StripersAndAnglers.com Helpful Hints/Helpful fishing links

[bunkerjoe4]

This will be an archive of things directly related to fishing.

Baitfish Gallery
http://www.stripermoon.com/baitfish/index.html#list

Fishing log
http://www.bluelaketackle.com/elog/


State Park Info

http://www.stateparks.com/usa.html

NJ State parks:
http://www.stateparks.com/nj.html




Tides, Maps, Moon Phases, Water Temps and Weather:

Tides:
http://www.tidesonline.com/state.php

http://www.saltwatertides.com/pickpred.html

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml

Moon phases:
http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/in....css&Submit=Go




Maps -- some helpful maps

National Atlas:
http://nationalatlas.gov/

NOAA Online viewer -- very clear, detailed NJ/NY maps
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/12327.shtml

Topozone - detailed topographic, aerial, and street maps
http://www.topozone.com/

NOAA Atlantic Coast nautical maps -- very fine detail
http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/OnLineVi...iewerTable.htm

NJ/NY Baykeeper Maps
http://www.nynjbaykeeper.org/geograp...raphy_emap.php

**Google/NOAA online layover maps....
http://marine.geogarage.com/routes


Water Temps: Real time water temp Raritan Bay
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv...te_no=01407081

Real time water temp Barnegat Bay at the lighthouse
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=01409125

Fishermens Coastal Sea Temps NJ
http://marine.rutgers.edu/coolroom/f...n/fish_sst.htm

Wind and Water Temps NJ
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/gmap3/

National water data
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/

Stevens Maritime water temps and forecast
http://hudson.dl.stevens-tech.edu/maritimeforecast/









Weather:

NOAA Radar NE sector
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast.php

Surfing Info:
Swell Info
http://www.swellinfo.com/surf-forecast.html

Dukestorm-
http://www.dukestorm.com/

Wind Guru
http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=264


Hurricane Tracking
http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/current

Weather and Storms -

www.fishweather.com

http://wunderground.com

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap

[bunkerjoe4]

Translating from Spanish or another language--

There have been some inquiries from some sites in other countries. They want to post here, but the translation would be a problem.

Meanwhile, some of these sites have great fishing experiences to relate. I'm always interested in knowing how people in other places approach fishing, what fish they catch, how they make their plugs, what the conditions are like, etc.

I thought it would be helpful if we could find a way to translate if there was ever a communication problem, so I put this tutorial up for you folks. Just go through the steps I have outlined, and follow the babelfish instructions.

Press the link below to translate this site into another language.
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/tr


Procedure for translating the whole site into another language:
Enter www.stripersandanglers next to the http://

Select a language - Example English to Spanish

Click translate

Procedure for translating a post into English so it can be posted here:

Go to babelfish
Type your post in the outlined box
Select ________(your language) to English translation
Click the "translate" button, and you will now have the English translation!
This translation can be Cut and Pasted into your post at Stripersandanglers.com

[bunkerjoe4]

Instrucciones por tradicir por Ingles
Ha habido algunas investigaciones de algunos sitios en otros paÃ*ses.Desean fijar aquÃ*, pero la traducción serÃ*a un problema.

Mientras tanto, algunos de estos sitios tienen grandes experiencias de la pesca a relacionarse. Estoy siempre interesado en saber la gente en otros lugares acerca a la pesca, qué pescados cogen, cómo hacen sus enchufes, como qué las condiciones son, etc. ]

Pensé que serÃ*a provechoso si podrÃ*amos encontrar una manera de traducir si habÃ*a siempre un problema de comunicación, asÃ* que puse esta clase particular para arriba para usted gente.
Apenas pase con los pasos que he contorneado, y siga las instrucciones del babelfish.
Presione el acoplamiento abajo para traducir este sitio a otra lengua.

http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/tr

Procedimiento para traducir el sitio entero en otra lengua:
Incorpore www.stripersandanglers al lado del http://

Seleccione una lengua - inglés del ejemplo al español El tecleo traduce

El procedimiento para traducir un poste en inglés asÃ* que él se puede fijar aquÃ*:
¡Va al tipo del babelfish su poste en el ________(selecto contorneado de la caja que su lengua) al tecleo inglés de la traducción "traduzca" el botón, y usted ahora tendrá la traducción inglesa!

Esta traducción se puede cortar y pegar en su poste en Stripersandanglers.com

[joizybass]

gracias bunkerjose

[bunkerjoe4]

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[bunkerjoe4]

Striped Bass Length - Age - Weight Chart

This chart is based on catch records in the Northeast. Its overall accuracy is good, especially in the Fall. Weights in the Spring months are generally lower. Most fish above 40 pounds are females.





Size Estimation formula for catch and release:


Length X length X length /1,950

OR
Girth x Girth x Length / 800

[bunkerjoe4]

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[buckethead]

Found this on the net:


Striped Bass Length to Weight Chart

A = length and B = girth

Bass - Pike - sunfish - walleye length to weight formula is on page bottom
Striped Bass Length to Weight Chart
Age - Weight - length chart
This chart is to approximate the weight and age of your striper
Length X length X length /
1,950
Striped Bass length to weight to Age Chart

Striped Bass growth statistics

( New England - Chesapeake bay studies)

Age Your Fish

Notes: Average size is just the median of both weights. It is more realistic maximum in the
late fall after the striper has fattened itself up for the winter. Feeding will slow
when water temperature drops below 50 degrees, so in the spring
the minimum weights are then more accurate. This of course
does not apply to a roe laden female. There has been much discussion
about the varients in weights. There are many factors that
contribute to weight or lack there of. A good digital flat scale will put less
stress on the fish than than those lip grip types and are more accurate.
A measurement should be taken while the fish is on a flat surface from the tip of the nose to
the outer most point of the tail.
There is no substitute for an accurate scale but to estimate the weight
of your striped bass the formula is thus.

