away from pilings; never high-stick over a rail.
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