If you spot a school of feeding hybrids, approach cautiously and shut off you gas engine at some distance. Use your trolling motor to approach quietly and cast to the fish from a distance, working the nearest edge of the school. Remember that the largest fish are often located at the bottom of the school. Fishing Strategies One of the most overlooked fishing methods for Baldwin Lake is long line trolling. Often the key to catching fish is finding them and trolling is a very effective search tool.
Stripers tend to be nomadic, open water fish.
They are usually found in the deeper channels that connect all parts of the lake. Preferred baits are Rapala Shadraps, Rapala Rattlin'raps and Spoonplugs. As we troll we constantly watch the depthfinder to look for schools of shad. Shad that are bunched together usually are doing so in response to attacks by predatory fish. Concentrate your efforts in this vicinity.