The final week of Could noticed some good fishing following the total moon, with an enormous number of baitfish tempting stripers, together with bunker, mackerel, butterfish, alewives, and bay anchovies. There are nonetheless “over-slot” stripers swimming via the surf in Maryland and there are 40-inchers being reported all the best way as much as Maine. As waters heat, the big stripers will start concentrating in smaller areas, however for now, the motion is unfold out via the entire Northeast!
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Maryland/Chesapeake Bay Striper Fishing Report
Over slot stripers are being caught within the Maryland and Delaware surf, most on chunk baits, as they transfer near the seashore to feed on their swim north. Smaller resident stripers are just about all that’s left within the bay.
New Jersey Striper Fishing Report
Some good-sized stripers are nonetheless lingering across the Southern New Jersey seashores and inlets, all the best way right down to the Delaware Bay, however the summer time shift to smaller resident fish is quick approaching.
Big stripers, some in extra of fifty inches, proceed to be discovered off Monmouth County. Raritan Bay can also be nonetheless producing bass as massive as 40 kilos.
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New York Striper Report
Striper fishing on the South Shore has been glorious from surf and boat all the best way out to Montauk, with fish to 40 kilos reported since final week’s full moon. Massive bunker colleges towards the west are holding the most important numbers of enormous stripers, with fish to 50 kilos reported.
On the North Shore, the fishing continues to enhance with extra huge bass exhibiting up and feeding because the Hudson River fish drop again and make their transfer via the sound.
Connecticut/Rhode Island Striper Report
Transient stripers are shifting via the reefs in Lengthy Island Sound. Atlantic mackerel have been fueling some good fishing this spring as they’ve been plentiful within the Sound for the primary time in years.
One other wave of enormous stripers hit Rhode Island this week, as captains and surfcasters noticed a rise in high quality. Narragansett Bay continues to be the epicenter of the Ocean State’s huge bass motion.
Cape Cod/Massachusetts Striper Report
The Outer Cape has seen a wave of huge stripers, as bigger fish proceed to unfold via Massachusetts.
Giant colleges of bunker have introduced massive stripers into Boston, with extra massive fish holding across the bait colleges in deeper water off the South Shore.
New Hampshire/Maine Striper Report
The striper fishing is great in Maine and New Hampshire, with plentiful herring drawing bass of all sizes into the rivers.
