Striped bass are here, and anglers are catching them. So I thought I would share three ways that seem to be working to catch them. It's important to note that striped bass are in tough shape. They are ...
Saltwater striped bass aren’t very hard to catch. Many “Insta-famous” anglers and striped bass fishing influencers want you to think otherwise, but the reality is that the most difficult part of the ...
The author with a 47-inch striper caught off North Jersey on a 10-inch Stride glide bait. Photo by Joe Cermele Though the official timeline is a bit hazy, many anglers point to the swimbait revolution ...
Striped bass fishing is hot. Anglers are catching keepers (28 inches to less than 31 inches) in our bays, estuaries, salt ponds, and out in front from Watch Hill to the Sakonnet River. Block Island is ...
Ask Ed Lombardo about the best striped bass he’s ever caught on a flyrod and you can almost hear the snapshots of moments clattering through his memory. The stories generally all start in the same ...
Striped bass feed aggressively in the surf at night, and fall is the time to catch them on the New Jersey coast. Fishing at night for stripers in the surf requires know-how and research beyond just ...
I'm not sure why I associate the first cold snap that signals winter isn't that far off with fishing for stripers. But I bet it had something to do with the first time I ventured into the Palmetto ...
Freshwater anglers have lots of topwater options. In the bass game especially, those looking for surface eruptions can dip into practically any lure genre and find the perfect bait to call up a hog.
The recovery of the striped bass along the Atlantic Coast has been an amazing conservation success story. Their population once nearly wiped out by pollution and commercial and recreational ...
In a recent study at UMass Amherst, biologists looked at specific catch-and-release practices for striped bass, catching 521 striped bass and studying their physiological stress once back in the water ...