Length X length X length /

1,950.
For example: a 30 inch striped bass weighs ~ 14 pounds
30" X 30" X 30" /
1,950 = 14

Use your calculater and the above formula for a fair approximation Margin of error up to 6%

The Formula for following species is thus
Bass weight = (length x length x girth) / 1,200
pike weight = (length x length x length) / 3,500
sunfish weight = (length x length x length) / 1,200
trout weight = (length x girth x girth) / 800
walleye weight = (length x length x length) / 2,700
For example, you catch a 16 inch walleye. Using the formula for walleye above: (16 x 16 x 16) / 2,700 = 1.5
pounds. Your walleye weighs approximately 1.5 pounds.

[strikezone31]

Cool. This is what I always used when out there:
Length x girth x girth\ divided by 800 = weight

Your chart looks more accurate, thanks for posting.

[seamonkey]

Age Growth chart

[bunkerjoe4]

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[bunkerjoe4]

How to: knot tying 101?

Whenever you start a thread where you are addressing the beginners out there or looking for information helpful to the beginners, please try to follow this format in your title if feasible.

As we start to develop articles and posts where our members are sharing their knowledge with other members, other good ideas can work as well:

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How to: (without the 101)

________ __________ ______ 101 (used to designate a thread designed to teach others at the most basic level)

The goal is to make things easy to find here. Some of you have already adopted this format, after my persuasive PMs, thank you.

Internet searching is frustrating when you get 10 pages of info on one topic -- and 9 of those pages are useless or contain scant info. I am trying to eliminate that here, and allow our members to search our growing database with less aggravation. Whomever has other ideas for topics and outlines to help simplify our searches, feel free to contact me. Thank you. bunkerjoe

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[surferman]

What is the average amount a striper grows in a year? Do younger ones grow more than older ones?

[nitestrikes]

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...read.php?t=154

According to the chart above, they grow about 1-2 inches per year. As they get older, the growth rate seems to slow a bit. That makes sense with the fish I caught, and also depends on the baitfish stocks they're feeding on. I remember getting one with a tag once. I sent it in and checked out the info. It pretty much conformed to that chart.

[DarkSkies]

Found this looking for a pic of bluefish teeth... chart with bluefish biomass and growth info






www.nmfs.noaa.gov/.../bluefish_chart_bio.gif




Bluefish Size chart, sent in by Fin, thanks
http://www.woofish.com/BLUEFISH.html

[DarkSkies]

This is for Surfstix, who had some trouble posting lately. Also for any others out there who may run into the same difficulty.

Some internet/ server issues that can affect posting and ways to make it easier:

OR...
How to Copy and Paste...
1. If you are creating a large post that would cause trauma if it was lost on the internet, familiarize yourself with your right click mouse button.
2. Copy the text you're working on by taking the mouse and moving the cursor over it so the text is highlighted.
3. Click the right click mouse button, select the option "copy"
4. Then, if when posting, your screen blanks out on you, you will have that text saved. You can log on again, right click the "paste" button, and your saved text will not have been lost.

If you are going bald or getting grey hair from all the stress in your life, this is a good way to slow down that process, at least a little bit.

[Pebbles]

How to post pics on stripersandanglers.com

I. Normal method
To upload photos in a thread you can follow these guidelines.

1. Go to "post reply" (can not use quick reply)

2. scroll down to and click "manage attachments"

3. click "browse"
Find your file or picture file where they are stored on your computer.

4. click "open" when you have found the correct file.

5. click "upload" to upload pics no bigger than 100k for jpgs

6. The pics will upload, and you will see the results in the window when you see the file name.

7. Then, close this window by clicking "close window" at the bottom of that window. This is important. If you fail to do this your pics won't load.

8. Preview post to make sure that is what you wanted. Once you have done this a few times, this step is not necessary and can be eliminated.

9. If it is what you want, then click "submit reply".

Pictures can be no bigger than 100K. When you go into manage attachments there is a key chart which outlines the maximum picture size allowed for each document or photo type.

If your pictures are larger they need to be resized. There are many resizing programs out there. One recommended by CNET is Fast Stone Photo Resizer. This can be downloaded for free. Here is the link: http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm




*****************************************
II. "PAPERCLIP" method
Useful if you have a lot of pics to post, or if you want to post a story and insert pics at various points within the story.

1. Go to "post reply" (can not use quick reply)


* Follow the above procedure until you get to step 2.
SKIP step 2, instead click on the "paperclip" icon at the top of your post area.

This will open a "manage attachments" screen at the top.

Follow all the rest of the steps. The only difference is that once you close the paperclip feature, you will be brought back to your original posting screen.

You will then have to re-open the paperclip icon, and click on it again. This will bring your pics as attachments to whatever point your cursor is at on the screen. (so be careful where you have your cursor. Make sure it's not stuck in the lines of text.)

Then, based on how many pics you have downloaded, you can manipulate them around on the screen by cutting and pasting EACH one to the point in the test or story that they pertain to.

This can be a little confusing until you have done it a few times, so only attempt this once you have a decent amount of experience downloading pics. The Normal method explained above is much easier for beginners.

[Pebbles]

We also have this in the navigation thread. Check it out, some helpful hints are there.

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...read.php?t=154

[Pebbles]

Searching this site:

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[jonthepain]