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Top Tips for Big Mass Stripers
When the striper season begins, at some point in May for most of us in Massachusetts, catching a striped bass of any size is good enough to scratch the itch of striper fever. However, it probably...
View ArticleInto Darkness – Cape Cod Surfcasting Report
With ambient light from cities, highways and harbors infiltrating most of nighttime fishing spots in the Northeast—from the streetlight-lined banks of the Cape Cod Canal to the boardwalk-bordered...
View ArticleFrom The Surf: Early Morning Fishing
In the gray light, I look down and check my plug selection, a 7-inch, 3-ounce pencil popper, white with a faint pink stripe down each side. I briefly debate switching out for yellow or perhaps a...
View ArticleComplete Schedule of Striped Bass Management Public Hearings
If you care about the future of striped bass, make your voice heard by attending one of these upcoming public hearing on proposed striped bass management measures. (Check out our advice on making...
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Snapper Blue Boom in NJ
The summertime snapper blue fishing in New Jersey has been outstanding this year. Huge numbers of snapper blues have infiltrated the bay and surf in Ocean County. Kids are enjoying absolutely...
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Featured Striper Plug: The Jackhammer
RM Tackle | www.rmtackle.com Fresh from a successful “eeling” evening for stripers, I commented to my buddy Rick Holbrook about the unusual fishing I’d be doing the next morning. The target would be...
View ArticleReader Video: Surfcasting Plum Island
Steve Gallant, a surfcasting guide out of the North Shore, MA caught a 30-plus pound bass last Friday night while fishing off Plum Island. He was kind enough to share the footage with us. The post...
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Long Island Anglers Show Up to Support Striper Conservation
An impressive number of fishermen showed up at Tuesday night’s ASMFC public hearing on striped bass management at Stony Brook University to cast support for measures that would reduce the number of...
View ArticleComment TODAY on Striped Bass Conservation
If the clock has not yet struck 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, I urge you to immediately fire off an email to Mike Waine, Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at mwaine@asmfc.org...
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Striped Bass Still Biting in Maine
Striped bass to 38 inches are still in residence in southern Maine, as far north as the Kennebec River, reported Mike Baker of Kayak Fish New England. Action has been good on topwater plugs like the...
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Back on the Bridges
(above: Big Jim Fee works the shadowlines of a South Jersey bridge in the wee hours of November 30th.) Facing into the blustery west wind 40 feet above the inlet, I felt cold. And nostalgic. It had...
View ArticleStates Weighing Striped Bass Regulation Options for 2015
Last fall, at a meeting in Mystic, Connecticut, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Management Board voted to implement new coastwide recreational striped bass regulations...
View ArticleVIDEO: Surfcasting Viewed From Above
Gloucester, Massachusetts film maker Craig Kimberly shot and edited this beautiful footage of a fisherman surfcasting for striped bass off the rocks of Cape Ann. You can see more of Craig’s work at...
View ArticleRhode Island Chooses 1-Fish Bag Limit on Stripers for 2015
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) filed new regulations today establishing a bag limit of one striped bass per person per day, at a 28-inch minimum size. The season will be...
View Article2015 Striped Bass Regulations by State
Updated March 18, 2015 2015 Daily Limits for Striped Bass: Maine: Two options are being considered. Option A: One fish 28″ or larger. Option B: One fish slot, 24″ to 26″ DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: March...
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Know Your Striper Plugs: Spooks
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Striper Migration Map – April 9, 2015
CHESAPEAKE BAY The spawning run has begun in Chesapeake Bay. Fish to 50-plus pounds have been reported by anglers in the area. DELAWARE BAY Stripers from school-size to mature pre-spawn fish have been...
View ArticleEnter To Win a Daiwa Surfcasting Setup
Win a complete Daiwa surfcasting setup including a Coastal surf rod, Ballistic spinning reel, Samurai Braid, and three SP Minnow Bullets. The post Enter To Win a Daiwa Surfcasting Setup appeared first...
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Striper Migration Map – April 17, 2015
CHESAPEAKE BAY Chesapeake Bay guide Walleye Pete reported that the first half of April brought more over 40″ stripers than he’s ever had in 16 years of guiding. Big female striped bass to 50-plus...
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Cape Cod Canal Cheat Sheet
There’s nowhere quite like the Cape Cod Canal. The ripping currents formed by the exchange of water between Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay create a fishing experience unlike anywhere else along the East...
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